Nissan announces record profit

Nissan has become the latest Japanese automaker to report record profits for fiscal 2013.Nissan says sales were up about...

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Japan posts record low current account surplus

Japan has posted its lowest current account surplus on record.Japan’s government says the nation’s account surplus for f...

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PM touts Abenomics to London financiers

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is urging London’s financial elite to invest in Japan. He told a gathering of executi...

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Abe, Cameron boost military ties

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the UK’s David Cameron have agreed on new military links.Abe is in London on the s...

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Cool Biz campaign gets underway

People in Japan are dressing down.The nation began its annual Cool Biz energy-saving casual wear campaign.The Japanese e...

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PM boosts Abenomics, women in Germany

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told an audience of German businesspeople that small and midsize firms are at the hear...

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Climbing season opens in Japan Alps

The climbing season opened in the Japan Alps over the weekend.Kamikochi is one of Japan’s most famous mountain destinati...

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Special Report: Obama's Visit to Japan

In our first special report outside the Fukushima Update series, we focus on the significance and the outcomes of the US...

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Construction industry aims to double women workers

Japan’s construction industry has found the solution to a labor shortage—boost the number of women workers.Currently onl...

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4K TV launches June 2

Television of the future arrives in Japan this June. So-called 4K TV is a super hi-definition format developed by broadc...

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