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Pedestrians are reflected on an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin
Currency   Japan   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225   		 Money Week 
What's crimping Japan?
| Currency traders may talk of the yen soaring to a new record against the dollar, but no one is getting excited about Japanese stocks. Indeed, the Nikkei 225 index has fallen even as the yen has stre... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
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Japan Airlines to Start New and Improved Services at Haneda from Autumn 2010
| - Putting appreciation into action. This is JAL's resolution - | Tokyo: September 3, 2010 -- Japan Airlines (JAL) will begin serving passengers at the newest international terminal of Tokyo Internat... (photo: Creative Commons / Arpingstone)
NOVEMBER 11 , 2008 , ZAMBONAGA PROVINCE , PHILIPPINES - CARABAO AND GOATS , ANIMALS RAISED LOCALLY IN A RURAL AREA OF BARRIO MAASIN  Breitbart 
Nearly 1,200 cows die from summer heat in Japan+
TOKYO, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Nearly 1,200 cows have died nationwide due to intense heat this summer, the government said Friday, calling for measures to prevent more deaths as the hot weather co... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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An investor trades online at a private securities company Friday July 31, 2009 in Shanghai, China.  Herald Tribune 
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
| TOKYO - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recovery. AC... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
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A businessman walks past an electronic stock board in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Japanese stocks veered sharply downhill Wednesday, as spreading pessimism over corporate earnings and a strengthening yen sent the benchmark index tumbling almost 7 percent. The Nikkei 225 stock average fell 631.56 points, or 6.79 percent, to 8,674.69. The broader Topix index lost 7.05 percent to 88 The Times Of India
Asian stocks rise on improving US data
TOKYO: Asian stock markets climbed in early trading Friday as investors took heart from improving US housing and jobs data amid lingering worries over the pace of the glo... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Asia   Photos   Stock   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225  
A filipino worker seen unloading San Miguel brand alcohol liquors from the delivery truck , Pasay City , Philippines , March 23 , 2009. Malaya
Southeast Asia drinks sector sparkles
BY ALBERT CASTRO--> | SINGAPORE/TOKYO - Global drinks firms, thirsty for acquisitions to expand their offerings and reach, are eyeing assets in Southeast Asia, as tough r... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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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. The New York Times
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 in... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
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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. The New York Times
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
| TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | W... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
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Democratic Party of Japan presidential candidates, senior lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, left, and Prime Minister Naoto Kan pose for photos before their pre-election live political debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Australian
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 electe... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
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