Archive for February, 2008
Feb. 29 (Bloomberg) — The Bank of Japan should consider cutting interest rates to prevent an economic slowdown, said Heizo Takenaka, economy minister under former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
read comments (0)Japan Drops Rape Charges Against Marine (CBS News)
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A 38-year-old U.S. Marine based in Okinawa, who was arrested for the alleged rape of a teenage girl in southern Japan, has been released after the girl’s family dropped her criminal complaint against him.
Japan on Friday pledged a fresh 184 million dollars to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria ahead of hosting a Group of Eight summit set to focus on global health.
It was not clear whether the release would help defuse popular furor in Japan over the incident, which had led to wide questioning of the military alliance with the United States and the more than 40,000-strong American troop presence here.
A 44-year-old mother of two has become Japan’s oldest professional boxer after passing the Japanese board’s license test.
A U.S. Marine who was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in southern Japan has been released after prosecutors dropped the charges at the teenager’s request, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Airbus Wants To Be Big In Japan (Forbes)
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North Korea’s deadlocked relations with Japan could have made the hardline regime “gun shy” about fully disclosing its nuclear activities, a former US diplomat said Friday after visiting Pyongyang.
Japan said Friday they were aiming to become the team that even formidable China feared after their quarter-final win at the world team table tennis championships.
Japan’s teenage tennis sensation Kei Nishikori will make his Davis Cup debut against India in the Asia-Oceania zone Group One second round in April, officials said Friday.