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Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 1.8 per cent to a three-week closing high on Thursday, led by exporters and tech shares after robust US company results and retail sales data boosted optimism about an economic recovery. But the market came off earlier...
Tags: U.S, Nikkei, sales data, week closing, retail sales
Police say a fire at a Daihatsu Motor Co. factory in western Japan has killed one worker and injured two others. Police said the fire broke out Saturday during maintenance of ducts and an aluminum furnace at Daihatsu's casting plant in Shiga prefecture.
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, billion yen, Bloomberg, Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau, Nikkei, Tokai Tokyo Securities, Daihatsu Motor Co., tax deduction
Publisher Shinchosha Publishing Co posted an ad Monday at 25 stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area indicating the publishing of the third volume of Haruki Murakami’s bestselling novel ‘‘1Q84.’’ Murakami is currently working on the third volume aiming...
Tags: Mazda Motor Corp, U.S, Uniqlo, finance ministers, Nikkei, treasury stock, billion yen, Japan
The land ministry’s Kanto Regional Development Bureau said Friday it has cancelled the bidding process for building the Yamba Dam’s main structure, after a government decision to scrap the costly Gunma Prefecture dam project. Shortly after the Democratic...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikkei, Toyota Motor Corp., Bloomberg, U.S
The euro fell on Thursday, dragged down against the dollar after a top European Union official said euro zone finance ministers would discuss the currency's appreciation before a Group of Seven meeting on Saturday. The euro fell 0.5% on the day against...
Tags: Joaquin Almunia, European Union Monetary Affairs, European Central Bank, major currencies, single currencies, affairs commissioner, U.S, commissioner joaquin, Nikkei, NZPA
Toyota Motor Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. are discussing the possibility of the auto maker buying batteries from Sanyo for hybrid gasoline-electric vehicles, a person familiar with the situation said. The discussions between the two companies come amid...
Tags: Sanyo Electric Co., Technology › Toyota, Toyota Motor, Japan, buy batteries, Nikkei, Reuters, electric bicycles, hybrids cars, source familiar
Mumbai, July 11: LIC Mutual Fund, on Saturday said that it has taken on-board Japanese asset management company, Nomura, as a strategic partner by selling a 35 percent stake to it. "Nomura has joined LIC Mutual Fund as a strategic partner by taking a...
Tags: Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, Tokyo Seikatsusha Network, Nomura Holdings Inc., Democratic Party of Japan, democratic parties, Life India, life insurer, Nikkei, prime minister, Liberal Democratic Party
Bank lending slowed from a record pace in June, separate data showed today, partly reflecting an improvement in credit conditions as well as less demand from companies to borrow and invest in capital goods. Capital spending will likely struggle to recover...
Tags: housing price, Halifax, House, price fell, Japan, Nikkei
All Nippon Airways Co. has asked Japan's Transport Ministry to reconsider its decision to approve government guaranteed financing to Japan Airlines Corp., according to a report by the Nikkei newspaper Tuesday. ANA President Shinichiro Ito delivered last...
Tags: Japan Airlines Corp., Nikkei, ANA
Tokyo stocks rebounded modestly Wednesday, boosted by gains in resource shares. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 40.71 points, or 0.43 percent, to 9,590.32 from Tuesday, when it dropped almost 3 percent to a one-month closing low. The broader...
Tags: Japan, Suning Appliances, US Federal Reserve, Laox, government bonds, deter buyers, Nikkei, federation reserve, month low, China Economic Review