Japan approved Friday a record-high 6.8 trillion-yen ($51 billion) draft defense budget for fiscal 2023 after pledging to acquire capabilities in a major policy shift under the country's war-renouncing Constitution, Kyodo reported.
The draft initial (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz arrived in Japan on Sunday as part of his seven-nation Asian tour.
The King was received at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo by Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan, Saudi Ambassador to (...)
Japan on Monday successfully launched a new information gathering radar satellite.
A domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying the satellite lifted off at 10:21 a.m. (0121 GMT) from the Tanegashima Space Center, about 1,000 kilometers southwest (...)
Japanese stocks saw their first gains in three trading days Monday as investor worries about the eurozone debt crisis were alleviated by a deal European leaders reached last week on tighter budget rules.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average (...)
An earthquake measuring 5.4 points on the Richter scale rocked southern Japan on Sunday.
According to the country's national meteorological agency, the quake's epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean close to the Amami Islands. The focus of the (...)
Toyota Motor Corp. on Friday sharply downgraded its earnings forecast for this fiscal year through March, blaming a strong yen and the recent flooding in Thailand, according to AP.
Japan's biggest automaker expects to book a net profit of 180 (...)
Japan's utility operating the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Friday it has scrapped a plan to dump water it treated for radiation contamination into the sea following fierce protests from fishing groups, according to Reuters.
Tokyo (...)
Stocks fell Friday in Japan as investors worried
about the eurozone debt crisis after the European Central Bank
dismissed suggestions it could help out by stepping up bond
purchases, according to dpa.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average (...)
A power company said Thursday it had shut down a nuclear reactor at a plant in western Japan due to water leaks from a pressurizer valve, according to dpa.
Kansai Electric Power Co said it had manually suspended reactor 2
at Mihama Nuclear Power (...)
Japan Airlines Co. has announced routes for the Boeing 787 planes it expects to start receiving next year, according to AP.
The routes announced Thursday by President Masaru Onishi are Narita International Airport to New Delhi, Narita to Moscow, (...)
The Japanese government may inject between $13 billion and $19 billion into Tokyo Electric Power Co in a de facto nationalisation of the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Reuters cited domestic media reports as saying on (...)
Japan's foreign exchange reserves grew 7.8 per cent in November from October to a record high of US $1.3 trillion on currency market interventions by Japanese monetary authorities, the government said Wednesday.
The official reserve assets, the (...)
Japanese stocks jumped 1.7 per cent Wednesday as other Asian markets climbed and as investors hoped European leaders would manage to address the eurozone debt crisis at meetings this week.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 1.71 per (...)
A nuclear reactor at a plant in western Japan was to be suspended Wednesday due to water leaks from a pressurizer valve, local media reported.
According to dpa, Kansai Electric Power Co said it was manually shutting reactor 2 at Mihama Nuclear (...)
A nuclear reactor at a plant in western Japan was to
be suspended Wednesday due to water leaks from a pressurizer valve,
dpa quoted local media as reporting.
Kansai Electric Power Co said it was manually shutting reactor 2
at Mihama Nuclear (...)
Japanese stocks dropped 1.4 per cent Tuesday after leading US credit rating agency Standard and Poor's threatened to
downgrade several eurozone countries, DPA reported.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 1.39 per cent, or 120.82 points, (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Japan Dr. Abdulaziz bin Abdulsattar Turkistani, hosted here last night a dinner party in honor of Deputy Minister of Labor Dr. Mufarrej bin Saad Al-Haqbani and his accompanying delegation.
Dr. Al-Haqbani is on a visit to Japan (...)
Japanese stocks climbed Monday morning as investor sentiment was lifted by the easing of the yen against the dollar and
an unexpected drop in the US unemployment rate.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 0.43 per cent, or 37.03 points, (...)
Honda Motor Co. is recalling 304,000 vehicles globally for air-bags that may inflate with too much pressure in a crash, send metal and plastic pieces flying and cause injuries or deaths, according to AP.
Honda said there have been 20 accidents so (...)
Japan's oldest person, 115-year-old Chiyono Hasegawa, has died, AP reported. Hasegawa, who was born Nov. 20, 1896, died at a facility in southern Japan on Friday.
The facility where Hasegawa died confirmed her death, but declined to give further (...)
Concluding his official visit to Japan last night, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr. Nizar bin Obeid Madani met the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Koichiro Genba, in the presence of the Saudi ambassador (...)
Japanese stocks jumped nearly 2 per cent Thursday
after six major central banks agreed in a coordinated move to shore
up global market liquidity and China's central bank decided to take a
step to spur lending to banks, dpa reported.
The (...)
Auto giants Toyota and BMW said Thursday they have reached an agreement to collaborate on research for cleaner, next-generation car batteries, underlining the growing push in the industry for green technology, according to AP.
The agreement brings (...)
Japanese stocks declined Wednesday morning as investors sold shares, locking in profits after recent gains.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 0.84 per cent, or 71.26 points, to trade at 8,406.56 by the end of the morning session at 11:30 (...)
The Saudi ambassador to Japan, Dr. Abdul-Aziz Bin Abdul-Sattar Turkistani hosted a dinner party for the visiting Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nizar bin Obaid Madani and his accompanying delegation.
The dinner party was attended (...)
