http://www.mail.com/people/98232-yoshihiko-noda.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/98232-yoshihiko-noda.html 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/finance/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/finance/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/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/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/world/1768008-sympathy-us-school-shooting-stretches-globe.html LONDON (AP) — As the world joined Americans in mourning the school massacre in Connecticut, many urged U.S. politicians to honor the 28 victims, especially the children, by pushing for stronger gun control laws. Twitter users and media personalities in the U.K. immediately invoked Dunblane — a 1996 shooting in that small Scottish town which killed 16 chil... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1768008-sympathy-us-school-shooting-stretches-globe.html 2012-12-15T16:17:00Z 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/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/finance/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/finance/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 http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755220-nkorea-extending-rocket-launch-period-to-dec-29.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week until Dec. 29, citing technical problems. An unidentified spokesman for the North's Korean Committee of Space Technology told state media that scientists found a "technical deficiency in the first-stage control engine module of ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755220-nkorea-extending-rocket-launch-period-to-dec-29.html 2012-12-10T12:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750138-sign-imminent-rocket-launch-north-korea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea held off launching a long-range rocket Monday, the first day of a 13-day window during a frigid, snowy stretch of winter weather, a day after announcing it may delay the controversial liftoff. Pyongyang had made a surprise announcement earlier this month that it would launch a rocket mounted with a satellite one morni... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750138-sign-imminent-rocket-launch-north-korea.html 2012-12-10T04:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741668-japan-tunnel-disaster-aging-public-works.html TOKYO (AP) — The deadly collapse last weekend of hundreds of concrete ceiling slabs in a tunnel outside Tokyo is raising calls for more spending on Japan's aging infrastructure, but the country might simply not have the money. Nine people were killed Sunday in the tunnel, a major link between the capital and central Japan that opened in 1977 at the peak o... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741668-japan-tunnel-disaster-aging-public-works.html 2012-12-04T10:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741294-japan-campaign-opens-with-focus-economy-nukes.html TOKYO (AP) — Leaders of Japan's major political parties kicked off campaigning Tuesday for this month's parliamentary elections in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima prefecture, where more than 100,000 people remain displaced from their homes. Nuclear energy and reviving the stagnant economy are key issues in the Dec. 16 election, which Prime Minister Yoshihiko... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741294-japan-campaign-opens-with-focus-economy-nukes.html 2012-12-04T08:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736098-north-korea-gears-up-to-launch-long-range-rocket.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and nuclear programs. The North's announcement Saturday that it would launch the rocket between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22 came as President Barack Obama prepares for his second term and a... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736098-north-korea-gears-up-to-launch-long-range-rocket.html 2012-12-02T10:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1732546-japan-oks-107b-stimulus-aiming-to-boost-growth.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan unleashed yet another barrage of stimulus at its stagnant economy on Friday as debate over how to revive growth heated up ahead of a general election widely expected to deal a severe blow to the ruling Democratic Party. Fresh data for October showed an uptick in industrial output from the month before, the first increase in four months,... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1732546-japan-oks-107b-stimulus-aiming-to-boost-growth.html 2012-11-30T02:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1727808-japan-suspends-dubious-reconstruction-projects.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government has suspended 35 projects included in a budget for reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami after criticism the spending was not directly related to recovery from the disasters. As much as a fourth of the 11.7 trillion yen ($148 billion) budget had been earmarked for unrelated projects, including subsidies ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1727808-japan-suspends-dubious-reconstruction-projects.html 2012-11-28T09:22:00Z