Japan Headlines

Mylan earnings rise, but dollar drags on revenue

- Generic drugmaker Mylan Inc reported a quarterly profit that edged past Wall Street expectations but said weakness of the Indian and Japanese currencies against the dollar would put 2013 revenue at the low end of its forecast range of $7 billion to $7.4 billion.

Health, Japan 12:14pm EDT

China's army defends "sovereign territory" from Japanese - in video game

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BEIJING - He walks backwards, emptying the magazine of his rifle into the three soldiers charging toward him with bayonets raised. They drop dead, and a small Japanese flag, its red sun stylized to resemble a bullet wound, flashes onto the screen.

Tech, Lifestyle, Media, Japan 11:39am EDT

Temasek's Danamon suitors may now be Japanese, Chinese

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE - After the collapse of the DBS deal, the best bet of Singapore sovereign investor Temasek Holdings to sell its stake in Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk PT is to find a Japanese or Chinese bank keen to expand in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

Japanese minister Aso retracts Nazi comment amid criticism

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TOKYO - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso retracted on Thursday a comment he had made that referred to Adolf Hitler's rise to power and which was interpreted as praising the Nazi regime.

World, Japan 3:00am EDT

Toyota expects to meet annual China sales target despite July slip

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BEIJING - Toyota Motor Corp officials said the Japanese automaker and its two local joint-venture partners are on track to sell 900,000 vehicles in China this year, despite a 3.5-percent year-on-year fall in its China sales last month.

China, Japan 2:51am EDT

Toyota says July China auto sales down 3.5 percent year-on-year

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BEIJING - Toyota Motor Corp and its two local joint-venture partners sold about 75,600 automobiles in China in July, down 3.5 percent from a year earlier, the Japanese automaker said on Thursday.

2:09am EDT

Wed, Jul 31 2013

Exclusive: Pentagon's chief weapons buyer builds Japan ties as it eyes arms exports

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TOKYO - The U.S. Defense Department's chief weapons buyer, Frank Kendall, will on Thursday meet officials in Tokyo overseeing Japan's defense contractors, his first visit with industry regulators reviewing the pacifist nation's decades-old ban on overseas arms sales.

Politics, Tech, Japan 31 Jul 2013

Honda first-quarter profit lower than expected, cautious on emerging markets

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TOKYO - Honda Motor Co announced a lower than expected 5.1 percent rise in quarterly operating profit after sales in Japan dropped following the end of subsidies and as it lagged behind rivals in selling profitable SUVs and pickups in the U.S.

31 Jul 2013

Tue, Jul 30 2013

Japanese utility, and the public, in dark about crippled nuclear plant

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TOKYO - Two and a half years after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima plant faces a daunting array of unknowns.

Fukushima clean-up turns toxic for Japan's Tepco

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TOKYO - Two and a half years after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima plant faces a daunting array of unknowns.

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McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum

These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.