Japan's new government is poised to halt the scheduled initial public offerings of Japan Post Bank, the world's largest bank by deposits, and its sister insurance company, according to the financial services minister.
A state-run Chinese newspaper expressed relief Monday that senior Japanese officials had dismissed the country's air force chief after he denied Japan's aggression before and during World War II.
The Liberal Democratic Party gave itself a personality injection by electing a Roman Catholic, "manga"-loving conservative with a wry smile and a sharp tongue, as its new president
After the Abe implosion, the gray-headed factions seemed destined to recover their hold on power
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he will resign, ending a troubled year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is staking his job on Japan's continued support of the coalition forces in Afghanistan. But it's matters closer to home that threaten him most
The country's annual assertion of nationalism has suddenly lost symbolic heft as the Prime Minister skips visiting a shrine to Japan's war dead
In a rare international television interview Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sits with TALK ASIA's Anjali Rao ahead of his much talked-about and 'delayed' first official trip to the United States. He discusses Japan's current relationship with the U.S., the issue of "comfort women," his stance on North Korea, and Japanese domestic issues including changing the constitution and the economy. His popular wife, likened to U.S. presidential candidate and former first lady Hillary Clinton, also joins him to chat as she reveals her fondness for Korean pop culture.
Japan's newly elected prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is ready to work to improve relations with key regional neighbors China and South Korea, according to news reports Wednesday.
A silver-haired prime minister furrows his brow as experts brief the Japanese cabinet on a looming national crisis. A trusted aide urges immediate action, but senior ministers scoff that nothing ca...
Japan's new government is poised to halt the scheduled initial public offerings of Japan Post Bank, the world's largest bank by deposits, and its sister insurance company, according to the financial services minister.
A state-run Chinese newspaper expressed relief Monday that senior Japanese officials had dismissed the country's air force chief after he denied Japan's aggression before and during World War II.
The Liberal Democratic Party gave itself a personality injection by electing a Roman Catholic, "manga"-loving conservative with a wry smile and a sharp tongue, as its new president
After the Abe implosion, the gray-headed factions seemed destined to recover their hold on power
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he will resign, ending a troubled year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is staking his job on Japan's continued support of the coalition forces in Afghanistan. But it's matters closer to home that threaten him most
The country's annual assertion of nationalism has suddenly lost symbolic heft as the Prime Minister skips visiting a shrine to Japan's war dead
In a rare international television interview Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sits with TALK ASIA's Anjali Rao ahead of his much talked-about and 'delayed' first official trip to the United States. He discusses Japan's current relationship with the U.S., the issue of "comfort women," his stance on North Korea, and Japanese domestic issues including changing the constitution and the economy. His popular wife, likened to U.S. presidential candidate and former first lady Hillary Clinton, also joins him to chat as she reveals her fondness for Korean pop culture.
Japan's newly elected prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is ready to work to improve relations with key regional neighbors China and South Korea, according to news reports Wednesday.
A silver-haired prime minister furrows his brow as experts brief the Japanese cabinet on a looming national crisis. A trusted aide urges immediate action, but senior ministers scoff that nothing ca...
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has elected Shinzo Abe as its new president , virtually assuring him of the role of succeeding Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister of Japan on September 26.
Like a comforting fairytale, the birth Wednesday of the Chrysanthemum throne's first male heir in 40 years has saved Japan's imperial family from a succession crisis -- seconds before the biological clock struck midnight.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, 51, is the front-runner to succeed Junichiro Koizumi as the next president of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, a post which will carry with it the prime ministership of Japan.
After more than five years in the job, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi leaves office this month knowing that on his watch, the ground has been prepared for a sustained recovery in the world's second largest economy.
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Japan will withdraw its ground troops from Iraq, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has announced.
Japan's Foreign Minister on Tuesday described as "beyond comprehension" China's offer to hold summit talks if Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi halts visits to a controversial war shrine, a news report said.
Lunar New Year celebrations begin January 29 all over the world, heralding the end of the rooster's reign and welcoming the Year of the Dog under the Chinese zodiac.
U.S. President George W. Bush has told Beijing's leaders that it is in their interests to promote greater freedom in the world's most populous nation.
The dollar climbed to a 27-month high against the yen and a two-year peak against the euro Monday as investors bet that U.S. interest rates will remain more attractive than in Europe or Japan.
North Korea has become the latest country to criticize Tokyo over Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to a controversial war shrine.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine that honors the war dead, a move that has prompted outrage from China and South Korea in the past.
With a landslide victory in a hastily arranged election in early September, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won a broad mandate to push his reform agenda for the world's second-largest ec...
Bonds slipped Monday ahead of a week full of economic reports and as the devastation from Hurricane Katrina appeared less than some had feared.
Technology stocks are expected to take the spotlight early Monday as investors react to news of a multi-billion dollar merger between business software makers Oracle and Siebel Systems.
The world's second-largest economy, Japan, is growing at an annualized rate of 3.3 percent, according to new figures released by the government on Monday.
A landslide election victory for Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has prompted a wave of enthusiasm among investors Monday, with the Nikkei jumping more than 1 percent in early trade.
Japanese voters cast ballots Sunday in nationwide parliamentary elections likely to strengthen Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's grip on power and hand him a mandate to push through such long-promised reforms as the privatization of the nation's postal system.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's coalition is on track to win a comfortable majority in the 480-seat lower house of parliament in Sunday's election, according to the latest poll.
"No gain without pain" could have been Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's motto when he came to power in April 2001.
Support in Japan for the cabinet and the Liberal Democratic Party has risen since Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi dissolved the lower house earlier this month, according to a new opinion poll.
The dollar slid Monday as overseas funds raced to buy yen-denominated stocks on optimism for an economic recovery in Japan, while Treasury bonds fell.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday apologized for his country's role in World War II on the 60th anniversary of the war's end, and vowed Japan would never again take "the path to war."
Tech stocks appeared ready to lead U.S. stocks higher at Monday's open as such developments as a report of Cisco Systems' possible interest in cell phone maker Nokia greeted investors.
The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has set September 11 as the date for a snap election after Parliament rejected a proposal to privatize the country's postal system.
The future of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his ruling party's nearly unbroken grip on postwar power hung in the balance as Japan headed for a showdown on a postal privatization plan that would create a bank to rival the world's largest.
A parliamentary committee was to vote late Friday on closely watched legislation to privatize Japan's sprawling postal savings system and create the world's largest bank, officials said.
A vote on Japan's controversial postal privatization bills has been delayed until at least Monday, according to Japanese media reports on Thursday.
The fallout from China's decision to pull out of a top level meeting in Japan earlier this week continues to pollute the atmosphere between the two Asian powers.
Relations between China and Japan appear to have suffered another setback following the surprise cancellation of a top-level meeting between political leaders.
Chinese President Hu Jintao has warned that his country's dispute with Japan over Tokyo's World War II aggression could affect the stability and development of Asia, and urged the Japanese to back up their apologies with action.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has apologized for Japan's wartime activities in Asia during his speech at a summit in Jakarta on Friday.
When thousands of Chinese rallied in the commercial city of Shanghai, pelting the Japanese consulate and smashing some cars and restaurants along the way, they were seething over a troubled and unresolved history.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the leaders of China and Japan to get together later this week to resolve a spat that has plunged relations to their lowest ebb in 30 years.
Relations between China and Japan continue to cool after Beijing attacked Tokyo's decision to issue drilling rights in a disputed area of the East China Sea.
Japan says it will allow companies to test drill in a disputed area of the East China Sea, a move likely to further anger Beijing at a time of strained ties.
For decades Japan and its closest neighbors have tussled over what lessons should be learnt from World War II.
C-Murder lost his latest attempt to get his second-degree murder conviction thrown out when a state court of appeal refused to reconsider the case.
Bonds rallied Thursday on the heels of steep selloff the previous day and a better-than-expected auction of new debt, while the dollar extended losses on talk of central bank diversification.
The U.S. dollar is taking a beating again on comments out of Japan that rekindled traders nervousness about a world that may be getting less enamored with the greenback. The latest twist in the dollar soap opera came from Japan.
North Korea's neighbors, Japan and South Korea, are urging Pyongyang to reverse its stated decision to pull out of six-nation nuclear disarmament talks and "bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal."
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has appealed for $977 million in emergency relief over the next six months for the "unprecedented global catastrophe" triggered by the Asian tsunamis.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has announced his nation would offer $500 million in grant aid for the tsunami-stricken regions of southern Asia.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has told North Korea's leader that his county would be better off without nuclear weapons, but says Kim Jong Il "cannot really get the United States off his mind."
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The Japanese government has pushed forward its troop mission in Iraq by another year.
U.S. deserter and former Army Sgt. Charles Jenkins arrived Tuesday on a remote Japanese island, where he said he hoped to "live my remaining days with my wife and children."
The body of a Japanese man beheaded by his Iraqi captors hostage is being returned to Tokyo.
Japan's Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura has confirmed a headless body found Saturday in Baghdad is that of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda.
A Japanese hostage in Iraq has been killed after Tokyo refused to meet his abductors' demands to withdraw its troops from the region, a spokesman for the nation's foreign ministry said.
The relief agency CARE International has shut down all operations in Iraq and urged insurgents to release its director in Bagdhad, Margaret Hassan, who was kidnapped more than a week ago.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said troops will remain in Iraq, despite threats from an Iraqi insurgent group to behead a Japanese man it has taken hostage.
Japanese government officials are promising an investigation into the country's deadliest nuclear power accident.
Alleged U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins has met with an American military lawyer to discuss his legal case and options, Japanese news reports said.
Technology stocks could face some turbulence early Monday after Merrill Lynch downgraded the entire global chip sector to "underweight" from "overweight," saying it expects stock prices to decline further in the second-half of the year.
Japan's stock market closed higher on Monday as investors showed more optimism following the outcome of Sunday's upper house election.
Exit polls show Japan's ruling coalition party holding on to its parliamentary majority, but the Liberal Democratic Party won fewer seats than expected.
Japan's stock market is heading higher Monday as investors show more optimism following the outcome of Sunday's upper house election.
Japanese voters are at the polls Sunday in what is expected to be a tough contest for incumbent Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi who is facing a public critical of his Iraq policy and pension reforms.
Japanese voters go to the polls Sunday in what is expected to be a tough contest for incumbent Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi who is facing a public critical of his Iraq policy and pension reforms.
Japanese shares closed higher Friday, recovering from five-week closing lows the previous day, on views that recent price declines had partly factored in political instability that could follow this weekend's election in Japan.
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Japan will offer energy assistance to North Korea if the secretive state freezes its nuclear program, according to Japanese media reports Saturday.
A new round of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program will be held next week in Beijing, China has confirmed.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will brief U.S. President George W. Bush on the North Korean nuclear issue during the Group of Eight summit this week at the U.S. resort of Sea Island, Georgia.
Asian stocks were mainly lower Friday as U.S. interest rate nerves weigh on recent Japanese high-flyers such as the big banks.
Three Czech journalists held hostage in Iraq say they were moved from place to place by their abductors and handed off to different groups during their captivity.
Three Czech journalists held hostage in Iraq say they were moved from place to place by their abductors and handed off to different groups during their captivity.
Three Japanese civilians taken hostage in Iraq and threatened on video to be burned alive may be be home as soon as Saturday afternoon.
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has praised Japan's prime minister for resisting pressure to pull his country's troops from Iraq despite the kidnapping of three civilians there.
As protesters demand the recall of Japanese troops from Iraq, Japan has set up an emergency headquarters in Jordan to work on the release of three of its citizens taken hostage in Iraq.
A Japanese court has declared unconstitutional a visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a war shrine, according to lawyers for plaintiffs who sought monetary damages in a suit stemming from the visit.
Japanese troops have arrived in southern Iraq to begin Japan's most controversial and riskiest military venture since World War II.
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