| Japan, US to Review Defense Guidelines Wall Street Journal TOKYO—Japan and the U.S. will start a dialogue aimed at revising their defense cooperation guidelines, the Japanese defense ministry said Saturday, a move likely to give Japan a greater role in regional security as the U.S. strengthens its ties with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japan's Prime Minister May Announce Plan to Join Free Trade Pact New York Times TOKYO — In a possible gambit to reverse his governing party's flagging fortunes, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda may soon declare Japan's intent to join an ambitious pan-Pacific free trade agreement, and then call a snap election in which the party ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Navy Tells Leaders to Act After Alleged Japan Rape ABC News The Navy is telling its leaders around the world to work harder on preventing sexual assaults by sailors after two enlisted men were arrested in Japan on rape charges, inflaming tensions with a critical ally in the region. The alleged rape was reported ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japan, N Korea to hold talks in Mongolia The Nation TOKYO - Japan and North Korea are to meet in Mongolia next week, a Japanese government spokesman said Friday, with talks among very senior bureaucrats a sign of progress between the long-time foes. The fresh talks will be held Thursday and Friday in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The era of Japanese consumer electronics giants is dead CNET These days, the Japanese consumer-electronics giants have largely been reduced to also-rans, many of which struggle just to turn a profit. Today, Sony's debt was downgraded for the second time in a month to one notch above junk status by Moody's. Sharp ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japan, US to discuss revising defence guidelines AFP By Shigemi Sato (AFP) – 2 minutes ago. TOKYO — Japan and the United States have agreed to discuss updating 15-year-old guidelines on their security alliance in view of China's growing military presence in the region, a Japanese official said. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sandy Relief Likely Greatest Since Katrina; Donations Lag Behind Japan, Haiti Huffington Post WASHINGTON -- Widespread destruction from Superstorm Sandy will likely make this the largest U.S. relief effort for the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and other groups since Hurricane Katrina's devastation in 2005. By Friday, the Red Cross had ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Japan's FSA chalks out new safety net for brokerages, insurers - Nikkei Reuters Nov 10 (Reuters) - Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) is proposing publicly funded loans for troubled financial institutions other than banks to prevent an isolated crisis from triggering a chain reaction of failures, the Nikkei said. Under a ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Japan Stocks Fall on US Fiscal Cliff, China Congress Businessweek Japanese stocks fell the most in four weeks as President Barack Obama's re-election set the stage for a budget showdown to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, and as China's Communist Party convened to pick new leadership. Honda Motor Co. (7267) ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japan utility seeks more funds for nuclear crisis The Associated Press By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer – 9 minutes ago. TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese operator of the nuclear power plant devastated in last year's disasters is seeking more government financial support, saying the cost of the cleanup could be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Is Japan Risking War to Save the US-Japan Alliance? Forbes China's likely response, or was it a deliberate, desperate, almost kamikaze-like lunge to save the U.S.-Japan security alliance? I believe that it was the latter. That Japan—and here I mean not just the Japan Democratic Party (DPJ) Noda cabinet, but ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UPDATE 2-Japan weak machinery orders, services outlook raises recession risk Reuters Sept machinery orders -4.3 pct vs forecast -1.8 pct * Govt maintains view on machinery orders * Current account surplus -68.7 pct vs forecast -51.9 pct * Analysts say economy has been weakening since spring * Service sector sentiment index hits lowest ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japanese Politicians Move to Steer Away From Fiscal Cliff Businessweek Japan's parliament began talks on how to finance spending for the rest of this fiscal year after a months-long impasse that has left the government weeks away from running out of money. “We can't rule out the possibility of adverse economic effects ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares tumble as US fiscal cliff looms Reuters MSCI Asia ex-Japan tumbles, tracking overnight slump in global shares. * Greece clinches austerity approval, euro stays pressured. * Safety bids underpin yen, dollar index, US Treasuries. * European shares likely rebound. By Chikako Mogi. TOKYO, Nov 8 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japan Buys Most Treasuries in a Year During September, MOF Says Businessweek Japanese investors bought the most Treasuries in a year and the biggest amount of bunds since 2010, according to the Asian nation's Ministry of Finance. Net purchases of U.S. government debt totaled 1.26 trillion yen ($15.8 billion) in September, the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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