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TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon pummeled the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, paralyzing transport and prompting U.S. forces based there to cancel...

Business Economy

Economy: Japan jobless rate hits 16-year low, signals spending rebound ahead

YoopyaJune 27, 2014June 15, 2023

by YoopyaJune 27, 2014June 15, 202303

(Reuters) – Japan’s unemployment rate hit a 16-year low in May, suggesting the economy will rebound in the third quarter from a sales tax hike...

Cars News

Cars: Japan bets big on making fuel-cell cars a near-future reality

YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 16, 202304

(Reuters) – Japan’s government and top carmakers, including Toyota Motor Corp, are joining forces to bet big that they can speed up the arrival of...

Asia News Us World

US: Obama reassures Japan, other allies on China ahead of visit

YoopyaApril 23, 2014July 21, 2023

by YoopyaApril 23, 2014July 21, 202304

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has said Washington welcomes China’s rise but that engagement with Beijing would not come at the expense of its...

Asia News World

Asia: Japan PM sends offering to war shrine

YoopyaApril 21, 2014September 16, 2023

by YoopyaApril 21, 2014September 16, 202304

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a religious offering Monday to a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead, including executed war criminals...

News Sports

Sports: Asada 1st after record-setting short program

YoopyaMarch 27, 2014September 26, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 27, 2014September 26, 202304

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Mao Asada of Japan set a world record on Thursday to finish first in the short program at the World Figure...

Asia News Us World

World: Obama brokers Japan, South Korea talks as Pyongyang fires missiles

YoopyaMarch 26, 2014September 16, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 26, 2014September 16, 202309

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama brought together the leaders of Japan and South Korea for their first face-to-face talks as a North Korean ballistic...

World

US ex-nuclear chief: Fukushima lesson is phase-out

YoopyaMarch 13, 2014September 30, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 13, 2014September 30, 202301

TOKYO (AP) — As radiation spewed from Japan’s nuclear disaster three years ago, the top U.S. atomic energy regulator issued a 50-mile evacuation warning for...