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(Photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius is on display at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. Toyota said on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 it has received 77 complaints in Japan over brake problems with its popular hybrid....Full Story

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North Korea Appears Ready to Extend Dynastic Rule
| SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader, is expected to convene a rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party in coming days to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of political engineering that would be a first in the Communist...Full Story
While you were sleeping: Outlook a bit brighter
Friday, 3 September 2010, 7:04 am | Article: Businesswire | While you were sleeping: Outlook a bit brighter | September 3 (BusinessDesk) - Stocks in Europe and on Wall Street held their ground as an unexpected gain in pending home sales, a decline in claims for jobless ...Full Story
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial robots are a common site on auto assembly lines around the world. | Kuka said last month th...Full Story
Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate
| JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his leadership challenger Ichiro Ozawa both attacked the power of Japan's bureaucracy and pledged to reclaim power for elected officials in a campaign debate held yesterday. | In a subdued affair, Mr Kan, 63, passed up the ch...Full Story
Hiroshima's poisonous past
|      Sep 3, 2010 Hiroshima's poisonous past | By Peter J Brown | In late August, several historians and others from South Korea, China and Japan announced the joint publication of an East Asian history book next year. The authors include prominent ...Full Story
Japan Minister Warns China on Business Rules
By YUKA HAYASHI And REBECCA BLUMENSTEIN | TOKYO—Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada warned Thursday China risks losing foreign investments unless it introduces more transparency and consistency into its business rules, including its legal framework to deal wit...Full Story
Japan to sentence Greenpeace anti-whaling activists
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Euro edges up vs dollar, US jobs report awaited
* Euro up 0.1 pct vs dollar ; bond auctions support * ECB leaves rates on hold as expected * Markets await U.S. monthly payrolls report * Swedish crown hits 2-yr high on Riksbank rate hike (Recasts, throughout. Adds comments, details.) By Vivianne Rodrigues NEW YORK, Se...Full Story
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People's Daily hails victory in war against fascist
China Daily 2010-09-02 22:20:14.0People's Daily hails victory in war against fascistCPC,Japanese invasion ,fascists11020262Government and Policy2@webnews/enpproperty--> | BEIJING -- An official newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee wi...
China calls for compromise on NKorea talks
Herald Tribune | BEIJING - China called Thursday for a compromise among the parties to talks aimed at disarming North Korea's nuclear program in order to get the negotiations back on track. AC = 1234 | --> | China hosted the six-nation talks before North Korea walk...
4TH LD: Kan trades barbs with Ozawa over money-politics problems+
Breitbart TOKYO, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING LAST 6 GRAFS) | Prime Minister Naoto Kan engaged in heated debate Thursday with his sole opponent in the upcoming Democratic Party of Japan presidential election, Ichiro Ozawa, especially over the issue...
3RD LD: Kan trades barbs with Ozawa over money-politics problems+
Breitbart TOKYO, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS) | Prime Minister Naoto Kan engaged in heated debate Thursday with his sole opponent in the upcoming Democratic Party of Japan presidential election, Ichiro Ozawa, especially over the issue of m...
Anti-dolphin hunt petition delivered to US Embassy
Herald Tribune | TOKYO - The star of an Oscar-winning documentary about a Japanese town that slaughters dolphins delivered a petition to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday demanding an end to the hunt. AC = 1234 | --> | "The Cove" star Ric O'Barry handed the pet...
Euro edges up; market cautious before Trichet
The Guardian * Euro up 0.1 percent vs dollar; bond auctions support * ECB leaves rates on hold as expected; Trichet awaited * ECB seen extending offer of unlimited funds * Swedish crown hits 2-yr high vs euro on Riksbank rate hike (Releads, adds quote, updates pr...
Opposition parties rap gov't for lack of economic measures+
Breitbart TOKYO, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Opposition leaders criticized on Thursday the government led by the Democratic Party of Japan for failing to contain the yen's steep appreciation and stock price falls. | Economic measures under study are "direction...
Hottest Summer On Record For Japan
redOrbit | The Japan Meteorological Agency said Wednesday that the country has had its hottest summer on record since records began in 1898. | The record heat wave sent thousands of people to the hospital suffering heatstroke. | The average temperature nation...
2ND LD: Kan trades barbs with Ozawa over money-politics problems+
Breitbart TOKYO, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: RECASTING, ADDING DETAILS, 3RD LEAD TO FOLLOW) | Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday engaged in heated debate with his sole opponent in the upcoming Democratic Party of Japan presidential election, Ichiro Oza...
LEAD: Ozawa says he will not 'evade' legal decision on money scandal+
Breitbart TOKYO, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS, 2ND LEAD TO FOLLOW) | Ichiro Ozawa, a ruling party bigwig vying to become Japan's next leader, said Thursday he will not "evade" responsibility for a political funds scandal he has been embroil...
LEAD: Tokyo stocks extend gains on upbeat U.S. data but caution weighs+
Breitbart weighs+ (AP) - TOKYO, Sept. 2 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS AND PRICES) | Tokyo stocks continued to advance Thursday as stronger-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data helped ease economic worries ahead of upcoming economic indicators. | The 225-i...
Japan endures hottest summer on record
Herald Tribune | TOKYO - Japan is sweltering through its hottest summer on record, weather officials said Thursday. AC = 1234 | --> | Japan joined many parts of the Northern Hemisphere in seeing an unusually hot summer. Meteorologists say 17 nations have recorded a...
Japan to sentence Greenpeace anti-whaling activists
Yahoo Daily News | TOKYO (AFP) – Two Greenpeace activists will face possible jail terms in Japan on Monday for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism. | Prosecutors have dema...
Dollar, yen recover losses; ECB eyed
The Times Of India LONDON: The dollar and yen recovered losses on Thursday as risk-taking sentiment was tempered ahead of a European Central Bank policy meeting later in the day and key US jobs data on Friday. Upbeat US and Chinese manufacturing data on Wednesday had l...
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