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We have started to collect the most important news related to Japan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
United StatesJapan's Yazaki Corporation and Denso Corporation agree to plead guilty for fixing prices of auto parts supplied to US manufacturers.
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The Japanese population is expected to shrink by one third in the next half century, a government report says.
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Retail sales in Japan rose in December at their fastest pace in more than a year, official figures show, as consumer spending recovers.
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Japanese electronics firm NEC is cutting 10,000 jobs as it announces losses of 97.5bn yen ($1.25bn; £800m) in nine months.
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Japanese gaming giant Nintendo announces heavy losses, blaming the strong yen and poor sales of its key 3DS console.
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ArubaAndy Murray progresses to the semi-finals of the Australian Open after a straight sets victory over Kei Nishikori.
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Japan announces its first annual trade deficit in more than 30 years, a setback for a country known for its exports.
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United KingdomBritish number one Andy Murray takes on Japan's Kei Nishikori as he attempts to reach a third consecutive Australian Open semi-final
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Japan's prime minister vows to push for controversial tax reform to help tackle debt, as he convenes a new session of parliament.
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The chance of a big earthquake hitting Japan's capital in the next few years is much greater than official predictions suggest, researchers say.
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Shares of Japanese camera company Olympus jump 8%, after it was allowed to continue trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
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The first footage of the inside of one of Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactors at Fukushima is released by the stricken plant's operator.
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Activists accuse Japanese whalers of striking them with grappling hooks, while whalers says the activists tried to sabotage their vessel.
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United KingdomRoyal Bank of Scotland agrees to sell its aircraft leasing division to Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group for $7.3bn.
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Tokyo Electric Power Company raises electricity prices for the first time in thirty years as it seeks to offset higher costs.
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Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda reshuffles his cabinet, replacing five members including two ministers responsible for a series of gaffes.
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Poems about last year's Japanese tsunami are among the winners at the country's annual Imperial Palace poetry contest.
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Hundreds of police in Hiroshima are hunting for a prisoner who escaped in his underwear - Japan's first jail-break in two decades.
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Iran, United StatesJapan will take "concrete steps" to reduce its oil dependency on Iran, its finance minister announces after a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
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Olympus confirms to the BBC it is suing more than 10 current and former executives after a $1.7bn accounting cover-up at the Japanese firm.
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ArubaThree anti-whaling activists who boarded a Japanese ship will be handed over to Australian officials and are not being charged, officials say.
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United StatesChecks on banks in the EU, US and Japan are to begin early this year to see how well they are implementing rules on capital, central bankers say.
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AustraliaAustralia has urged Japanese authorities to hand over three Australian anti-whaling activists detained on a Japanese ship
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AustraliaAustralia is in ''diplomatic discussions'' over the fate of three anti-whaling activists who boarded a Japanese ship on Saturday night, officials say.
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Olympus is considering suing its executives after an accounting cover-up at the firm calls into questions corporate governance in Japan.
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Hundreds of sumo fans and visitors have gathered at Tokyo's Meiji shrine to usher in the New Year with a performance by top sumo wrestlers.
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The ousted boss of Olympus gives up on his attempts to regain control of the Japanese camera and medical equipment maker.
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Japan Airlines plans to relist its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as the next step in its recovery from bankruptcy.
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A bluefin tuna has been sold for three quarters of a million dollars in Tokyo - a price almost double last year's record sale.
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Thailand, United StatesToyota and Honda saw US sales fall sharply in 2011 as production was hit by natural disasters in Japan and Thailand, figures show.
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A new sale record of $736,000 is set for a bluefin tuna at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, almost doubling last year's price.
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Thousands of Japanese businessmen and women gather at Tokyo's Kanda Myoujin shrine to pray for a successful year
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South Korea's K-pop music has overtaken Japanese music as the industry's most popular genre in the country.
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A former member of Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult, which carried out the deadly 1995 Tokyo subway attack, hands himself in after nearly 17 years.
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Reflections on one of Japan's biggest disasters
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Japan's main share index, hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March, closes at its lowest year-end level since 1982.
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A key panel of Japan's ruling party agrees to postpone a planned sales tax increase amid rising opposition to the move.
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Italy has to pay the relatively high interest rate of just under 7% to borrow money, reflecting continued concerns about its economy.
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Southern OceanA rogue wave has damaged an anti-whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean, as it followed the Japanese whaling fleet.
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IndiaIndia and Japan have sign a $15bn (£9.7bn) currency swap agreement as the two nations seek to boost financial co-operation.
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Canada, United KingdomTsunami debris from Japan has started arriving on the coast of Tofino on British Colombia in Canada.
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Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Company fall on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on fears the utility provider may be nationalised.
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Japan asks nuclear operator Tokyo Electric Power Company to consider temporary state control, as the company seeks extra funds to compensate disaster victims.
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Japan is to ease an arms export ban that has been in place since 1967, the top government spokesman confirms.
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IndiaJapan and India are set to unveil a new currency swap agreement aimed at easing potential short-term liquidity problems.
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A lack of preparedness for a disaster and failures in the response to it exacerbated the effects of the nuclear accident at Japan's Fukushima plant in March, a new report says.
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Officials were guilty of multiple failures in their response the nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant in March, an official report says.
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Japan affirms a draft version of its state budget for the next financial year as it cuts spending for the first time in six years.
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ChinaChina and Japan unveil plans to promote the direct exchange of the yen and yuan to cut costs for companies and boost trade.
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The Japanese kanji "kizuna", meaning bonds or connections between people, comes top of a public poll for the character that best sums up 2011.
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Japan's economy will shrink by 0.1% in the year to the end of March, according to the latest government forecast.
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Tokyo Electric Power company (Tepco) looks to raise electricity rates for corporate consumers to offset higher fuel costs.
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ThailandToyota says it plans to increase production by 20% next year as it tries to recover ground lost due to the earthquake in Japan and floods in Thailand.
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