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Friday, 31 October 2008 |
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GENEVA, Oct. 31 (AP) - (Kyodo)A U.N. human rights panel urged Japan Thursday to consider the termination of the death penalty regardless of public opinion. In its first recommendation report for... |
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Friday, 31 October 2008 |
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Japan unveiled a 277 billion dollar package aimed at helping it ride out the global economic storm. While markets were buoyed by a rates cut in the US, a survey showed underlying confidence among c... |
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Friday, 31 October 2008 |
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In the early months of the US subprime debacle, the dramatic events unfolding on the other side of the Pacific looked like a perverse but timely stroke of luck to some Japanese bankers.One after anoth... |
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Friday, 31 October 2008 |
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(RTTNews) - Activity in Japan's manufacturing sector contracted in October for the eighth straight month, according to the latest survey from Nomura Holdings and the JMMA.The group's Purchasing Manag... |
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Friday, 31 October 2008 |
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(RTTNews) - Japan stocks are poised to move higher again at Friday's open, adding to the widespread gains of the last three sessions. The market gets a boost from Wall Street, where the major average... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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A Japanese woman kept her daughter prisoner in their home for eight years until she turned 19, leaving her too feeble to walk or talk properly, officials and media reports said today. The daughter, n... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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PRWeb, a leader in online news and press release distribution, has been used by more than 40,000 organizations of all sizes to increase the visibility of their news, improve their search engine rankin... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide assistance to Kiribati to help strengthen public financial management through long-term budget strategies and to improve the efficiency of public enterpri... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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TOKYO -- When Japan's central bank meets Friday, it will face mounting investor pressure to cut interest rates for the first time since 2001.Despite the global financial crisis, a faltering domestic ... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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TOKYO -- The Japanese government has agreed on an economic stimulus package with 5 trillion yen ($50 billion) in fresh spending to buoy the country's flagging finances, news reports said Thursday.The... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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Tokyo, Oct 30, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Stocks continued to surge on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday morning, reflecting a glimmer of hope among investors that the worst may be over for the market.At the... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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Mitsubishi Corp and other trading houses shot up on a combination of bargain-hunting and a surge in commodity prices that also boosted firms such as shippers. Oil rose towards $70 a barrel on Thursday... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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(14 mins ago) Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso is set to announce a second stimulus package later today, putting election plans on hold. Aso will probably unveil a 5 trillion yen (HK$398.23 billion... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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(1 hr 12 mins ago) Japan's Nikkei stock index leapt almost 10 percent, ending above the key 9,000-point level as interest rate cuts brought bargain hunters out in force. The benchmark rose 817.86 ... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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(2 hrs 29 mins ago) Japanese fund managers slashed their global stock weightings to three-year lows in October, as the deepening financial crisis prompted a major shift to safer assets such as bonds ... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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The Justice Ministry maintained its pace of executing death-row inmates once every two months when it hanged two of them on Tuesday. The executions brought the total number of those who paid the ulti... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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TOKYO, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks expanded early gains Thursday afternoon with the key Nikkei index rising 8.02 percent. At 01:48 p.m., the benchmark Nikkei 225 Average gained 658.19 points to ... |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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The chairman of the Global Service Center of Quitting Chinese Communist Party in Japan Kunio Sato submits the open letter. (Zhang Benzhen / The Epoch Times) () |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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TOKYO (AP) Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday it swung into the black during the April-September period for the first time in six years, helped by receding restructuring costs receded an... |
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