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Tokyo Shares End Higher As Weaker Yen, China Data Spur Rally

Tokyo stocks rose Tuesday, as a weaker yen and stronger-than-expected Chinese economic data pushed Fanuc, Mori Seiki, and other China-exposed shares higher, while exporters such as Nissan Motor and...

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Baseball: 'Godzilla' may spare Japan, return to NYC instead

With or without Hideki Matsui, Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin is looking forward to opening Major League Baseball's 2012 season in Japan. The Athletics and Seattle Mariners open the regular...

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Japan's pop princess to divorce Austrian hubby

Japanese pop princess Ayumi Hamasaki is to divorce her Austrian actor husband Manuel Schwarz after just a year of marriage, local media reported Tuesday. Hamasaki, 33, and Schwarz, 31, married on...

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Samsung Galaxy S2 WiMAX announced for Japan

It feels like Samsung isn't ever going to run out of Galaxy S2 phones to make. The company has announced just announced a new variant of the Galaxy S2, this time it's headed for Japan's KDDI au and it...

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Japan equity funds see longest run of outflows in 13 yrs

Japanese equities mutual funds suffered a third straight month of net outflows in December for the first time in nearly 13 years as a poor performance stemming from Europe's debt crisis and the yen's...

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Yamanashi to farm newly found endangered salmon

The Yamanashi Prefectural Government plans to raise an endangered deepwater salmon species discovered in 2010 in Lake Saiko at the foot of Mount Fuji - 70 years after it died out in its original...

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JAL to appoint first ex-pilot president to steer new team, fall TSE relisting

Japan Airlines Corp. will appoint Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshiharu Ueki as its new president following a shareholders' meeting in February, a move intended to strengthen its new management...

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12 hurt in expressway truck pileup

Twelve people were injured in a highway collision involving six large trucks and a bus early Tuesday in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, police said. The seven vehicles were involved in chain-reaction...

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Man beaten to death on Osaka street

A Nepalese man died Monday after being assaulted on a street in Osaka early Monday by two men and two women, police said Tuesday. Bishnu Prasad Dhamala, 42, died at a hospital after being attacked...

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Sumo: Hakuho handed first defeat in New Year Basho

One false move and it was all over for Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho in a shock defeat to countryman Kakuryu at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday. Estonian ozeki Baruto emerged as the...

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Academic to replace JICA's Ogata

University of Tokyo Vice President Akihiko Tanaka will head the Japan International Cooperation Agency from this spring, replacing Sadako Ogata, Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba said Tuesday. Tanaka,...

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Ruling puts brake on severe punishments

A Supreme Court ruling Monday that found severe discipline over the issue of the "Kimigayo" national anthem "unconstitutional" is expected to put a brake on authorities trying to impose excessive...

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Japan's holistic approach to recycling

In the town of Yashiro, 27km outside of Osaka, washing machines, air conditioning units, television sets and refrigerators hum along conveyor belts with the precision that defines the Japanese term...

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Three injured as Japan whalers 'use hooks'

Three anti-whaling demonstrators have been injured after Japanese crew members threw grappling hooks and bamboo poles at them in a high seas clash, activist group Sea Shepherd said Wednesday. The Sea...

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James Bond getaway car gets new lease on life

For a former James Bond car, it's a chance to live twice. Japanese engineers put a new spin on an old classic car for a recent auto show, remodeling a Toyota 2000GT with solar panels and high-tech...

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Japan official wary of Iran sanctions impact

Japan's finance minister expressed concern Wednesday about the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions on Iran and their potential impact on Japanese banks. Jun Azumi's comments came as a delegation U.S....

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Japan to let nuke plants to run after 40-year cap

Japan is backtracking on plans formed only this month to shut down nuclear reactors after 40 years, saying it could allow some plants to run for up to 60 years. Top Cabinet spokesman Osamu Fujimura...

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Tsunami Science

Jin Sato is the mayor of a town that no longer exists. Minamisanriku, a quiet fishing port north of Sendai in northeastern Japan, disappeared last March 11. Sato nearly did too. The disaster started at...

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Tokyo stocks close at two-week high

Tokyo stocks have risen 0.99 per cent on Wednesday to close at their highest level in two weeks on higher risk appetite as the yen's rise against the euro took a breather. The Nikkei 225 index at the...

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Disgraced Olympus president to resign in April

The president of Japan's scandal-hit Olympus, who has been sued by his own company and disgraced over a cover-up of US$1.7 billion in losses, said Wednesday he would resign -- but only in April....

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