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The reading was above the average market forecast of a 5.2 percent increase in a Kyodo News survey. ----- Japan's wholesale prices down 0.2% in April on year TOKYO - ...

TOKYO, May 10, 2010 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) plans to offer global yen bonds in the near term, depending on market conditions, ...

Tokyo - Japan's core private-sector machinery ... those from non-manufacturers jumped 12.6 per cent to 443.1 billion yen, the Cabinet Office said. For the financial year that ended March, the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Astellas Pharma (Tokyo:4503.T - News ), Japan's No.2 drugmaker, agreed to buy U.S. biotech OSI Pharmaceuticals ( OSIP - News ) for billion in cash in ...

TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell 2.2 percent to a 10-week closing low on Monday as the euro's tumble to a four-year trough chilled investor sentiment and ...

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who will reportedly meet with U ... a plan to move operations off the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the southern island ...

... deeply resent the terms of their relationship with Tokyo ... plan [for Futenma relocation on Okinawa].” But this month he visited Okinawa, for his first time since becoming prime ...

TOKYO (AP) – Sony Corp ... A stronger yen, which hurts Japanese exporters, lowered revenue by about 440 billion yen, Sony said. For the January-March quarter, Sony posted a net ...

TOKYO, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Japan ... Toray Industries Inc., climbed 5.6 percent to 545 yen after the textile maker said it has reached an agreement to supply carbon fiber ...

TOKYO — Sony Corp. said Monday it likely booked a much narrower loss last year thanks to cost cuts and better electronics sales. Sony expects to post a net loss ...