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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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Two weeks' paternity leave may not seem like much, but for Hironobu Narisawa, the 44-year-old mayor of a Tokyo district, it is a leap into the future for Japanese society.Next month he will become Jap... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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TOKYO: Tokyo's third international airport opened yesterday with festivity - and heavy criticism that it is a wasteful project likely to serve just a fraction of the passengers forecast. Hundreds of ... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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Left: Visitors at Samsung Electronics’ headquarters in southern Seoul last month examine the company’s new light-emitting diode (LED) backlit liquid crystal display (LCD) television enabled with s... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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Japan has taken a New Zealand anti-whaling activist into custody for illegally boarding a whaling vessel. Meanwhile, brokers have been protesting a tuna trade ban to be considered at a conference on&h... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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TOKYO, March 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)Former Cameroon international striker Patrick Mboma said Friday Japan should have a realistic goal of reaching the quarterfinals at this summer's World Cup, inste... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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TOKYO, March 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)The following is the gist of a Finance Ministry report released Friday on its investigation into a Japan-U.S. secret pact involving the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Friday that he believed Japan paid more than 320 million U.S. dollars to the United States as part of a deal when the transfer of power in Okinawa between Toky... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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TOKYO - The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues closed at 10,751.26 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, up 86.31 points or 0.81 per cent. |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday made a rare call for "firm steps" to stem the strength of the yen as the currency's recent advances have hit exporters' earnings... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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reversion: Kan+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 12 (Kyodo)(EDS: FIXING SLUG LINE) Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Friday he believes the Japanese government paid more than a total of $320 million for c... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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Affymax, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFY) today announced that it has received a $5 million development milestone payment from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company as part of the companies' exclusive global agreement to ... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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Tokyo, Mar 12, 2010 (JCN) - PT Paiton Energy, an independent power producer in Indonesia partially owned by Mitsui & Co., signed a US$1.2 billion project financing agreement on March 8th with Japan Ba... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan faces a rocky path to launching an emissions trading system after the government approved legislation on Friday that was vague on how the scheme would set limits on emissions. |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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reversion+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 12 (Kyodo)(EDS: ADDING BACKGROUND) Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Friday he believes "a secret pact in a broad sense" existed between Japan and the United St... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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March 12, 2010 - Willcom, Inc. (hereafter "WILLCOM"), funds served by Advantage Partners, LLP (hereafter "AP Funds") and Softbank Corp. (hereafter "SOFTBANK") announce that the three parties and the E... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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March 12, 2010 - Softbank Corp. (hereafter "the Company"), Willcom, Inc. (hereafter "WILLCOM"), a fund which service is provided by Advantage Partners, LLP (hereafter "Advantage Partners"), and Enterp... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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TOKYO, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rose 0. 81 percent Friday to a fresh seven-week high on optimism the yen will weaken further amid speculation the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will loos... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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The issue of Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna is to be discussed at a meeting on the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) -- also known as the Washington Convent... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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TOKYO, March 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)The U.S. dollar edged up to the upper 90 yen level Friday in Tokyo on the overnight rise in the U.S. stock market. At 5 p.m., the dollar fetched 90.62-65 yen, c... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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TOKYO, March 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)(EDS: TO BE LED) Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Friday he believes "a secret pact in a broad sense" existed between Japan and the United States in connection ... |
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