News: Japan

We have started to collect the most important news related to Japan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Japan: news

Jitters remain among US investors

Monday, August 13th 2007, 20:16

Concerns continue among US investors over losses linked to sub-prime lending - despite gains on European markets.
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Weak growth for Japan economy

Monday, August 13th 2007, 6:00

Japan's economy grew just 0.1% from April to June, raising speculation rates will be kept on hold this month.
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Japanese film wins Locarno award

Sunday, August 12th 2007, 9:01
related countries: Switzerland
related places: Locarno

Japanese film Ai No Yokan takes top prize in Locarno, as the public's award goes to UK comedy Death at a Funeral.
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Japanese plant 'shut for months'

Friday, August 10th 2007, 6:31

Tests which could take months are needed before Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant can reopen, says UN.
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Japan chooses upper house leader

Tuesday, August 7th 2007, 4:03

Japan's upper house elects a leader from outside the Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in over 50 years.
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Russia ordered to free Japan boat

Monday, August 6th 2007, 23:02
related countries: Russia
related places: Kamchatka

An international tribunal orders Russia to release a Japanese fishing vessel seized off the Kamchatka peninsula.
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IAEA experts visit Japanese plant

Monday, August 6th 2007, 3:31

International inspectors begin to examine the nuclear power plant damaged in last month's earthquake.
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Experts to visit Japanese plant

Sunday, August 5th 2007, 3:58

International inspectors arrive in Japan to examine the nuclear power plant damaged in last month's earthquake.
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Toyota profits helped by hybrids

Friday, August 3rd 2007, 8:21
related places: Toyota

Japanese carmaker Toyota reports record profits helped by sales of hybrid cars and the weaker yen.
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Typhoon Usagi hits south Japan

Friday, August 3rd 2007, 4:22

Typhoon Usagi hits the Japanese island of Kyushu, injuring 18 and forcing thousands to seek shelter.
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Scandal-hit Japan minister quits

Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 4:07

Japan's embattled agriculture minister becomes a casualty of the ruling party's crushing defeat in Sunday's polls.
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Japanese PM's 'regret' at US vote

Tuesday, July 31st 2007, 7:30
related countries: United States
related places: Tokyo

Japan's PM Shinzo Abe calls a US resolution urging Tokyo to apologise over the use of sex slaves "regrettable".
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US urges 'comfort women' move

Tuesday, July 31st 2007, 4:37
related countries: United States

US lawmakers call on Japan to apologise for its role in forcing thousands of women to work as sex slaves in WWII.
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Japanese PM 'will not stand down'

Monday, July 30th 2007, 10:23

Japan's PM Shinzo Abe restates his intention to remain in office after a huge defeat in upper house polls.
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Ex-Peru head's election bid fails

Sunday, July 29th 2007, 22:44
related countries: Chile, Peru

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, under house arrest in Chile, fails to win a seat in Japan's parliament.
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Japan's PM accepts 'utter defeat'

Sunday, July 29th 2007, 17:53

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe accepts defeat in elections for the upper house but says he will not resign.
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Japan election campaign winds up

Saturday, July 28th 2007, 14:07

Japan's political parties hold their final campaign rallies ahead of Sunday's upper house election.
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UN experts to assess Japan plant

Monday, July 23rd 2007, 8:28
related places: Kashiwazaki

Japan says it will allow UN nuclear inspectors to examine its earthquake-hit Kashiwazaki plant.
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Japan power safety-check call

Friday, July 20th 2007, 10:46

Japanese power companies are given a week to improve safety at nuclear plants after Monday's quake.
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Toyota sales overtaken by GM

Friday, July 20th 2007, 6:46
related places: Toyota

Global sales at Japanese carmaker Toyota are briefly overtaken by rival General Motors, figures show.
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Power cut fears after Japan quake

Thursday, July 19th 2007, 12:11

Japan fears power shortages, as the scale of earthquake damage to a nuclear power plant becomes clear.
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Japan leak 'worse than thought'

Wednesday, July 18th 2007, 7:33

The owners of a Japanese quake-hit nuclear plant admit a radioactive leak was worse than previously reported.
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Nuclear safety fears after quake

Tuesday, July 17th 2007, 17:04

Officials at a Japanese nuclear power station damaged by an earthquake report 50 separate malfunctions.
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Japan admits more nuclear leaks

Tuesday, July 17th 2007, 14:35

Japanese officials admit to further radioactive leaks at nuclear plant following an earthquake.
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Search for Japan quake survivors

Tuesday, July 17th 2007, 2:33

Rescue workers search for survivors of a strong earthquake in central Japan which killed nine people.
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Nuclear scare after Japan quake

Monday, July 16th 2007, 16:08

A strong earthquake damages a nuclear power plant in Japan, reportedly causing a leak of radioactive material.
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Japan rocked by major earthquake

Monday, July 16th 2007, 11:55
related places: Tokyo

A strong earthquake hits central Japan, killing seven people and causing a fire at a nuclear plant.
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Japan typhoon Man-yi kills three

Monday, July 16th 2007, 1:38

Typhoon Man-yi blows out to sea south of Tokyo, after killing three people in southern Japan.
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Support for Japan PM 'at new low'

Friday, July 13th 2007, 10:36

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe falls to its lowest level yet, a new poll shows.
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Campaigning starts in Japan polls

Thursday, July 12th 2007, 5:28

Campaigning is under way for Japan's upper house polls, with PM Shinzo Abe aware a defeat could cost him his job.
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Okinawa defiant in textbook row

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 10:36
related places: Okinawa, Tokyo

The Japanese island of Okinawa again calls on Tokyo to drop moves to downplay the wartime mass suicides.
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Playstation price cut in US

Monday, July 9th 2007, 8:09
related countries: United States

Japanese electronics giant Sony cuts the price of its Playstation 3 in the US in an effort to boost sales.
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Live Earth gigs send eco-warning

Sunday, July 8th 2007, 10:15
related places: Tokyo

The final Live Earth concerts to raise awareness of global warming are underway in New Jersey and Rio de Janeiro.
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Japan's Abe backs new minister

Sunday, July 8th 2007, 9:17

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe backs his new agriculture minister over claims of improper expenses.
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