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Osaka mayor stirs anger with remark on comfort women
The Straits TimesTOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN) -- Popular Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's description of wartime sexual slaves as "necessary" is being strongly criticised both at home and abroad. The comment by Hashimoto, seen as a potential future prime minister, came...Tags: Osaka (Japan), Human Rights, Slavery, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Japan
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Seoul on watch for 'yen carry trade' resurgence
The Korea Herald, Seoul / Asia News NetworkSEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- Korea's financial regulator and central bank are bolstering their monitoring of the foreign exchange market -- investments from funds raised in Japan in particular -- amid the feasibility of sparking the so-called "yen...Tags: Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Money and Monetary Policy, BNP Paribas, Economy, Business and Finance
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INTERVIEW-Hedge fund billionaire Loeb says Sony reminds him of Yahoo
ReutersBy Chikafumi Hodo and Tim Kelly TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb says Sony Corp reminds him of Yahoo Inc before he waged a bitter proxy fight that triggered a boardroom shake-out at the Internet company last year....Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Sony Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Marissa Mayer, Electronics
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COLUMN-Weak yen a boon for investors, not Japan: James Saft
Reuters(James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By James Saft May 14 (Reuters) - Buy Japanese stocks if you must but don't expect Abenomics and the fall of the yen to revitalize Japan's economy. The yen has fallen by more than...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Nikkei, Foreign Exchange Market, Marketing, Exports
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Japan PM Abe: Closely watching JGB market movements
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that the government was closely watching movements in the bond market to ensure that it could digest Japanese government bonds in a stable manner. Abe said he expected the Bank of...Tags: Bonds, Japan, Financial Markets
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Woodbrook buys Tokyo office property as market rebounds-sources
ReutersBy Junko Fujita TOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S.-based Westbrook Partners led the acquisition of a majority stake in a Tokyo office tower for about 30 billion yen ($295 million) as the market rebounds in the capital of the world's third-largest economy,...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Finance, Sony Corp., Nikkei, Economy, Business and Finance
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Japan PM adviser Iijima arrives in North Korea
ReutersTOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - An adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in North Korea on Tuesday in a rare surprise visit to a country with which Japan has no diplomatic ties, but the purpose of the visit was not immediately known. North...Tags: Japan, Government, Tokyo (Japan), Kim Jong Il, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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BRIEF: Japan's first lady attends South Korean musical
The Korea Herald, Seoul / Asia News NetworkSEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- Japanese first lady Akie Abe recently disclosed that she had seen South Korean musical "Caffeine" in Tokyo. According to the Asahi Shimbun and reports in other media on Saturday, the 50-year-old wife of Prime Minister...Tags: Music, Japan, Tokyo (Japan), Entertainment, Germany
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Japanese mayor sparks outrage with sex-slave remarks
ReutersTOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - China expressed outrage on Tuesday over remarks by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said Japan's system of military brothels during World War Two was "necessary", as the Japanese government sought to distance itself...Tags: China, Unrest, Conflicts and War, South Korea, Japan, Tokyo (Japan)
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Nikkei hits new 5-1/2-year high on weak yen; financials, exporters lead
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average surged to a fresh 5-1/2-year high on Monday as the weakening yen further bolstered exporters, while brokerage shares attracted buyers who see growing volume bringing in much more fee income. The benchmark...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Finance, Sony Corp., Companies and Corporations, Hitachi Ltd.
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Suga: Abe not in denial over 'wars of aggression' stance
The Japan TimesFacing criticism and questions both at home and abroad numerous times in recent weeks, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tried Friday to clarify, albeit indirectly, the government position that Japan waged wars of aggression in the 1930s and 1940s....Tags: South Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Japan, Government, Asia
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QE and yen-inspired ructions in store, even if no currency war
ReutersBy Mike Dolan LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Most investors see the yen's latest lunge as a byproduct of the rich world's money printing gambit and not a deliberate escalation in a notional currency war, but it is raising concerns about possible new...Tags: International Organizations, Currency Values, Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Money and Monetary Policy
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