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TOKYO, June 7 (Reuters) - Japan's leading contender for new finance minister, Yoshihiko Noda, said on Monday he wants to set a path for fiscal reform, a sign he shares ...

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, June 7 -- (Kyodo) _ TSE Prices UP/DN Osaka Gas Co 318 DN 2 Pacific Metals Co 638 DN 38 Panasonic Corp ...

TOKYO, June 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)—----- New DPJ leadership launched ahead of Cabinet inauguration TOKYO - The Democratic Party of Japan launched its new leadership under President Naoto Kan on ...

Tokyo, June 4 (DPA) One of the Chinese student leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests was arrested Friday for allegedly trespassing into the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, Kyodo ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan 's new prime minister made his diplomatic debut Sunday in a telephone call with President Barack Obama , reaffirming his ... populist, was elected prime minister ...

TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell more than three per cent as investors, spooked by debt woes in Hungary and the euro's fall ... houses slid after metals prices fell ...

TOKYO June 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell nearly 4 percent on Monday, marking its biggest daily drop in 14 months as investors, spooked by debt woes in Hungary ...

Japanese authorities released Wu'er Kaixi, a student leader in Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, on Sunday after arresting him for allegedly trying to force his way into the Chinese Embassy ...

TOKYO - A Tokyo court rejected compensation claims Monday by a group of Chinese plaintiffs over the death and the sickening of 44 people after construction workers broke open several ...

... stimulus measures will continue to support the rebound, the Cabinet Office said in a monthly report in Tokyo ... concern that Europe’s fiscal crisis would temper global growth. In ...