May 23, 2013
The Bank of Japan is struggling to rein in a spike in long-term interest rates that threatens to unravel the central bank’s plan for an economic recovery.
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May 23, 2013
Japanese stocks plummeted May 23 after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share...
May 23, 2013
All Nippon Airways Co. said May 23 it will resume operations of its 787 Dreamliners ahead of schedule, but for special domestic flights only, later this month.
May 22, 2013
Inspired by a manga he read as a child, Mitsuru Izumo set out to develop a "magical" food capable of curing the real-world problems of hunger and malnutrition. The result—a form of algae known as euglena—may have the...
May 22, 2013
Japanese electronics giants have started a marketing war for next-generation ultra-high definition 4K TV sets, a year before Japan begins such broadcasting services next summer.
May 22, 2013
The nuclear disaster in Japan two years ago ignited a push to develop a new and clean energy industry, but those efforts are being stymied by a raft of regulations.
May 23, 2013
With the aim of creating a global biofuel business network, Tokyo-based Itochu Corp. and its subsidiary Itochu Enex Co. have invested in a 50-million-gallon per year, next-generation biodiesel fuel (BDF) project.
September 26, 2012
September 25, 2012 -- Dentsu Inc. (President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo) announced today that in addition to Dentsu Inc. winning two Grand Prix, Dentsu Group companies received a total of eight Gold Spikes in the ...