Kyodo News
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an Internet service provider is not liable to pay damages for refusing to disclose information on the sender of a slanderous post on the country's largest anonymous online bulletin board ''2channel.'' To access...
Japan Today
Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday with market sentiment soured by a stronger yen and investors opting to sell shares ahead of U.S. corporate earnings reports, particularly from tech bellwether Intel Corp. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 90.67...
Kyodo News
Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday with market sentiment soured by a stronger yen and investors opting to sell shares ahead of U.S. corporate earnings reports, particularly from tech bellwether Intel Corp. To access full stories on Kyodo News English website,...
Fox News
Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa reiterated Tuesday his opposition to the central bank underwriting Japanese government bonds, pointing out that the law prohibits such action. "History has proven that central banks directly buying government...
Fox News
Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa said Tuesday that concerns are greatly receding that the country's economy will face another downturn, and that the economic recovery could help ease the pace of price declines ahead. "The Japanese economy has...
Fox News
Electricity generated by Japan's 10 regional power utilities in March rose 7.5% from a year earlier to 83.32 billion kilowatt-hours, marking the fourth straight month of on-year growth, the Federation of Electric Power Companies said Tuesday.