Japan increasingly nervous about North Korea nukes Apr 8th, 2013 - 12:40h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (AP) - It's easy to write off North Korean threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: it has never demonstrated the capability to deploy a missile that could reach the Pacific island of Guam let alone the... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japan, increasingly, nervous, north, korea, nukes, Top Keywords

Japan central bank in fresh bid to revive economy Apr 4th, 2013 - 10:20h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (AP) - Japan is making a drastic shift in monetary policy in its latest attempt to spur inflation and get the world's third-largest economy out of a long, debilitating slump. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japan, central, bank, fresh, revive, economy, Top Keywords

Japan's NEC in talks to sell mobile phone unit to Lenovo: source Mar 29th, 2013 - 06:20h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's NEC Corp is in talks to sell its struggling mobile phone unit to its personal computer venture partner Lenovo Group Ltd, a source familiar with the discussions said, confirming media reports of the negotiations. NEC is ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japan's, talks, sell, mobile, phone, unit, lenovo, source, Top Keywords

Google adds street views inside Japan nuclear zone Mar 28th, 2013 - 11:50h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (AP) - Concrete rubble litters streets lined with shuttered shops and dark windows. A collapsed roof juts from the ground. A ship sits stranded on a stretch of dirt flattened when the tsunami roared across the coastline. There isn't a pers... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : google, adds, street, views, inside, japan, nuclear, zone, Top Keywords

Little Bitty Ancient Mammal Unearthed in Japan Mar 27th, 2013 - 12:10h (CET +01.00) Paleontologists in Japan have unearthed the jaw of a primitive mammal from the early Cretaceous period. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : little, bitty, ancient, mammal, unearthed, japan, nuclear, zone, Top Keywords

Japan, Australia to sanction North Korean bank as part of U.S.-led crackdown Mar 26th, 2013 - 06:30h (CET +01.00) By Antoni Slodkowski and Warren Strobel TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan and Australia plan to sanction North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank as part of U.S.-led efforts targeting Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank for the role Washington ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japan, australia, sanction, north, korean, bank, part, usled, crackdown, Top Keywords

Japanese online retailer Rakuten expects to defy European gloom Mar 22nd, 2013 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) By Alice Baghdjian LONDON (Reuters) - The head of Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc is used to defying convention, having quit the safety of a job at the Industrial Bank of Japan at the age of 31 and insisting employees at his new business spoke E... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japanese, online, retailer, rakuten, expects, defy, european, gloom, crackdown, Top Keywords

Kate Spade crafts Saturday brand for Japan's trendsetters Mar 22nd, 2013 - 09:20h (CET +01.00) By Chris Gallagher TOKYO (Reuters) - Given Kate Spade Saturday's bold designs, bright colors and creative flair, it was probably only fitting that the new lifestyle brand opened its first flagship store in fashion-obsessed Tokyo. After all, the ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : kate, spade, crafts, saturday, brand, japan's, trendsetters, gloom, crackdown, Top Keywords

Masks galore: Japanese ward off pollen, pollution Mar 22nd, 2013 - 08:00h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (AP) - On the sidewalks and the subways it's clear: Japan is becoming a sea of surgical masks. It's about pollen, about germs and even a little about China, its polluting rival across the sea. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : masks, galore, japanese, ward, pollen, pollution, trendsetters, gloom, crackdown, Top Keywords

Power, cooling restored at Japanese nuclear plant Mar 19th, 2013 - 18:00h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (AP) - Cooling systems have been restored for four fuel storage pools at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant, more than a day after a power outage halted the supply of fresh cooling water and raised concerns about the facility, which sti... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : power, cooling, restored, japanese, nuclear, plant, trendsetters, gloom, crackdown, Top Keywords