Tag: Japan

• Friday, February 18th 2011 - 06:00 UTC

  Japan announces the end of its annual whale hunt in Antarctica

  

  Japan ended its annual whale hunt in Antarctica early following clashes between its fleet and protesters, Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano said.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2011 - 13:23 UTC

  Japan cuts short whaling season; Greenpeace says whale-meat market overstocked

  

  The Japanese whaling fleet has called an early end to its whaling season in Antarctica a move which conservationists tentatively say could spell an end to whaling in the Southern Ocean. But Greenpeace Japan said there were other reasons to halt “scientific whaling”.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2011 - 00:28 UTC

  Japan insists G-20 must address the issue of capital inflows to emerging economies

  

  Japan's finance minister made it clear Tuesday that Tokyo is particularly interested in discussing ways to deal with the problem of strong capital inflows into emerging economies when he meets with officials from the Group of 20 industrial and developing nations in Paris later this week.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2011 - 05:45 UTC

  Latinamerican countries call on Japan to cease “scientific whaling”

  

  Nine Latinamerican countries that make up the “Buenos Aires Group” have called on Japan to put an end to “scientific whaling” as vessels take off for the new hunting season in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 05:48 UTC

  Alleging national security, China plans to review foreign attempts to buy local companies

  

  China is launching a body to review foreign attempts to buy local companies in a move that might add to strains over access to its markets.

• Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 23:06 UTC

  Japan’s public debt and fiscal deficit “unsustainable” warns IMF

  

  The weight of Japan's public debt, the highest in the world, is unsustainable in the medium and long term warned this week Naoyuki Shinohara, Deputy Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2011 - 21:48 UTC

  Japan committed to stabilize the Euro and ensure growth in EU bilateral trade

  

  Japan is prepared to purchase over 20% of bonds that Euro-zone countries will be jointly issuing with the purpose of defusing tension and propping confidence in the Euro given the presistence of the European sovereign debt crisis, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Tuesday in Tokyo.

• Friday, December 24th 2010 - 07:30 UTC

  Japanese Fishing Agency officials admit taking “gifts” of whale meat

  

  After more than two and half years of pressure by Greenpeace and the famous “Tokyo Two” trials, officials with the Japanese Fishing Agency publicly admitted Thursday that they received whale meat as “gifts” from private companies contracted by the government to slaughter whales, reports Greenpeace USA blog.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 19:32 UTC

  Toyota expects strong showing from production and sales overseas

  

  Toyota, the largest car-maker in the world is forecasting a 2% rise in global production across Toyota, Daihatsu and Hino models to 8.69 million units, compared to this year’s expected global output of 8.55 million units. Overseas production next year is expected to rise 6% to 4.81 million units, offsetting a 4% drop in domestic output to 3.89 million units.

• Saturday, November 27th 2010 - 13:22 UTC

  Japan approves another stimulus package to combat deflation and strong Yen

  

  Japan's parliament has passed a stimulus package worth about 61billion US dollars, designed to kick-start the country's fragile economic recovery. The government had already introduced several stimulus packages.