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/ 14 September 2009
All the talking about climate change have resulted in a net achievement of less than nothing: global emissions just keep going up.
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/ 13 September 2009
As Yukio Hatoyama prepares to become Japan’s new leader, his wife is already emerging as a gloriously eccentric foil to her hum-drum husband.
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/ 11 September 2009
More than 40 000 Japanese people are aged 100 or over, up 10% from last year, a government survey showed on Friday.
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/ 11 September 2009
Japan’s new government is under pressure to abolish the death penalty after Amnesty claimed the country’s death row inmates are being driven insane.
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/ 9 September 2009
Japan’s new ruling Democratic Party clinched a deal on Wednesday to form a coalition with two tiny parties whose help it needs to pass laws smoothly.
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/ 5 September 2009
It’s tempting to dismiss last weekend’s landslide election victory of Japan’s opposition as reflectinga bad-tempered mood among recession-hit voters.
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/ 1 September 2009
Japan’s new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, began the delicate task of forming a new government on Tuesday morning.
Japan’s next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, faced the task on Monday of forming a government to tackle challenges such as record unemployment.
Japanese began voting in an election on Sunday that looks set to topple the conservative party, handing the opposition the job of reviving the econom
Candidates across Japan made their final pitch to voters on Saturday on the eve of an election the opposition looks poised to win.
Japanese youth face a range of uncertainties as the country heads toward an election, with job prospects dwindling in a downbeat economy.
Kaoru Yosano on Tuesday warned that the opposition party likely to score a landslide in weekend elections would create a "one-party dictatorship".
The man widely tipped to be Japan’s next prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, is the scion of one of the country’s most influential political dynasties.
Three cyborg lookalikes turned heads on busy Tokyo streets on Monday as they made their way to a robotics conference — without breaking a sweat.
Companies in Japan are looking to cultivate a market that beats even hybrid cars in green credentials: electric bicycles.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved Parliament’s lower house on Tuesday for an August 30 election that polls show could see his party ousted.
Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo, on a Yamaha, won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, besting teammate and defending world champion Valentino Rossi of Italy.
Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi may seek a government loan to help it cope with massive losses, its new president said on Monday.
A Fisheries Agency official said ships could not carry out whaling for a total of 16 days because of bad weather and skirmishes with the activists.
Japan began offering money on Wednesday for unemployed foreigners to go home to stave off what officials said posed a serious unemployment problem.
Japan’s biggest bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said on Monday that it would cut 1 000 jobs and close 50 branches over three years.
Shigeo Tokuda (74) might look like an average Japanese grandfather but appearances can be deceptive — he is the country’s king of elderly porn.
Japanese researchers on Monday showed off a robot that will soon strut her stuff down a Tokyo catwalk.
Vusi Malinga is facing the most important fight of his life when he challenges WBC bantamweight king, Hozumi Hasegawa in Japan on Thursday.
Japan’s current account balance swung to its largest deficit on record in January, with the income surplus tumbling about a third from a year earlier.
A wink, a smile or a raised eyebrow could soon change the music on your iPod or start up the washing machine, thanks to a new Japanese gadget.
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/ 27 February 2009
Japan’s lower house of Parliament approved a record budget on Friday, a step likely to intensify pressure for the country’s unpopular premier to quit.
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/ 17 February 2009
Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said on Tuesday he would resign after being forced to deny he was drunk at a G7 news conference.
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/ 16 February 2009
Japan’s finance minister denied on Monday that he had been drunk at a G7 news conference but the opposition demanded he be fired.
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/ 13 February 2009
Sporting a tuft of dyed, slicked-back hair, the world’s shortest man said on Friday there was every reason to think big about being tiny.
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/ 30 January 2009
Japanese industrial production fell 9,6% in December and core inflation almost evaporated, reinforcing expectations of a record economic contraction.
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/ 27 January 2009
Japan’s ruling and opposition parties enacted a -billion extra budget on Tuesday to fund government stimulus plans, after two days of bickering.