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Japan scrambles jets to head off China plane Japan scrambled fighter jets Saturday to head off a Chinese state-owned plane that flew near islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing.
06 January 2013
Giant tuna sells for record $1.8 million in Japan A monster bluefin tuna sold for a record-breaking $1.8 million in the year's first auction at Japan's Tsukiji fish market on Saturday, nearly three times the previous high set last year.
05 January 2013
Japan PM Abe wants new nuclear reactors: reports Japan's new prime minister Shinzo Abe has voiced his willingness to build new nuclear reactors, reports said Monday, despite widespread public opposition to atomic energy in light of the Fukushima crisis.
01 January 2013
Fukushima 'unprecedented challenge': new Japan PM The clean-up at Fukushima after its tsunami-sparked nuclear meltdowns is unlike anything humanity has ever tried, Japan's prime minister said Saturday during a tour of the plant.
30 December 2012
Prime-Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. ©REUTERS/Toru Hanai Nazarbayev invited new Japanese Prime-Minister to Kazakhstan Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated Prime-Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on the victory of the Liberal-Democratic Party at the Parliamentary elections.
29 December 2012
New Japanese finance chief hits out at BoJ: reports Japan's new finance chief hit out at the country's under-pressure central bank, reports said Thursday, saying it was "slow" in tackling deflation that has plagued the economy for years.
28 December 2012
Japan's new govt to review zero-nuclear policy Japan's new leaders set to work Thursday on dismantling plans to rid the country of nuclear power by 2040, pledging to review a post-Fukushima policy.
28 December 2012
Asian student survivors of Hiroshima to be honoured Hiroshima University said Thursday it would bestow honorary doctorates on three former students from Southeast Asia who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city.
28 December 2012
Toyota says to sell 9.7 mn vehicles this year, up 22% Toyota said Wednesday that it expects to sell 9.7 million vehicles globally this year, up 22 percent from 2011 as Japan's biggest automaker accelerates a recovery after last year's natural disasters.
27 December 2012
Photo courtesy of dilipchandra12.hubpages.com China and emerging powers to pay more for UN China, Brazil, India and other emerging powers agreed to major increases in their United Nations payments as the global body hammered out a new budget deal this week to avoid its own fiscal cliff.
26 December 2012
Hawkish Abe to be named Japan's next prime minister Japan's conservative leader Shinzo Abe is to be named as the country's new prime minister Wednesday, after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on diplomacy while fixing the economy.
26 December 2012
Photo courtesy of smriticommodities.com US-Japan joint venture picked for Mozambique gas project A joint venture consisting of US company CB&I and Japan's Chiyoda Corporation has been picked to participate in a liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique.
26 December 2012
Japan's new China envoy urges stronger economic ties Japan's new envoy to China urged stronger economic ties with Beijing in an interview broadcast Monday, after the incoming premier pledged to mend bilateral ties strained by a bitter territorial row.
24 December 2012
Japan's incoming PM pledges to mend ties with China Japan's incoming premier Saturday pledged to seek a thaw in ties with China after a report said he will send a special envoy on a fence-mending mission to Beijing.
22 December 2012
Mitsubishi expands oil leak recall to 1.7 mn vehicles Mitsubishi Motors on Wednesday widened a recall over an oil leak issue on vehicles sold in Japan to about 1.7 million vehicles, prompting a rebuke from the country's transport ministry.
21 December 2012
©REUTERS Record backing expected for UN anti-death penalty vote A record number of countries are expected to back a UN General Assembly call for a moratorium on capital punishment on Thursday.
20 December 2012
Group defiant over US ban on tackling Japan whalers US conservation group Sea Shepherd vowed Tuesday to fight a US court order to stay at least 500 yards away from Japanese whaling ships, and to keep protecting whales "with our ships and our lives."
19 December 2012
Toyota shares hit highest level this year Toyota shares on Tuesday jumped to their highest level this year, boosted by a weaker yen and after a report said the firm was on track to be the world's biggest automaker in 2012.
18 December 2012
Japan election candidates make final pitches Hundreds of candidates vying for a seat in Japan's parliament made their final pitches on Saturday in an election expected to see the return of the country's old guard.
15 December 2012
Ryokichi Kawashima. ©REUTERS Candidate, 94, uses funeral fund for Japan election A 94-year-old man who cashed in his funeral savings to use as an election deposit was out canvassing for votes Friday, just two days ahead of Japan's general election.
15 December 2012
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