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Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:31 AM

Japan

Type: Country

Name: Japan

population: 128,137,504

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 1 hour ago - 40 Documents (in Economy)

Bank of Japan

BOJ keeps rates low, is upbeat

The Bank of Japan held interest rates near zero amid mounting government pressure for it to fight deflation that could stunt the recovery from the country's worst postwar recession.Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa and his colleagues held the overnight lending rate ... [Japan Times - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Deflation, Bank of Japan, Japan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 15 Documents (in Market News)

Japan's central bank decides to leave key interest rate unchanged

TOKYO - Japan's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 0.1 per cent Friday and upgraded its assessment of the world's second largest economy because of an improvement in exports.The unanimous decision on the interest rate, which was widely ... [Canadian Business Magazine - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, Bank of Japan, Deflation, Gross Domestic Product

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 14 Documents

N.Y. stocks slump on lackluster high-tech issues

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 KYODONew York stocks fell moderately Friday on slumping high-tech issues.To access full stories on Kyodo News English website, it is necessary to subscribe. Please contact Kyodo's International Department in Tokyo via e-mail at kokusai@kyodonews.jp ... [Kyodo - 3 hours ago]

Entities: News International Ltd, Tokyo, Japan

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 Documents

Sendai court rejects forced Chinese laborers' demand for damages

SENDAI The Sendai High Court turned down Friday an appeal filed by Chinese nationals, who were brought to Japan against their will to work as laborers during World War II, in a 150 million yen suit for damages against the state and a Japanese freight ... [Japan Today - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Sendai (Miyagi, Japan), Sakata (Japan), Yamagata (Japan), District Court, Supreme Court

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 6 Documents

U.S. soldier admits may have driven car in Japan crash (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier has admitted he may have run over a Japanese man found dead two weeks ago on the southern island of Okinawa, his lawyer said on Friday, in a case that may further strain ties between the two countries.Under an agreement ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Okinawa (Japan), United States, Japan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 5 Documents

Michelin SCA

Tokyo new gourmet capital

Michelin Guide Director Jean-Luc Naret (right) and Michelin Japan President Bernard Delmas (center) pose for photos during the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2010 press conference in Tokyo. -- PHOTO: AFPTOKYO - THE Epicurean king who oversees the Michelin Guide ... [Straits Times - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Tokyo, Michelin SCA, Jean-Luc Naret

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 7 Documents (in Politics)

U.S. Ambassador: China-U.S. Ties are World's Most Important

Posted by: Bruce Einhorn on November 20A day after President Obama left Asia after an 8-day visit, Jon Huntsman, the American ambassador in Beijing, tried to counter the spin in the media that his boss?s China visit didn?t go so well. Speaking at a BusinessWeek ... [BusinessWeek - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, Mike Mansfield, China, Jon Huntsman, United States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 25 Documents

Australia 'disappointed' at Japan whaling mission

Australia said it was "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of Japanese whaling ships set out to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt.Environment Minister Peter Garrett urged Japan, which says the killings are for research purposes, ... [France24 - france - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, Australia, Peter Garrett

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 14 Documents (in Earth Science)

Smoke rises from Japan nuclear plant (AFP)

TOKYO (AFP) Smoke rose on Thursday from the world's largest in Japan, which was shut down by an earthquake two years ago, but the operator said no-one was injured and there was no radiation leak.The smoke was caused by friction from the brake of a crane ... [Yahoo! News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Japan, Radiation, Earthquake

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 13 Documents

Gold extends record high on dollar weakness

After gains of nearly 70 percent in Asian equities so far this year, investors are likely prone to taking profits before year-end.A six-month low in U.S. housing construction in October and news this week that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group , Japan's ... [Exec Digital UK - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Japan, Kenichi Hirano, Elaine Lies, Tokyo

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Economy)

Deflation major issue for Japan

TOKYO - Japan's finance minister voiced strong concern Friday about deflation in the world's number two economy, saying it was a major challenge for policymakers. 'The recent price falls are not right and worrisome. This is one of the major policy issues ... [Asiaone - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Deflation, Japan, Hirohisa Fujii, Bank of Japan

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 7 Documents

Australia 'disappointed' at Japan whaling mission

Entities: Japan, Australia, Peter Garrett

Quotes

He admits that, as a foreign entrepreneur in Japan, the odds against him are great, but he has overcome them by following a very simple philosophy: "I think what ties it together is just providing a place where people can meet and be together and have fun" he says. 'That's the commoncommon factorfactor in everything I do.' Ruby Room in Shibuya holds its seventh-anniversary party on Nov. 21...

LIFE IN JAPAN American bar, ski lodge owner puts the emphasis on fun [Japan Times - 1 hour ago]

"His haiku-writing will help give our readers a sense of familiarity with him, and fix him in the public mind" said a top political writer for Japan's best-selling newspaper, the Yomiuri. 'It really helps his profile.'

Herman who? The world greets new EU President [The Independent - 1 hour ago]

But "first, I would like Premier Wen Jiabao to visit Japan" Hatoyama told Yang at their meeting in Tokyo

China envoy hears Hatoyama fraternal pitch [Japan Times - 1 hour ago]

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President Obama Meets with Japanese Prime Minis... [The White House - YouTube - 5 hours ago]
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