Tag: Japan
The Japanese economy grew 0.2% in October-December according to revised data
Japan’s economy grew by 0.2% between October and December 2012 compared to the same period of 2011, according to revised data released today by the Government, which contrasts with the contraction of 0.4% initially broadcast 14 February. This indicates that the recovery in the world’s third largest economy and its emergence from recession is proceeding [...]
The Japanese Minister Travels to the U.S. After a Historic Agreement About Military Bases
Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, met Monday with President Barack Obama, just after a historic agreement to reduce by half the U.S. military deployment in the archipelago of Okinawa. On Thursday, holders of U.S. Defense, Leon Panetta, and Japan, Koichiro Gemba, agreed to the output of 9,000 U.S. troops from southern archipelago of Okinawa, which [...]
Japan will provide 60,000 million of additional contribution to the IMF
Japan will contribute with 60,000 million to the expansion of additional resources requested by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to contain the spread of the debt crisis in the eurozone, said the Japanese Finance Minister, Jun Azumi. Azumi, who hopes other countries will follow the line from Japan, today confirmed the amount allocated to the [...]
Toyota Prius: sales record in Japan in March for the tenth consecutive month
Prius, the hybrid model of the multinational automobile Nippon Toyota Motor was, for the tenth consecutive month, the best-selling vehicle in Japan in March, reported the Automobile Dealers Association of Japan (JADA) . The Prius, a vehicle that combines a gasoline engine and an electric motor, reached 45,496 units, about 2.3 times more than during [...]
Japan Prepares a New Safety Standard for Nuclear Power Stations
The Japanese Nuclear Safety Agency is preparing a new safety standard for nuclear power plants in the country that contains guidelines based on the experience of the accident in the Fukushima Daiichi plant, reported Kyodo news agency. Among the 30 points at which to base the new security pattern includes the requirement that the plants [...]
The Nikkei advances thanks to lowering of the yen
The Nikkei rose today, after three consecutive closures in red, thanks to the lowering of the yen encouraged investors, who ignored the negative results of the Tankan business confidence report released in Japan. The Nikkei rose 26.31 points, or 0.26 percent, and was at 10,109.87 points, while the Topix index, which groups all the values [...]
Chile and Japan agree more cooperation on energy and disaster prevention
The presidents of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, and Japan, Yoshihiko Noda, Tokyo agreed today to strengthen cooperation in renewable energy and disaster prevention, in a match that ended the political agenda of Chilean President their Asian tour. At a summit held at the home of Koizumi, he conveyed to Piñera Japan available to provide assistance to [...]
Mark Zuckerberg meets in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister
The Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, met during his visit to Japan with the head of government of that country, Yoshihiko Noda, who stressed how useful they were in the Asian country social networks after the catastrophe of March 11. A spokesman for the Japanese prime minister’s office told that Noda praised during the meeting as [...]
Monti said in Tokyo that the euro zone crisis “almost over”
Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, said today in Tokyo, where he is on official visit until Friday, the euro area “has gone through a huge crisis,” which in his view, “almost done”. Monti, who landed last night in Japan preceding the Second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, which concluded yesterday, reviewed the measures taken by [...]
China and Japan strengthen ties to strengthen the role of Asia before the crisis
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, visiting Beijing, agreed to boost bilateral ties to strengthen the role of Asia in the current global economic crisis, reported the official Xinhua news agency. As he is about the 40th anniversary of normalization of diplomatic relations sinojaponesas, Chinese Vice President prefaced the [...]
