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Japan industrial production up 2.5 percent in Dec.
Japan's industrial production picked up pace in December from the month before, in a sign the world's third-largest economy may be stabilizing thanks ...
Tensions linger in US over 'comfort women' plaques
Four years ago, noticing plaques at the county courthouse commemorating slavery, the Holocaust and other atrocities, Korean-American community leader ...
Japan raises growth forecast as yen slides
Anticipating a boost from stimulus spending and a weakening yen, Japan's government on Monday raised its growth forecast, predicting the economy will ...
Japan ex-China envoy: Tokyo erred on islands row
Japan's former envoy to China says his country erred in choosing to buy islands claimed by both Japan and China last fall, infuriating Beijing, and ...
Japan's consumer prices fall for fourth year
Japan's consumer prices fell in 2012 for the fourth straight year, highlighting the central bank's challenge in fighting deflation as its governor ...
Japan gives letter to China's Xi in island dispute
A senior envoy handed China's leader a cordial letter from Japan's prime minister Friday in the highest-level contact between the sides since tensions ...
Asia stock markets mixed, Japan's Nikkei jumps
Japan's benchmark stock index jumped Friday as the yen continued to retreat against the dollar and investors cheered the new government's plans to ...
Japan reports record $78.3B trade deficit in 2012
Japan's trade deficit rose to a record 6.93 trillion yen ($78.3 billion) in 2012 as fuel imports surged and a bitter territorial dispute with China ...
Bank of Japan sets 2 percent inflation target
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a "monetary regime change" Tuesday as the central bank bowed to government pressure, setting a 2 percent ...
Japan talk of warning shots heats up China dispute
Japan says it may fire warning shots and take other measures to keep foreign aircraft from violating its airspace in the latest verbal blast between ...
Adviser hails 'Abenomics,' says dollar can rise
The expert behind the monetary policies of Japan's new prime minister welcomed the recovering stock market and favorable exchange rate as signs of ...
Algeria: Army rescues hostages, toll unclear
Algerian helicopters and special forces stormed a gas plant in the stony plains of the Sahara on Thursday to wipe out Islamist militants and free ...
Asia stocks mixed, Nikkei falls as yen slide halts
Japan's benchmark stock index toppled off a 32-month high Wednesday after the yen's slide went into reverse. Other benchmarks were mixed as investors ...
As yen weakens, BOJ gov says easing to persist
The governor of Japan's central bank says it will persist in easing monetary conditions as it tries to pull the country out of a deflationary slump.
Markets temper enthusiasm after Japan stimulus
World markets see-sawed Friday between hope and concern for the world economy, as investors weighed a massive spending package meant to reinvigorate ...
New Japan PM: China's island dispute moves 'wrong'
Reaffirming his hawkish stance on China, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan will not negotiate with Beijing over a contested cluster of ...
Beset by risks, Japan seeks boost from stimulus
A 20 trillion yen ($224 billion) stimulus package announced Friday by Japan's newly installed prime minister Shinzo Abe will likely give the ...
US urges allies Japan, SKorea to mend ties
A high-level U.S. delegation will urge key allies Japan and South Korea to mend strained ties that have hurt security cooperation. It will also likely ...
Tokyo opens 2020 Olympic bid campaign in London
Tokyo began its international promotion campaign for the 2020 Olympics in London on Thursday, promising to match or surpass the success of the games ...
Trio of bid cities give 2020 Olympic files to IOC
Exactly eight months before the vote, the race for the 2020 Summer Games moved into a crucial phase Monday when the three candidate cities submitted ...
Markets get mild boost from US jobs data
U.S. and European stocks traded only modestly higher Friday after news that the American economy kept creating jobs at the expected rate last month.
Stocks lower ahead of US 'fiscal cliff' talks
European and U.S. shares traded lower on Friday on waning hopes that U.S. President Barack Obama and key lawmakers would manage to reach an 11th-hour ...
Nowhere to use Japan's growing plutonium stockpile
How is an atomic-powered island nation riddled with fault lines supposed to handle its nuclear waste? Part of the answer was supposed to come from ...