Japan proposes new nuclear safety rules
Japan's nuclear regulator has released draft safety rules aimed at protecting nuclear power facilities against natural disasters and terrorist attacks. (UPI)
View ArticleAsian stocks advance; BoJ raises inflation target
Asian stock markets mostly advanced Tuesday after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised its inflation target and adopted an open-ended asset purchasing program at the end of its two-day policy meeting....
View ArticleAbe calls BOJ policy measures 'epoch-making'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday hailed the Bank of Japan's decision to set a 2% inflation target and adopt an open-ended easing scheme as an "epoch making" policy shift. (Japan Today)
View ArticleBank of Japan moves to fight deflation
The Bank of Japan set an ambitious 2 percent inflation target and pledged to ease monetary policy "decisively" by introducing open-ended asset purchases, following intense pressure from the country's...
View ArticleWoman throws newborn baby out of toilet window
Police said Wednesday they have arrested a woman for allegedly killing her newborn baby son by throwing him out of a toilet window in an apartment in Honjo, Saitama Prefecture. (Japan Today)
View ArticleJapan confirms two more deaths from Algeria crisis
Tokyo on Wednesday said it had confirmed the deaths of two more Japanese in last week's hostage siege at an Algerian gas plant, taking the country's total toll to nine, with one still unaccounted for....
View ArticleJapan logs record trade gap in 2012 as exports struggle
Japan logged a record annual trade deficit in 2012 as exports continued to slide in December in a worrying signal that the effects of a weaker yen and the new government's moves to boost the economy...
View ArticleModerate quake strikes off Japan
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. (inquirer.net)
View ArticleDon't get caught holding Japanese yen
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund has historically held around 15%-20% of its assets denominated in one of the largest currencies in the world, the Japanese yen. That shouldn't be surprising, after...
View ArticleJapan's oldest bronze comma-shaped bead unearthed in Tottori
A team of Japanese archaeologists has found a bronze comma-shaped bead, which is believed to be the oldest of its kind in the country's history, in the western Japanese city of Tottori, local press...
View ArticleNew redback spider attack sends Fukuoka man to the hospital
The Fukuoka Municipal Government announced on Tuesday that a man in his 30s who was rushed to the hospital on January 21 was believed to have been bitten by the redback spider that has been frequently...
View ArticleTokyo stocks close up 1.28pc, Nikkei 225 index closed up 133.88 points
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed up 133.88 points to 10,620.87, while the broader Topix index of all first-section shares was up 1.11 percent, or 9.83 points, at 897.62. (brecorder.com)
View ArticleJapan expels Taiwan boat from disputed area with water cannons
Japanese Coast Guard vessels fired water cannons at a Taiwanese boat to keep a group of activists from landing on East China Sea islands at the center of a dispute that's strained ties between Japan...
View ArticleSumo: Undefeated yokozuna Harumafuji inches closer to title
Harumafuji took apart Kotoshogiku and closed in on his third championship title in four meets Thursday as chief rival and fellow Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho crashed to a second loss at the New Year Grand...
View ArticleJapan leapfrogs U.K. in business ranking as cash trumps cuts
Japan, printing money and bolstering national pride, swept past a U.K. trying to implement an austerity program and loosen European ties, in a global ranking of the best places to do business compiled...
View ArticleMonetary policy in Japan: Win some, lose some
LESS than a month after taking office as Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe has been lionised by some prominent Keynesians. His talk of curbing the independence of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) in order...
View ArticleSony fined in UK over PlayStation cyberattack
British regulators fined Sony 250,000 pounds ($396,100) on Thursday for having insufficient security measures to prevent a cyberattack on its PlayStation Network. (Japan Today)
View ArticleChiune Sugihara, Japan diplomat who saved 6,000 Jews during holocaust,...
Most Americans know of Oskar Schindler, the German businessman who saved more than 1,200 lives during the Holocaust by hiring Jews to work in his factories and fought Nazi efforts to remove them....
View ArticleASDF jets scrambled 160 times against China planes between April, December
The Air Self-Defense Force scrambled fighter jets 160 times against Chinese aircraft approaching Japanese airspace in the nine months between April and December, surpassing the record high 156...
View ArticleJapan Inc's earnings outlook brightens under 'Abenomics'
The yen's steep decline has burnished the outlook for Japanese stocks, prompting analysts to raise profit forecasts for currency-sensitive exporters and foreign investors to plough $17 billion into the...
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