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Politics › Construction industry likely to be big winner if LDP returns to power

Source: Japan Today, Dec 12 2012, 4:10pm CST

A big winner from the Dec 16 national elections may be the country’s construction industry and towns such as Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, where a sprawling dam development sits unfinished after more than four decades. Polls ...

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Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected

Source: AzFamily.com  |   May 25 2013, 5:03am CDT

TOKYO (AP) — An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's o ...

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2 hours ago

At least four exposed to radiation after Japan laboratory leak

Source: Times of India  |   May 25 2013, 3:46am CDT

TOKYO: At least four people, and possibly up to 55, were exposed to radiation when radioactive material leaked during a laboratory experiment in Japan, the facility's operators said on Saturday, although authorities were not t ...

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23 weeks ago


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"If all you do is ‘baramaki’ (pork barrel), debt monetization and massive fiscal spending, it will end in tears and Japan will become the Argentina of the 21st century"


Source: Japan Today

 

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13 hours ago

What drives Shinzo Abe?

Source: Hurriet Daily News  |   May 24 2013, 4:40pm CDT

Shinzo Abe, now six months into his second try at being prime minister of Japan, is a puzzling man. In his first, spectacularly unsuccessful go in 2006-07, he was a crude nationalist and an economic ignoramus who rare ...

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15 hours ago

PM to push for nuke pact during Japan visit

Source: Asian Age  |   May 24 2013, 2:38pm CDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarks on a five-day two-nation foreign tour on Monday during which his first halt will be Japan where he will be hoping to give a push to the proposed civil nuclear cooperation between the two countries. The J ...

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17 hours ago

Can "Abenomics" Help Japan Recover? - Analyst Blog

Source: Zacks Investment Research  |   May 24 2013, 12:44pm CDT

In one of the most spectacular slides in its history, the Japan's Nikkei lost 7.3% to close at 14,483.98 on Thursday. This was the index’s worst loss in a single trading day in two years. In fact, the last time Japanese stocks suffered ...

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19 hours ago

Banzai!

Source: MoneyWeek  |   May 24 2013, 10:23am CDT

The smart money is using this dip to buy gold. Why gold? Because the world’s major markets, currencies, and economies all depend on reckless measures by central banks. In the short run, the central banks can make things appear s ...

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22 hours ago

After Japan’s Tsunami, a Glimmer of Hope

Source: Humanitarian News  |   May 24 2013, 7:52am CDT

From ChildFund Japan, one of our ChildFund Alliance partners, comes a touching video about how the seaside city of Ofunato is recovering from the deadly earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011. “The Garland of Smiles, ...

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22 hours ago

LDP Alters Abes Constitutional Pledge in Japan Election Plans

Source: Democratic Underground  |   May 24 2013, 7:48am CDT

Source: Bloomberg Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes ruling Liberal Democratic Party is changing its strategy for rewriting the countrys pacifist constitution ahead of parliamentary elections in July, a par ...

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1 day ago

UPDATE 1-M'bishi Motors manoeuvres to end 15-yr dividend drought

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 24 2013, 3:38am CDT

TOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp, the Japanese maker of Triton pickups, the Outlander Sport SUV and i-MiEV electric car, wants shareholders to approve a capital reorganisation to clear more than $9 billion ...

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