Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union's new president, may not be very well known around the world but he's already winning fans in Japan -- as a poet rather than a politician.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Nintendo Co. , maker of the Wii game console, started offering paid content on the player’s video- download service in Japan today.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- IHI Corp. asked Japan’s government to continue state funding for the GX rocket program, saying a recommendation to drop development was based on inaccurate cost estimates, the Nikkei newspaper said.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s 20-year government bonds gained for a second week after the central bank held interest rates near zero amid mounting pressure for it to fight deflation.
Japan's central bank left its super-low interest rates unchanged on Friday as the government declared for the first time in more than three years that Asia's biggest economy is in a phase of deflation.
Japan's government highlighted the danger of deflation for the first time in three years Friday, warning that falling prices and a further worsening of the labor market could drag on the weak recovery.
China Mobile is working with partners in Japan and South Korea to set up trials of TD-SCDMA networks as part of a bid to promote use of the Chinese-developed 3G mobile technology outside China.
Japan coach Takeshi Okada has insisted that his squad's target of a semi-final spot at next year's World Cup remains unchanged no matter who may stand in their way, according to reports.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in Asia trading , excluding Japan. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close, unless noted otherwise.
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