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'Cut that budget' is big online hit in Japan

World
2009-11-18

JAPAN'S new government has found a novel way to appeal to voters worried about mounting national debt - broadcasting its clashes with bureaucrats over spending cuts live on the Internet. Operating out of makeshift...

Hitachi to raise capital as losses mount

Business | Machinery manufacturing
2009-11-17

MIRED with losses, Japan's biggest electronics group by sales, Hitachi Ltd, is raising up to US$4.6 billion to cut debt as it seeks to turn around its sprawling businesses and invest in new growth drivers. The...

Japan's growth surprise in Q3

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-11-17

JAPAN'S economy flexed more muscle than expected in the third quarter, as rekindled demand at home and abroad fueled its largest expansion in more than two years. Real gross domestic product grew at an annual...

Obama comes to Japan mulling Afghan war options

World
2009-11-13

US President Barack Obama today aimed to shore up relations with a new Japanese government vowing to be more assertive with its US ally, even as he grapples with sending more US troops to Afghanistan. While public...

Japanese war orphans make return trip to foster families

National
2009-11-12

FORTY-FIVE Japanese war orphans who revisited China to thank their Chinese foster families received a warm welcome in Beijing yesterday. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met the orphans, now mostly in their 70s, in Zhongnanhai,...

Suspected killer of UK teacher captured

World
2009-11-11

JAPANESE police said yesterday they arrested the main suspect in the slaying of a British teacher whose body was found taped up and half-buried in a sand-filled bathtub, ending a more than two-year manhunt. Lindsay...

'Vanished' actress convicted over drugs

World
2009-11-10

JAPANESE actress Noriko Sakai, once hugely popular in Asia, was convicted of drug use yesterday as thousands of people crowded outside the courthouse in anticipation of the verdict. Tokyo District Court sentenced...

Japan Delay Possible

World
2009-11-8

JAPAN'S public broadcaster says US President Barack Obama may delay his arrival in Tokyo to attend a memorial service for those killed in a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, earlier this week. NHK TV reported...

Japan gunman hits 3, kills self

World
2009-11-7

A GUNMAN wounded three men near Tokyo yesterday before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself -- a rare shooting spree that police said was gang-related. Police attempted to negotiate with the gunman...

Japanese railways go blue to cut suicides

World
2009-11-5

ALARMED by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, some Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms they hope will have a soothing effect and reduce suicides. ...