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Brent crude oil price hits three-month high Crude prices finished mixed Monday after early jumps, with Brent topping $115 a barrel before settling back for a modest gain.
14 August 2012
Japan mulls international court for S. Korea row Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Saturday that Tokyo was considering asking the International Court of Justice to settle a bitter row with South Korea over a disputed island group.
12 August 2012
Japan lawmakers to approve long-awaited tax hike An unpopular bill to double Japan's sales tax and partially plug its gaping debt hole is set to be passed by lawmakers Friday in a triumph for the prime minister that could also herald the end of his job.
11 August 2012
Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff. ©REUTERS Toyota announces $495 mn investment in Brazil Top Japanese automaker Toyota plans to invest $495 million dollars to build an engine plant in Brazil, the company's president said Wednesday after meeting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
10 August 2012
Hiroshima marks anniversary of atomic bombing Tens of thousands of people marked the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Monday, as a rising tide of anti-nuclear sentiment swells in post-Fukushima Japan.
06 August 2012
Euro stays weak in Asia after ECB disappointment The euro stayed bearish against other currencies in Asia trade Friday after taking a hit from the European Central Bank's announcement of no immediate measures to fight the debt crisis.
03 August 2012
Olympics: Japan shocked by judo medal failures Japan's judo coaches have admitted their Olympic Games team has performed below expectations after claiming just one gold medal over the first four days of competition.
01 August 2012
Japan firm says China waste claims 'groundless' A Japanese paper firm whose factory was at the centre of deadly weekend protests in China said Monday it was concerned about the demonstration, but rejected pollution claims as "groundless".
30 July 2012
Activists hope gay marriage debate will stir Japan Koyuki Higashi is slim, articulate and intelligent, things that make a would-be wife attractive to many in Japan. But Higashi knows she will probably never marry because she is a lesbian.
30 July 2012
Toyota world's top carmaker in first half: reports Toyota Motor has returned to the top of the global carmakers' league, Japanese media reported on Thursday, after the firm said it had sold almost five million vehicles in the first half of the year.
27 July 2012
Photo courtesy of hidrophonicsonline.com Japan customs say pens need weapons import licence Japanese customs officials who impounded 200 pens more than a year ago said Friday the writing implements needed a weapons import licence because they were shaped like bullets.
13 July 2012
Japan braces for more rain after at least 19 die Southwestern Japan was bracing for the effects of more torrential rain Friday, on top of "unprecedented" downpours that swamped whole neighbourhoods, leaving at least 19 dead and eight missing.
13 July 2012
Photo courtesy of twylah.com Euro under pressure as Moody's lowers Italy bond rating The euro was under fresh selling pressure to fall below $1.22 in Asia trade on Friday after ratings agency Moody's on Friday downgraded Italy's government bond rating.
13 July 2012
50,000 flee as record rain in Japan kills three At least three people have died and 50,000 have been ordered to evacuate their homes as unprecedented rains pound the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu.
12 July 2012
Kenki Sato of Japan riding Hop and Skip competes. ©REUTERS/Caren Firouz Olympics: Meditating Buddhist monk saddles up for London He'd prefer enlightenment to a medal, but when Japan's horse-riding Buddhist monk Kenki Sato saddles up for London 2012, he'll be representing one of the Olympics' more unusual families.
10 July 2012
Japan reactor back to full power after nuke shutdown A nuclear reactor in western Japan began full operations Monday, the first restart since the country shut down its atomic stations in the wake of last year's crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
09 July 2012
Afghan President hails aid, calls for help on graft Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Monday hailed international donors for pledging $16 billion in aid to the war-torn nation, but called for more help to clamp down on corruption.
09 July 2012
Photo courtesy of whitegadget.com Japan's pursuit of cute spawns $30 billion industry Police forces use them; shops can't do without them; power companies have them -- and sack them when they become unpopular.
07 July 2012
©REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao Toshiba fined in US antitrust case Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said Tuesday a jury has ordered it to pay $87 million in a price-fixing case on LCD displays, but that it ultimately may not end up paying damages.
07 July 2012
Electricity flows from restarted Japan reactor Electricity generated from nuclear fission began flowing in Japan on Thursday, ending a nearly two-month hiatus in the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdowns.
06 July 2012

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