http://www.mail.com/organizations/1320252-japan-government.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1320252-japan-government.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1857948-japan-industrial-production-up-25-percent-dec.html TOKYO (AP) — 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 to stronger global demand and government spending. Increased output of large passenger cars and vehicle components and machinery for making semiconductors were the main factors helping to drive ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1857948-japan-industrial-production-up-25-percent-dec.html 2013-02-01T01:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855652-tensions-linger-us-comfort-women-plaques.html HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Four years ago, noticing plaques at the county courthouse commemorating slavery, the Holocaust and other atrocities, Korean-American community leader Chejin Park struck upon the idea of adding a tribute to the "comfort women" of World War II. To his surprise, the seemingly small, local gesture — to honor the more than 200,000 most... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855652-tensions-linger-us-comfort-women-plaques.html 2013-01-30T17:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850470-japan-ex-china-envoy-tokyo-erred-islands-row.html TOKYO (AP) — 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 now both sides have no choice but to allow the issue to cool. Uichiro Niwa, a former trading house executive who served as ambassador to Beijing from mid-2010 until late last year, told reporters ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850470-japan-ex-china-envoy-tokyo-erred-islands-row.html 2013-01-28T09:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1845232-japans-consumer-prices-fall-fourth-year.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's consumer prices fell in 2012 for the fourth straight year, highlighting the central bank's challenge in fighting deflation as its governor Friday reaffirmed plans for aggressive monetary easing. Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa told reporters that it would take substantial effort to achieve a 2 percent inflation target, announced ... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1845232-japans-consumer-prices-fall-fourth-year.html 2013-01-25T09:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845138-japan-letter-to-chinas-xi-island-dispute.html BEIJING (AP) — 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 spiked in September over an island dispute, though the meeting yielded little beyond commitments to hold further contact. The letter from Shinzo Abe to Xi Jinping, as seen by The Associated P... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845138-japan-letter-to-chinas-xi-island-dispute.html 2013-01-25T08:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1834394-bank-japan-sets-2-percent-inflation-target.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a "monetary regime change" Tuesday as the central bank bowed to government pressure, setting a 2 percent inflation target aimed at helping the country emerge from its prolonged bout of deflation. "This opens a passageway toward bold monetary easing," Abe told reporters after the Bank of Japan and gov... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1834394-bank-japan-sets-2-percent-inflation-target.html 2013-01-22T10:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832844-japan-talk-warning-shots-heats-up-china-dispute.html TOKYO (AP) — 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 Tokyo and Beijing that raises concerns that a dispute over hotly contested islands could spin out of control. Japanese officials made the comments after Chinese fighters tailed its warplanes near... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832844-japan-talk-warning-shots-heats-up-china-dispute.html 2013-01-20T04:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1829174-adviser-hails-abenomics-dollar-rise.html TOKYO (AP) — The expert behind the monetary policies of Japan's new prime minister welcomed the recovering stock market and favorable exchange rate as signs of success Friday, and said the dollar can rise to 110 yen before excessive inflation risks kick in. Koichi Hamada, professor emeritus of economics at Yale University, is the brain behind the "Abenomi... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1829174-adviser-hails-abenomics-dollar-rise.html 2013-01-18T08:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1821130-yen-weakens-boj-gov-easing-to-persist.html TOKYO (AP) — 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. In comments Tuesday to branch managers of the central bank, Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa noted risks from the European debt crisis and continued tensions with China over a territorial dis... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1821130-yen-weakens-boj-gov-easing-to-persist.html 2013-01-15T11:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1810656-japan-pm-chinas-island-dispute-moves-wrong.html TOKYO (AP) — Reaffirming his hawkish stance on China, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan will not negotiate with Beijing over a contested cluster of uninhabited islands and that China was "wrong" for allowing violent protests over the territorial dispute. Abe, who took office just over two weeks ago, had much warmer words for South Korea, de... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1810656-japan-pm-chinas-island-dispute-moves-wrong.html 2013-01-11T14:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1810648-japans-nikkei-jumps-abes-stimulus-package.html BANGKOK (AP) — Japan's Nikkei stock index jumped Friday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a massive spending package intended to breathe life into the country's moribund economy. But stock markets elsewhere were lackluster. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 1.4 percent to close at 10,801.57 following Abe's announcement of an anti-recession stimulus p... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1810648-japans-nikkei-jumps-abes-stimulus-package.html 2013-01-11T08:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1813246-beset-risks-japan-seeks-boost-stimulus.html TOKYO (AP) — A 20 trillion yen ($224 billion) stimulus package announced Friday by Japan's newly installed prime minister Shinzo Abe will likely give the recession-struck economy a quick boost, but at the risk of adding to the country's gargantuan debt without fostering sustainable, long-term growth. The "Abenomics" strategy of "ultra" monetary easing and... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1813246-beset-risks-japan-seeks-boost-stimulus.html 2013-01-11T07:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1811576-us-urges-allies-japan-skorea-to-mend-ties.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 remind the new government in Tokyo that any disavowal of its apology for the use of sex slaves in World War II would make matters worse. Senior officials from the State Department, Pentago... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1811576-us-urges-allies-japan-skorea-to-mend-ties.html 2013-01-10T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1805734-tokyo-protests-to-china-4-ships-islands.html TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to protest four Chinese maritime surveillance ships that spent about 13 hours in waters near disputed islands claimed by both countries. The uninhabited outcroppings in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, are controlled by Japan but also claimed b... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1805734-tokyo-protests-to-china-4-ships-islands.html 2013-01-08T08:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1790154-us-sailors-sue-japanese-utility-radiation.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eight U.S. sailors are suing the Tokyo utility that operates the Fukushima nuclear power plant, charging that the company lied about the high level of radiation in the area where they were carrying out a humanitarian mission after the tsunami that triggered the reactor crisis. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Diego last... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1790154-us-sailors-sue-japanese-utility-radiation.html 2012-12-28T19:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786742-japan-pm-saving-economic-crisis-top-mission.html TOKYO (AP) — Shinzo Abe took office as Japan's seventh prime minister in six years Wednesday and vowed to overcome the deep-rooted economic and diplomatic crises facing his country. Abe was elected as Japan's leader hours earlier Wednesday, bringing back to power the conservative, pro-business Liberal Democratic Party that governed for most of the post-Wo... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786742-japan-pm-saving-economic-crisis-top-mission.html 2012-12-26T16:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1786724-asia-stocks-rise-japan-government.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday as traders snapped up stocks before the end of the year, while the Tokyo benchmark hit a nine-month high after a new, pro-business government prepared to assume leadership in a country plagued for years by economic lethargy. Japan's Nikkei 225 index surged 1.5 percent to close at 10,230.36 as a further wea... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1786724-asia-stocks-rise-japan-government.html 2012-12-26T08:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1786700-japans-cabinet-resigns-to-way-pm.html TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet resigned Wednesday to clear the way for a vote in parliament to formally install the nation's new leader, Shinzo Abe, a conservative whose nationalist positions have in the past angered Japan's neighbors. Noda's fall ends more than three years at the helm for the left-leaning Democratic Party of Japan a... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 02:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1786700-japans-cabinet-resigns-to-way-pm.html 2012-12-26T02:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1780812-japans-leader-wants-freer-rein-military.html TOKYO (AP) — Imagine that North Korea launched a missile at Japan. Tokyo could — and would certainly try to — shoot it down. But if the missile were flying overhead toward Hawaii or the continental United States, Japan would have to sit idly by. Japan's military is kept on a very short leash under a war-renouncing constitution written by U.S. officials wh... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1780812-japans-leader-wants-freer-rein-military.html 2012-12-21T04:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1778482-hopes-leader-to-pressure-bank-japan.html TOKYO (AP) — Hopes are high in Japan Inc. for the new prime minister. Stocks are recovering. The central bank is set to supercharge an already loose monetary policy. The soaring yen, a big minus for exporters, is reversing course. The bullish mood in the air is all about "Abenomics" — a reference, as dubbed by experts and market players, to Shinzo Abe, th... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1778482-hopes-leader-to-pressure-bank-japan.html 2012-12-20T08:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1777428-final-goodbye-roll-call-who-died-2012.html Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables who died in 2012 created images in our minds that remained unchanged over decades. Sadly, for others an established image was shattered by a fall from grace. Whitney Houston ruled as a queen of pop music, but ... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1777428-final-goodbye-roll-call-who-died-2012.html 2012-12-19T20:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769632-landslide-abe-japan-difficult-road.html TOKYO (AP) — After leading his conservative party to a landslide victory that will bring it back to power after a three-year hiatus, Shinzo Abe stressed Monday that the road ahead will not be easy as he tries to revive Japan's sputtering economy and bolster its national security amid deteriorating relations with China. The Liberal Democratic Party, which ... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769632-landslide-abe-japan-difficult-road.html 2012-12-17T08:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769766-nationalist-shinzo-abe-japans-pm.html WAKO, Japan (AP) — The Liberal Democratic Party's victory in Japan's parliamentary election Sunday virtually ensures that Shinzo Abe, who resigned as prime minister for health reasons in 2007 after just a year in office, will get a second chance to try to lead Japan out of its economic slump. In Abe's political resurrection, the Japanese are confiding the... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769766-nationalist-shinzo-abe-japans-pm.html 2012-12-16T13:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1769800-economic-implications-japans-election.html TOKYO (AP) — Many in Japan are hoping that the landslide victory of the opposition Liberal Democrats and trouncing of the Democratic Party in Sunday's parliamentary election will help the country break out of a 20-year economic slump. Here is a summary of the possible economic implications of the coming change in leadership: — ECONOMIC STIMULUS: Liberal D... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1769800-economic-implications-japans-election.html 2012-12-16T13:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769064-conservative-party-favored-japanese-vote.html TOKYO (AP) — Japanese were voting Sunday in parliamentary elections that were expected to put the once-dominant conservatives back in power after a three-year break — and bring in a more nationalistic government amid tensions with big neighbor China. Major newspapers were predicting the Liberal Democratic Party, led by the hawkish former Prime Minister Sh... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 03:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1769064-conservative-party-favored-japanese-vote.html 2012-12-16T03:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1765982-final-campaign-push-day-japanese-vote.html TOKYO (AP) — Candidates made final impassioned appeals Saturday to Japanese voters a day before parliamentary elections that are likely to hand power back to a conservative party that ruled the country for most of the post-war era. While many voters remain undecided — reflecting widespread disillusionment with any party — polls suggest that the electorate... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1765982-final-campaign-push-day-japanese-vote.html 2012-12-15T07:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766488-china-submits-oceanic-claims-to-united-nations.html BEIJING (AP) — China provided the United Nations with detailed claims to waters in the East China Sea on Friday, apparently padding out its legal argument in an ongoing territorial dispute with Japan. The Foreign Ministry said it submitted documents claiming waters extending beyond its 200-nautical-mile (370-kilometer) exclusive economic zone. It said geo... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766488-china-submits-oceanic-claims-to-united-nations.html 2012-12-14T12:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1765888-japan-survey-business-sentiment-darkening.html TOKYO (AP) — Japanese manufacturers are growing increasingly pessimistic, according to a survey released Friday that added to gloom over the economic outlook ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election. The Bank of Japan's "tankan" index for the December quarter slumped to minus 12 from minus 3 in the previous quarter, a result that was much worse than expec... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1765888-japan-survey-business-sentiment-darkening.html 2012-12-14T11:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1760484-japan-election-puts-spotlight-reviving-economy.html TOKYO (AP) — It's the $6 trillion question: how to jolt Japan out of its 20-year economic slump. The dozen or so parties vying in a Dec. 16 parliamentary election all agree the world's third-largest economy needs a jump-start, now that it has slid back into recession for the fifth time in 15 years. They are at odds, however, over how t... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1760484-japan-election-puts-spotlight-reviving-economy.html 2012-12-12T23:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757144-nkorea-extends-window-readies-rocket-launch.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is pressing ahead with preparation for a long-range rocket launch after extending its liftoff window by another week until Dec. 29 because of technical problems. It's North Korea's second attempt this year, and the fifth since 1998, to launch a rocket that the United Nations, Washington, Seoul and others call a cover ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757144-nkorea-extends-window-readies-rocket-launch.html 2012-12-10T23:16:00Z