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

Japan birth rate begins to rise

Tuesday, August 22nd 2006, 4:51

Latest half-yearly figures show that Japan's birth rate has increased for the first time since 2000.
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Japan's Aso to contest leadership

Monday, August 21st 2006, 8:07
related places: Aso

The Japanese foreign minister announces his bid to succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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Japan seeks return of fishermen

Friday, August 18th 2006, 9:39
related countries: Russia

Japanese officials are travelling to collect the body of a fisherman shot by Russian guards in disputed waters.
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Japan cult death sentence upheld

Friday, August 18th 2006, 6:45

A court in Japan upholds a death sentence for the man who developed nerve gas for the 1995 subway attack.
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Russia-Japan fishing row heats up

Thursday, August 17th 2006, 9:36
related countries: Russia

Russia accuses three Japanese fishermen detained after a clash in disputed waters of poaching and illegal entry.
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Japanese PM to visit Central Asia

Thursday, August 17th 2006, 9:01
related countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Japan's Junichiro Koizumi will visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan later this month, the foreign ministry says.
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Japan fisherman killed by Russia

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 10:56
related countries: Russia

Japan protests after a crab fisherman is shot dead by a Russian patrol near a disputed island chain.
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S Korea issues Yasukuni warning

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 8:18
related countries: South Korea
related places: Yasukuni

South Korea says it will not hold summits with Japan while its leaders continue to visit the Yasukuni shrine.
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Princess Kiko prepares for birth

Tuesday, August 15th 2006, 12:43

Princess Kiko, whose pregnancy could solve Japan's succession dilemma, is to go into hospital ahead of the birth next month.
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Japan tanker's Indian Ocean spill

Tuesday, August 15th 2006, 8:20
related countries: India, Indian Ocean

A Japanese tanker spills 4,500 tonnes of crude oil into the Indian Ocean after a collision with another vessel.
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Koizumi shrine visit stokes anger

Tuesday, August 15th 2006, 4:49
related countries: North Korea
related places: Yasukuni

Japan's PM Junichiro Koizumi defies regional protests to visit the controversial Yasukuni shrine.
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Power cut causes chaos in Tokyo

Monday, August 14th 2006, 2:49
related places: Tokyo

A power cut lasting several hours causes widespread disruption in and around the Japanese capital, Tokyo.
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Scandal-hit Japanese tycoon dies

Friday, August 11th 2006, 17:13

Yasuo Takei, whose $5.6bn fortune made him one of Japan's richest men, dies at the age of 76.
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China warns Japan on shrine visit

Friday, August 11th 2006, 6:19
related countries: China
related places: Yasukuni

China warns Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi against visiting the war-linked Yasukuni shrine.
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No rise in Japan interest rate

Friday, August 11th 2006, 6:09

Japan's central bank holds its key interest rate at 0.25% - a month after it scrapped its zero rate.
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Japan Airlines gets Chinese boost

Monday, August 7th 2006, 9:20
related countries: China

Japan Airlines says Chinese trade has recovered after a row over Japan's wartime occupation hit bookings.
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Hirohito film makes Tokyo debut

Saturday, August 5th 2006, 15:39
related places: Tokyo

A controversial film portraying World War II Emperor Hirohito opens in Japan to large audiences.
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Japan rivals in row over Yasukuni

Friday, August 4th 2006, 10:56
related places: Yasukuni

The front-runner to be Japan's next PM is criticised for reportedly making a secret visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.
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Koizumi defends war shrine visits

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 8:30

The Japanese leader defends his visits to a controversial war shrine as a matter of individual freedom.
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Japanese land prices bounce back

Tuesday, August 1st 2006, 11:39

New figures show that Japanese land prices increased for the first time in 14 years in 2005.
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Japan unveils post shake-up plan

Tuesday, August 1st 2006, 7:13

Japan puts forward its decade-long plan to privatise its post office, including its huge savings bank sector.
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Japan price rises add to optimism

Friday, July 28th 2006, 7:15

Japan's consumer prices rose in June, underlining hopes that its economy has left deflation worries behind, a report says.
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Japan minister declares candidacy

Thursday, July 27th 2006, 11:58

The Japanese finance minister announces his candidacy to succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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Japan's last Iraq troops return

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 7:14
related countries: Iraq

The final group of Japanese soldiers returns from Iraq, ending the country's two-and-a-half-year deployment.
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Japanese FM in Bangladesh talks

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 6:13
related countries: Bangladesh

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso is in Bangladesh on a visit expected to focus on trade and investment.
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Japanese 'oppose PM shrine trips'

Monday, July 24th 2006, 4:07
related places: Yasukuni

More than half of Japan's citizens do not want their next prime minister to visit the Yasukuni war shrine, polls say.
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Deadly floods hit southern Japan

Sunday, July 23rd 2006, 6:19

At least three people die in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains on the Japanese island of Kyushu.
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Japanese PM defends shrine visits

Thursday, July 20th 2006, 16:00
related places: Tokyo

Japan's PM says he will continue visiting a Tokyo war shrine despite evidence the former emperor opposed it.
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Japan's Iraq troops arrive home

Thursday, July 20th 2006, 6:48
related countries: Iraq

Japanese troops who served in Iraq return home, ending Japan's most significant deployment since WWII.
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Japanese troops leave Iraq

Tuesday, July 18th 2006, 6:03
related countries: Iraq

Japanese soldiers leave Iraq, ending ther first foray into an active foreign war zone since World War II.
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Japan mulls new N Korea sanctions

Monday, July 17th 2006, 8:26
related countries: North Korea
related places: Pyongyang

Japan reportedly considers further sanctions against N Korea, after Pyongyang denounced the UN resolution.
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Korean missile vote split looms

Saturday, July 15th 2006, 6:46
related countries: China, North Korea, United States

The US and Japan insist on a UN vote condemning North Korean missile launches as China threatens to veto it.
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Japan insists on prompt UN vote

Friday, July 14th 2006, 7:36

Japan says it would like the UN Security Council to decide on a resolution on N Korea by the weekend.
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Japan scraps zero interest rates

Friday, July 14th 2006, 6:40

Japan's central bank raises its key interest rate as expected from 0% to 0.25% - the first increase since 2000.
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Key Japanese rate decision looms

Thursday, July 13th 2006, 7:00

Japan's Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates to 0.25% - the first rise since 2000 - on Friday.
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Japan seeks N Korea sanctions

Saturday, July 8th 2006, 5:16
related countries: North Korea

Japan presents a draft resolution to the UN Security Council urging sanctions over North Korea's missile tests.
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Outcry over N Korea missile test

Wednesday, July 5th 2006, 16:21
related countries: North Korea

World powers condemn North Korea for test-firing missiles, as the UN Security Council holds emergency talks.
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N Korea tests long-range missile

Wednesday, July 5th 2006, 7:21
related countries: North Korea

North Korea test-fires at least six missiles, including the long-range Taepodong-2, sparking global condemnation.
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Japan asks S Korea to end survey

Wednesday, July 5th 2006, 5:48
related countries: South Korea

Japan asks South Korea to stop work on a maritime survey in waters around disputed islands.
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Japan's firms grow in confidence

Monday, July 3rd 2006, 6:06

Business confidence in Japan improved over the last three months, says a central bank report.
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South Korea survey angers Japan

Monday, July 3rd 2006, 5:31
related countries: South Korea
related places: Seoul

Tension builds between South Korea and Japan, after Seoul sends a ship to survey a group of disputed islands.
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Former Japanese PM dies aged 68

Saturday, July 1st 2006, 7:04

Japan's former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto dies at the age of 68 after suffering intestinal problems.
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Singing Japan PM tours Graceland

Friday, June 30th 2006, 18:48
related countries: United States
related places: Koizumi, Graceland

Japan's PM gives one of his famed Elvis impressions during a tour of Graceland with George Bush.
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Alarm at Japan population trends

Friday, June 30th 2006, 6:32

There is a greater proportion of elderly people in Japan than anywhere else in the world, the government says.
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Bush, Koizumi talk beef and NK

Thursday, June 29th 2006, 22:34
related countries: Iran, North Korea, United States
related places: Washington

US beef and North Korea's missile plans are discussed as Junichiro Koizumi makes his final US trip as Japan's PM.
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US may deploy Patriots in Japan

Monday, June 26th 2006, 6:56
related countries: United States
related places: Okinawa, Patriot

The US may defend bases in Japan's Okinawa with Patriot missiles, amid fears N Korea may test a long-range missile.
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Japan shrine challenge rejected

Friday, June 23rd 2006, 4:24

Japan's highest court rejects an attempt to stop PM Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a controversial war shrine.
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Japan press welcomes Iraq move

Wednesday, June 21st 2006, 11:52
related countries: Iraq

Japan's decision to withdraw its troops from Iraq is given a cautious welcome in the national press.
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Japan agrees to lift US beef ban

Wednesday, June 21st 2006, 5:15
related countries: United States
related places: Tokyo

Tokyo agrees to lift its ban on US beef imports, pending successful inspections of US meat processing plants.
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Japan to pull troops out of Iraq

Tuesday, June 20th 2006, 6:04
related countries: Iraq

Japan is to pull its troops out of Iraq, ending its first foray into an active war zone since World War II.
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Japan gains key whaling victory

Monday, June 19th 2006, 10:20

Pro-whaling nations win a vote for the eventual return of commercial whaling, in a move Japan calls "historic".
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N Korea warned about missile

Sunday, June 18th 2006, 22:35
related countries: North Korea, United States

Japan is to lodge a "fierce" protest if North Korea test-fires a missile said to be capable of hitting the US.
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Japan faces whale 'cruelty' claim

Sunday, June 18th 2006, 18:15
related countries: Australia

Australia is to present what it says is proof that Japan's whaling programme is cruel.
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