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Japan's downside from a weaker yen: Poor seniors

A weaker yen may just be the medicine the doctor prescribed to boost Japanese industry's global competitiveness, but a journey down the slippery slope won't be without consequences. (MarketWatch)

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Bank of Japan to mull 2% inflation target

Under political pressure from the new Japanese government to ease policy further, the Bank of Japan plans to discuss doubling its inflation target and adding more funds to its asset-buying program,...

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Japan PM orders stronger surveillance near disputed isles

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered his defense minister on Tuesday to strengthen surveillance around islands at the heart of a territorial feud with China, Kyodo news agency reported. (Reuters)

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Japan to buy Europe bonds to soothe debt crisis

Japan's new finance minister said that Tokyo would buy bonds issued by Europe's permanent bailout fund to help soothe the eurozone's debt problems and stabilise the under-pressure yen. (AFP)

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Japan Airlines jet leaks fuel in Boston

Officials at Boston's Logan International Airport say crews have contained a fuel leak from an outbound Japan Airlines flight to Tokyo in the second incident involving the airline at Logan in two days....

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Gov't apologizes to Fukushima residents for sloppy decontamination work

Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue visited Fukushima on Wednesday and apologized to local residents, following disclosures of sloppy decontamination work. (Japan Today)

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Sasago Tunnel may be fully reopened by late Feb.

Central Nippon Expressway Co. (NEXCO-Central) aims to fully reopen the Tokyo-bound section of the Chuo Expressway's Sasago Tunnel by late February after repairs are completed in the aftermath of the...

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2 large comets to be visible in Japan this year

Astronomy experts and fans are anxiously awaiting the arrival of two large comets that are predicted to be visible this year to the naked eye. (Yomiuri)

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Couple, acquaintance rearrested over body found in Chiba park

Two men and woman have been rearrested in connection with the case of a man who was found dead in a park in Kashiwa, Chiba prefecture, last month, police said Wednesday. (Japan Today)

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Body found in food warehouse freezer in Niigata

Police said Wednesday that a body was found in a food warehouse freezer in Myoko, Niigata Prefecture. (Japan Today)

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Japan Airlines says no plans to change Boeing 787 orders

Japan Airlines (9201.T) has no plans to change placed orders of 38 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets following two mishaps in two days on the same aircraft this week, company spokesman Kazunori Kidosaki said...

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Weekly publishes cop's confession to Toyama couple's 2010 slaying

A weekly magazine carried a statement Wednesday in which a police officer anonymously confessed to the murder-arson of an elderly couple in Toyama Prefecture in 2010 well before he was arrested over...

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Fresh faults with Boeing Dreamliner planes

Two fresh setbacks have hit Boeing's 787 Dreamliner plane, days after an electrical fire broke out on board a Japan Airlines Dreamliner on Monday. In the latest incident, Japan's All Nippon Airways...

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GM and Japan's Isuzu in talks on truck tie-up

Japan's Isuzu Motors said on Thursday it was in discussions with US giant General Motors on developing next-generation pickup trucks as a report said the two were in talks over a possible tie-up. (AFP)

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Tax hikes to hit Japan's wealthiest

Japan's new government will likely soon follow the U.S. and France in raising taxes on its wealthiest citizens, amid continued concerns about the country's massive government debt. (Wall Street Journal)

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hy Japan's Mt Fuji is a ticking time bomb

What will awake Fuji-san, which has been dormant for 300 years, from its scenic slumber? It's fairly complicated, but Japanese expert Masaki Kimura expects Fuji could explode by 2015. (news.com.au)

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Can a fiscal and monetary splurge reboot Japan's recessionary economy?

For 35 years the steel bolts holding up the ceiling of Sasago Tunnel, on a busy toll road west of Tokyo, were never checked. On December 2nd more than 600 of them had worked themselves so loose that a...

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8 arrested over Roppongi murder

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested eight people Thursday in connection with the murder of a 31-year-old man at a club in central Tokyo last year. (Yomiuri)

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Japan finds rare photo of Hiroshima bomb mushroom cloud

curator at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum said on Wednesday that the black-and-white picture was found among articles related to the nuclear bombing of the city during the World War II, which...

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Nikkei jumps on Abe's stimulus package

Japan's Nikkei stock index jumped Friday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a massive spending package intended to breathe life into the country's moribund economy. But stock markets elsewhere...

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