Japan
Press Release: Japan’s assistance to Moldova for SME promotion
February 29, 2008The Government of Japan organized a workshop program on Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion for Moldova from 16 February to 25 February 2008. Other participating countries include Belarus and Ukraine. From each participating country two governmental...
U.S., Japan expanding air cargo access
September 14, 2007The United States and Japan agreed to expand an air services agreement to provide additional passenger and cargo access to Asia. The U.S. Transportation Department said more talks are planned with an open-skies type deal as a long-sought goal. The...
Japan ministries seek $774B for FY 2008
September 11, 2007Japan’s ministries and agencies asked for a total of $774.5 billion for their fiscal 2008 budget, the second highest on record, a report said Tuesday. Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga gave a breakdown of the requests to the Cabinet...
- September 10, 2007
Japan’s economy shrank in the April-June quarter, and the first such decline in nine months was blamed on weak capital investment, the government said Monday. The quarterly data announced by the Cabinet Office were a 0.3 percent drop in real...
US Pressures Japan to Open Up Agriculture Market
February 15, 2007The United States is renewing pressure on Japan to reduce trade barriers on agricultural goods. As Yuriko Nagano reports from Tokyo, Ambassador Thomas Schieffer says bluntly that unless Japan opens its markets, the U.S. will take its business...
Report: Japan plant's cakes had E. coli
January 29, 2007A report from one of Fujiya Co.'s plants in Japan's Osaka Prefecture says the facility allegedly produced cakes with dangerous amounts of E. coli bacteria. By producing and releasing the pastry items at E. coli levels 10 times higher than the plant...
Gallaher backs Japanese takeover offer
December 15, 2006London (dpa) - British tobacco giant Gallaher Group Plc Friday backed a takeover offer of 7.5 billion pounds (19.08 billion dollars) from Japan Tobacco, the world's third largest tobacco company. Gallaher, the makers of Benson & Hedges and Silk...
Japan Tobacco to acquire British rival Gallaher
December 15, 2006Tokyo (dpa) - Japan Tobacco, the maker of Mild Seven, confirmed Friday it has offered to buy British rival Gallaher Group Plc in a 2.25 trillion yen (19.08 billion US dollar) deal. "We have presented a buyout proposal to Gallaher and we are in...
Stocks rise in Tokyo on positive Tankan survey
December 15, 2006Tokyo (dpa) - Stocks in Tokyo closed higher Friday on a weaker yen and a two-year high in the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey, which measures business confidence. A weaker yen means that Japanese goods are cheaper abroad, and exporters like Sony Corp...
Business confidence meets expectations in Japan
December 15, 2006Tokyo (dpa) - Confidence among Japan's major manufacturers improved slightly in December, according to a Bank of Japan survey released Friday. The bank said its business confidence index stood at 25 for large manufacturers, up from 24 in September...
