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Japan Says China Aimed Military Radar at Ship New York Times The Japanese defense minister, Itsunori Onodera, said that a Chinese navy frigate had directed its fire-control radar at a Japanese destroyer in the incident on Jan. 30 near the islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in ... See all stories on this topic »

I'll Have the Whale, Please: Japan's Unsustainable Whale Hunts Daily Beast Japan's Fisheries Agency said that the state-funded Japan Institute of Cetacean Research (JICR) would sell whale meat acquired for its “scientific research” directly to individuals and restaurants this year. The agency also plans to double its ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

Japan Regulators Stumped by 787 Battery Wall Street Journal TOKYO—Japanese aviation regulators remain stumped over the root cause of the battery incident that led to the world-wide grounding of the Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner jet, echoing the apparent lack of progress made by their U.S. counterparts several ... See all stories on this topic »

Toyota Raises Profit Forecast as Yen Fuels Japan Inc. Revival Bloomberg “The weaker yen will allow Japanese carmakers to price their vehicles at a more competitive level, and this will help improve sales of cars in the premium segment like the Lexus,” said Koichi Sugimoto, a Tokyo-based auto analyst at BNP Paribas SA. “If ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan May Lower LNG Costs 10% by Importing US Fuel, IEEJ Says Bloomberg LNG has replaced nuclear power as Japan's primary fuel for power generation after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami led the government to shut the country's reactors. It paid 6 trillion yen, twice as much as the year before, for a record high 87.3 ... See all stories on this topic »

Minami Minegishi, of Japan's teen girl band "AKB48," shaves head, apologizes ... CBS News TOKYO A member of a hugely popular Japanese girl band has shaved her head and issued a tearful videotaped apology for violating the megagroup's no-dating rule. The spectacle has sparked debate in Japan over whether the band AKB48 exerts too much ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Japan Gets Away With Weakening the Yen Wall Street Journal Perhaps, though, the U.S. is taking a more nuanced view of its own interest, and looking to a future in which any revival of the Japanese economy will be good for the world far beyond Japan. In other words, the U.S. is accepting its own stake in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Exclusive: Japan exchange probes accounting of Universal's Philippine ... Reuters The exchange's involvement is the first time the payments have drawn the attention of Japanese regulators. The FBI and Philippine authorities have been investigating $40 million in payments to a politically-connected consultant in Manila since last year. See all stories on this topic »

Japan Airlines scrubs Helsinki launch amid Dreamliner woes USA TODAY The down-the-line effects of Boeing's Dreamliner woes continue to pile up for the aircraft's airline customers. The latest comes from Tokyo, where Japan Airlines announced today (Feb. 4) it will suspend the launch of its new Tokyo-Helsinki route that ... See all stories on this topic » Japan Airlines Says 787 Grounding Will Cost It $7.5 Million New York Times TOKYO — Japan Airlines said Monday that the grounding of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet would cost it ¥700 million in earnings through March and that it would seek compensation from the U.S. maker of the aircraft. See all stories on this topic » Japan's Hitachi cuts full-year operating profit forecast Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Hitachi Ltd (6501.T) cut its full-year profit outlook by about 13 percent on Monday to 420 billion yen ($4.5 billion), citing a weak economic recovery in Europe and a slowdown in emerging markets. The sprawling firm, which is ... See all stories on this topic » Japan is caught in a stimulus trap Washington Post Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is trying to revive the country's flagging economy, and we could all learn from the exercise. You may recall that, in the 1980s, Japan was widely anointed as the next economic superpower, displacing the United ... See all stories on this topic » Japan Frees Detained Chinese Crew, Boat ABC News The Japanese Coast Guard released the captain and crew of a Chinese boat detained for illegally operating in waters southeast of islands claimed by both countries. The captain, who was arrested Saturday, and 12 crewmembers of the 100-ton boat were ... See all stories on this topic » Japan GPIF says to sell 27 pct fewer assets in 2013/14 Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's biggest public pension fund with a $1.2 trillion portfolio of mostly Japanese government bonds, plans to sell 26.6 percent fewer assets to pay pensions in 2013/14 than in ... See all stories on this topic » Urdu and Japan: a relationship of red blooms and green fragrance DAWN.com Among foreign nationals who have written about, and in Urdu, the Japanese stand head and shoulders above the rest. For more than 100 years, people in Japan have been learning and teaching Urdu as a foreign language. In the promotion of Urdu, the role ... See all stories on this topic » DAWN.com Why Japan firms find it hard to leave China MarketWatch BEIJING (Caixin Online) — Since the start of the Diaoyu Islands dispute between China and Japan in September, Japanese firms operating in China are facing increasing negative sentiment, an economic slowdown, rising labor costs and frequent strikes. See all stories on this topic » One decade after mad cow case, Japan relaxes restrictions on US beef imports Washington Post (blog) Japan, one of the biggest purchasers of U.S. beef, imposed strict safety standards before resuming imports of the product, requiring exporters to remove brain tissue, spinal columns and other parts linked to mad cow disease. The nation's food council ... See all stories on this topic » Japan's Bonds Have Biggest 2-Day Drop in 5 Months as Stocks Rise Bloomberg Japan's 10-year government bonds had their biggest two-day decline since August after the yen traded near its weakest level in 2 1/2 years and stocks advanced, damping demand for the relative safety of the nation's debt. Benchmark yields climbed to the ... See all stories on this topic » Japan Air Raises Profit Forecast as Travel Rebounds From Tsunami Bloomberg Japan Air boosted sales forecast 1.1 percent to 1.23 trillion yen, matching analysts' estimates. The carrier, All Nippon Airways Co. (9202), the world's biggest operator of 787s, and six other airlines have halted Dreamliner flights after the Federal ... See all stories on this topic » Market rally helps Japan banks post hefty Q3 profits Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top banks reported a sharp rise in profits for the quarter ended December, helped by a year-end stock market rally and strong growth in overseas loans while bad-loan costs remained low. They were also buoyed by the yen's ... See all stories on this topic » Japan sending Boeing 787 Dreamliner investigators to United States CBS News TOKYO Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau is sending investigators looking into problems with Boeing 787 batteries to Seattle, where the aircraft are assembled. The Transport Ministry said members of the team working on the investigation would leave Tokyo on ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News Australia Protests to Japan About Whaling Ship ABC News A support vessel for the Japanese whaling fleet is sailing in Australian waters in pursuit of anti-whaling activists, Australia said after protesting to the Tokyo government. Environment Minister Tony Burke said his government received confirmation ... See all stories on this topic » Japan may not decide on US-led trade talks by July poll Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may not make a decision ahead of a national election in July on whether or not to join talks on a U.S.-led free trade pact that businesses say would enable them to compete better, the agriculture minister said on Friday. Prime ... See all stories on this topic » Japan Said to Have Bought 10.3 Percent of ESM Bonds in January Bloomberg Japan purchased 10.3 percent of bonds issued by the European Stability Mechanism last month, a step which may help to deflect overseas criticism of the country's monetary easing. The Japanese government bought 400 million euros ($545 million) of the ... See all stories on this topic » Japan to send two officials to US for Boeing battery probe Reuters The global fleet of 50 Dreamliners, 17 of which are operated by Japan's All Nippon Airways (9202.T), has remained grounded while investigators in Japan and the United States attempt to find out what caused one battery to catch fire on a 787 operated by ... See all stories on this topic » Japan Denso raises profit outlook, sees yen boost for cars, suppliers Reuters Japan's top three carmakers Toyota, Nissan Motor Co and Honda Motor Co are expected to benefit from the yen's depreciation, though Honda's trimming of its net profit forecast on Thursday suggested this may take some time to come into full effect. As a ... See all stories on this topic » Abe Shortens List for BOJ Chief as Japan Faces Monetary Overhaul Bloomberg Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shortened his list of candidates for Bank of Japan (8301) governor as he seeks to end decades of reluctance at the central bank to accept responsibility for the nation's inflation rate. Abe is probably narrowing down his picks ... See all stories on this topic » Japan Tobacco Raises Profit Forecast on Weak Yen Bloomberg Japanese companies from Toyota Motor Corp. to Canon Inc. (7751) have raised their profit forecasts as a depreciating local currency helps them compete with rivals in international markets and raises the value of overseas earnings. The yen has lost ... See all stories on this topic »

俄羅斯總統普廷回贈日本秋田縣知事佐竹敬久的西伯利亞公貓，五日完成檢疫程序，在俄國駐日大使夫婦護送 下，正式送抵秋田縣政府大樓。佐竹開心地迎接這位來自西伯利亞的嬌客，並且為貓咪命名為「MIR」，MIR在俄文中代表「和平」，日文的發音則近似「咪 魯」。佐竹不停撫摸貓咪的頭，直呼：「好可愛！好可愛！」為感謝普廷在日本東北大地震後提供援助，秋田縣去年贈送一隻純種秋田犬給普廷，普廷將小狗命名為 「YUME（夢）」。（文：編譯林翠儀）