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Japan calls for tougher insider trading rules

YoopyaJune 11, 2012

by YoopyaJune 11, 201202

(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...

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Screams, tears as Japan fans choose pop group leader

YoopyaJune 8, 2012

by YoopyaJune 8, 201206

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

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Japan assembly agrees to restart reactors, hurdles remain

YoopyaMay 14, 2012

by YoopyaMay 14, 201206

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

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U.S., Japan unveil revised plan for Okinawa

YoopyaApril 27, 2012

by YoopyaApril 27, 201203

(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...

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Football swept up by Japanese tsunami found in Alaska

YoopyaApril 26, 2012

by YoopyaApril 26, 201201

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

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Japan holds off on decision to restart reactors

YoopyaApril 3, 2012

by YoopyaApril 3, 201201

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

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

YoopyaMarch 14, 2012

by YoopyaMarch 14, 201200

(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...

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Woman in iconic tsunami photo looks to future

YoopyaFebruary 28, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 28, 201201

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

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Japan priest fights invisible demon: radiation

YoopyaFebruary 10, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 10, 201205

(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...