http://www.mail.com/people/1786712-taro-aso.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/1786712-taro-aso.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2038672-japan-war-shrine-reflects-ruling-party-nationalism.html TOKYO (AP) — Visits by Cabinet ministers and lawmakers to a shrine honoring Japan's war dead, including 14 World War II leaders convicted of atrocities, signal Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's determination to pursue a more nationalist agenda after months of focusing on the economy. Nearly 170 Japanese lawmakers paid homage at Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday. A day... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:56:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2038672-japan-war-shrine-reflects-ruling-party-nationalism.html 2013-04-23T10:56:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035808-japan-war-shrine-visits-anger-china-south-korea.html TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of Japanese lawmakers paid homage at a national war shrine Tuesday morning, risking more anger from neighbors South Korea and China over visits they see as failures to acknowledge Japan's militaristic past. The lawmakers from various parties were seen making offerings to mark the spring festival at Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:29:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035808-japan-war-shrine-visits-anger-china-south-korea.html 2013-04-23T04:29:39Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030514-japan-pm-lays-steps-growth-revival.html TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined the next steps of his grand plan for restoring Japan's economic power in a news conference Friday, naming a slew of initiatives he said would help awaken the country's "sleeping opportunities." Japan's future growth will depend on further opening the economy and tapping the underutilized potential of its wom... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:08:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030514-japan-pm-lays-steps-growth-revival.html 2013-04-19T10:08:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028896-imf-chief-global-pro-growth-policies-needed.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund says the United States, Europe, Japan and China all need to make adjustments to their current economic policies in order to boost a still-struggling global economy. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde says the United States and many countries in Europe need to focus more on growth and less ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:57:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028896-imf-chief-global-pro-growth-policies-needed.html 2013-04-18T23:57:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015236-suu-kyi-visit-highlights-japans-myanmar-push.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar are getting a boost this coming week with a visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The visit by Suu Kyi, in Japan for the first time in 27 years, is highlighting Japan's interest in helping to craft a blueprint for Myanmar's economy and tapping... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:36:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015236-suu-kyi-visit-highlights-japans-myanmar-push.html 2013-04-12T13:36:20Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1969418-japans-central-bank-chief-vows-to-deflation.html TOKYO (AP) — The newly installed governor of Japan's central bank said Thursday that he plans to do whatever he can to end deflation and break the economy out of the doldrums. After a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Haruhiko Kuroda told reporters he had reiterated his pledge to "do everything we can to get the economy out of deflation." Kuroda, a ... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:37:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1969418-japans-central-bank-chief-vows-to-deflation.html 2013-03-21T11:37:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1920670-adb-president-nominated-to-head-japan-central-bank.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe vowed to push ahead with more aggressive monetary easing as he Thursday nominated Haruhiko Kuroda to head the country's central bank. The current Bank of Japan governor, Masaaki Shirakawa, will step down on March 19, three weeks before his term is due to end. The nomination of 68-year-old Kuroda, an Oxford-ed... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:16:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1920670-adb-president-nominated-to-head-japan-central-bank.html 2013-02-28T09:16:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913560-skoreas-1st-female-leader-yet-to-hire-women.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The country with the developed world's biggest gender income gap now has its first female president, but Park Geun-hye already has South Koreans wondering whether she'll improve the status of women in a society still dominated by men. Wearing a traditional Korean dress of red and gold silk, Park strode up the steps of the preside... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:27:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913560-skoreas-1st-female-leader-yet-to-hire-women.html 2013-02-25T09:27:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911366-female-skorean-president-faces-nkorea-crisis.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Park Geun-hye took office as South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion she had known as the daughter of a dictator, and where she will respond to volatile North Korea, which tested a nuclear device two weeks ago. Elected in December, Park also must answer victims of her father's 18-year di... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:18:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911366-female-skorean-president-faces-nkorea-crisis.html 2013-02-25T04:18:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1894360-qa-currency-latest-threat-to-global-economy.html LONDON (AP) — The world economy faces a new threat. Instead of a banking collapse or too much debt, fears are growing that countries are using their currencies as an economic weapon. History suggests that's never a good thing. If too many countries try to weaken their currencies for economic gain — sparking a "currency war" — that could stifle business co... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:34:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1894360-qa-currency-latest-threat-to-global-economy.html 2013-02-16T16:34:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1890588-japan-economy-shrinks-fueling-push-weak-yen.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy shrank in the last three months of 2012, its third straight quarter of contraction, giving the government ammunition to defend its "weak yen" strategy as necessary to getting growth back on track. The 0.4 percent contraction in annualized terms in October-December was worse than expected. Many analysts had forecast the economy... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:24:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1890588-japan-economy-shrinks-fueling-push-weak-yen.html 2013-02-14T08:24:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1876758-china-markets-lift-bruising-week.html LONDON (AP) — Markets in Europe and Asia ended the week strongly after better-than-expected Chinese figures shored up hopes over the world's second-largest economy. Japanese shares tanked, though, as the yen rallied on reports that the country's finance minister thinks the recent fall in the currency may have been too fast. Confirmation of an eighth strai... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1876758-china-markets-lift-bruising-week.html 2013-02-08T16:55:00Z 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/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/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