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Japan's gov't says it will honor apologies for wartime abuses, downplays vow ... Washington Post TOKYO — Japan does not plan to revise past apologies to neighboring countries for atrocities committed by its Imperial Army before and during World War II, top government officials said Wednesday. The comments by the chief government spokesman and ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

As Bank of Japan Exports its Problems, Global Balances Shift Wall Street Journal (blog) Officially, the aggressive policy of monetary stimulus encouraged by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is described as a domestic strategy, aimed purely at stoking badly needed inflation. But by weakening the yen as an inevitable side effect, it also ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Japan overtakes S Korea in battle for automotive dominance Financial Times The slowdown is especially apparent when contrasted with the situation in Japan, where, thanks partly to a plunge in the value of the yen, Toyota and other producers are experiencing their strongest earnings growth in five years. On Wednesday, Toyota ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan protests over Chinese article on Okinawa sovereignty BBC News Japan has protested to China over a newspaper article that called for a review of Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa. The article was published on Wednesday in the People's Daily - the mouthpiece of China's Communist Party. Citing treaties, it said now ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Poll: Japanese choose South Korea over China, but South Koreans like China ... Asahi Shimbun Japanese overwhelmingly prefer South Korea to China, but South Koreans favor China by an almost equally wide margin over Japan, according to a joint poll by private Japanese and South Korean organizations. The survey, released on May 7, also found ... See all stories on this topic »

S. Korean president urges Japan to face history honestly Xinhua Besides territorial disputes, tensions have been simmering between South Korea and Japan after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made remarks defending his cabinet and parliamentarians' visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 2.5 million ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan, Australian Stock Futures Rise on Metals Prices, Earnings Businessweek Japanese and Australian stock futures gained, with the Asia-Pacific benchmark equities gauge poised to extend a five-year high, as rising metals prices boosted raw-material producers and profits at National Australia Bank (NAB) Ltd. cheered investors. See all stories on this topic »

Japan bear warns on unfolding debt crisis Financial Times Japan will be consumed by a debt crisis surpassing the US subprime crash, a leading US-based hedge fund manager has warned, telling investors that “the beginning of the end has begun” for Japan's finances. Over-indebted governments, and especially ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan's ANA to resume Dreamliner service on June 1 AFP TOKYO — Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA), the biggest customer of Boeing's glitch-hit Dreamliner, confirmed on Thursday that it would restart flights with the modified high-tech plane at the start of next month. ANA will resume services from June 1 ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Donald Keene's Latest Japanese Adventure Wall Street Journal Donald Keene, one of the world's best-known Japanologists, has dedicated his life to studying Japanese literature, culture and customs. Last week, he revealed he's following another Japanese tradition: adult adoption. Mr. Keene, 90 years old, told an ... See all stories on this topic » Japan Says It Will Abide by Apologies Over Actions in World War II New York Times TOKYO — Japan's conservative government will abide by official apologies that the country's leaders made two decades ago to the victims of World War II in Asia, top officials said Tuesday, backing away from earlier suggestions that the government ... See all stories on this topic » Japan's Growth , Abenomics and Investment Opportunities MarketWatch May 07, 2013 (ACCESSWIRE-TNW via COMTEX) -- Japan's economy has experienced a brisk recovery under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's watch, with the Japanese yen returning to a normalized valuation, Nikkei 225 trading up nearly 30% over the past ... See all stories on this topic » When Nature Is Not Enough New York Times Long regarded as one of Japan's three most beautiful places, it was registered in 1996 by Unesco as a World Heritage Site. The shrine's architecture is a masterpiece of the shinden style: Poised on vermilion pillars and facing the mainland across the ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times Japan Submarine discovers signs of legendary Atlantis in Rio de Janerio YouTube A large mass of granite has been found on the seabed off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, suggesting a continent may have existed in the Atlantic Ocean, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and the Brazilian government announced. See all stories on this topic » Japan ETFs are hot as stocks in Tokyo surge - USA Today USA TODAY The resurgence of Japan's stock market is having a dramatic effect in the U.S., where the two largest ETFs for Japan have raked in nearly $10 billion of new cash this year as investors chase the stunning rally fueled by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ... See all stories on this topic » Japanese, Australia Stock Futures Rise Amid Stimulus Optimism Businessweek Japanese and Australian stock futures rose as optimism grew that stimulus by central banks will boost earnings and as investors await Chinese trade data. American Depositary Receipts of Canon Inc. (7751), a camera maker that gets 80 percent of sales ... See all stories on this topic » US Stocks Reach Records as Germany, Japan Lend a Hand Wall Street Journal The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed over the 15000 level, notching up another landmark on the market's record run, following encouraging economic reports from outside the U.S. and new highs on Germany and Japan's stock markets. The Dow ... See all stories on this topic » Japan's tourists stay away from South Korea Financial Times Noriko Nakanishi, a 61-year-old Japanese housewife living in Saitama prefecture, travelled to Seoul twice in the past few years with a group of female friends. “We enjoyed Korean food, aesthetic treatments and shopping. We bought a lot of Korean ... See all stories on this topic » Japan's Nikkei outperforms to reach 5-year high Ellwood City Ledger People look at the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Japan's benchmark stock index, reopening after a long weekend holiday, surged Tuesday in the wake of a U.S. jobs report issued late last week that handily ... See all stories on this topic » Toyota Profit Surges Wall Street Journal The strong finish by the world's top-selling auto maker in the last quarter of its fiscal year was spurred by the deflation-fighting policies of Japan's five-month-old government. Toyota posted a net profit of ¥313.9 billion ($3.17 billion), up from ... See all stories on this topic »