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Japan calls for tougher insider trading rules

YoopyaJun 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Japan’s securities watchdog flexed its muscles by fining a foreign financial institution for insider trading for the first time, but punishments overall remain

Screams, tears as Japan fans choose pop group leader

YoopyaJun 8, 20120

(Reuters) – Cheers, tears and screams marked the crowning of a new leader of Japanese girl pop group AKB48, who was chosen by fans in

Japan assembly agrees to restart reactors, hurdles remain

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

By Linda Sieg and Yoko Kubota TOKYO (Reuters) – The assembly in a western Japanese town that hosts a nuclear plant agreed on Monday it

U.S., Japan unveil revised plan for Okinawa

YoopyaApr 27, 20120

(Reuters) – The United States and Japan announced on Thursday a revised agreement on streamlining the U.S. military presence on Okinawa that will shift 9,000

Football swept up by Japanese tsunami found in Alaska

YoopyaApr 26, 20120

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – A football that bobbed onto the shore of a remote Alaska island is likely the first salvageable debris

Japan holds off on decision to restart reactors

YoopyaApr 3, 20120

By Risa Maeda TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan needs more time to decide whether to restart two offline nuclear reactors, the trade minister said on Tuesday,

U.S., EU, Japan take on China at WTO over rare earths

YoopyaMar 14, 20120

(Reuters) – The United States, Europe and Japan joined forces on Tuesday to challenge China’s restrictions on exports of rare earth minerals critical to the

Woman in iconic tsunami photo looks to future

YoopyaFeb 28, 20120

By Yuriko Nakao ISHINOMAKI, Japan (Reuters) – The young Japanese woman clutches a beige blanket tight around her shoulders as she stares into the distance.

Japan priest fights invisible demon: radiation

YoopyaFeb 10, 20120

(Reuters) – On the snowy fringes of Japan’s Fukushima city, now notorious as a byword for nuclear crisis, Zen monk Koyu Abe offers prayers for