World news about “Japan”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
Canon buying Oce Japan’s Canon plans to buy Dutch copier and printer maker Oce for 730 million euros. Canon, Oce and rivals, such… 16/11/2009 - tags: Japan, Technology
Japanese economy picks up … third quarter, Japan's economy grew … by the Japanese. … of Shiseido, Japan's biggest … environment. Japan's GDP has … 16/11/2009 - tags: Japan, Economy
Japan – nocomment 13/11/2009 - tags: Japan, USA, Demonstration
Dolphin doc The Cove opens across Europe Documentary The Cove shows the annual capture and slaughter of thousands of wild dolphins in Japan. Marine amusement… 22/10/2009 - tags: Fishery, Japan, Documentary
US and Japan to revitalise ties as Obama starts tour… ties with Japan is just one … Japan's new Prime … base in Japan, there have … 13/11/2009 - tags: Japan, Barack Obama, Yukio Hatoyama
Honda’s profits halved… Japan's … Sales in Japan have been less … 27/10/2009 - tags: Cars, Japan, Profits
JAL’s liabilities vastly outweigh assetsDebt-laden Japan Airlines reportedly has liabilities that exceed its assets by as much as 5.8 billion euros. … 23/10/2009 - tags: Airlines, Japan
Heady fashion in JapanJapan Fashion Week presents more than 40 collections for spring and summer next year. Label Mint Designs launched in… 22/10/2009 - tags: Fashion, Japan
Foreign carmakers rare at Tokyo Motor Show… of sales in Japan. … between the Japanese, Chinese, … Japanese carmakers … show, the Japanese Automobile … 21/10/2009 - tags: Cars, Japan
Japan battered by Typhoon Melor… the centre of Japan's main island, … Japan is better … 08/10/2009 - tags: Japan, Natural disasters
Japan braced for strong typhoonJapan is bracing itself for what could be its most powerful storm for more than ten years. Meteorologists say… 07/10/2009 - tags: Japan, Weather
Vettel wins FI Japanese Grand PrixRed Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has won Formula One’s Japanese Grand Prix reviving his championship hopes. The… 04/10/2009 - tags: Japan, Formula One
Mystery surrounds Nakagawa deathThe former Japanese finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa has been found dead in his bed at home. He was 56. The… 04/10/2009 - tags: Japan, Politics, Death
Sebastian Vettel grabs pole position for the Japanese Grand PrixRed Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has grabbed pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix after a crash-strewn Suzuka… 03/10/2009 - tags: Japan, Formula One
Toyota launch US recall after crash deathsToyota is to recall 3.8 million cars in the United States after four people were killed in crashes caused by a faulty… 02/10/2009 - tags: Japan, USA
Japan’s jobless figures fallJapan’s unemployment rate has fallen unexpectedly and household spending is on the increase. Economists are… 02/10/2009 - tags: Japan, Unemployment
Japan AirlinesAmerican Airlines reportedly wants to team up with British Airways and Qantas Airways to make a joint alliance offer to… 18/09/2009 - tags: Airlines, Japan
Japan’s PM targets stimulus waste… the moribund Japanese economy out … Party of Japan - which … 18/09/2009 - tags: Japan, Economy, Yukio Hatoyama
Bank of Japan more optimistic… about Japan's economic and … the Bank of Japan could phase … 17/09/2009 - tags: Banking, Japan
Hatoyama confirmed as Japan’s PM… parliament as Japan's Prime … to revive Japan's struggling … 16/09/2009 - tags: Japan, Politics, Yukio Hatoyama
Japan’s parliament votes in Hatoyama as PMYukio Hatoyama has been formally selected as Japan’s new prime minister. The confirmation comes after a vote in… 16/09/2009 - tags: Japan, Politics, Yukio Hatoyama
Suitors line up for JAL… to invest in Japan Airlines. … favourites if Japan and the United … 15/09/2009 - tags: Airlines, Japan, Air France
Japan plans big greenhouse gas cuts… its own story: Japan is the world's … Japanese Prime … condition for Japan's promise to … Japan is under … 07/09/2009 - tags: Japan, Climate, Yukio Hatoyama
Toshiba interested in Areva divisionJapan’s Toshiba is reportedly about to join the bidding for French nuclear group Areva’s power distribution and… 04/09/2009 - tags: Energy, France, Japan, Nuclear Energy
Japanese factory output upJapan’s factories turned out more goods in July, it is the fifth month running that has happened. The latest… 31/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Economy, economic growth
Japanese Democrats face difficult challenges… Japan's economy did … is estimated Japan's gross … Some Japanese … also between Japan's different … 31/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Politics, Elections
Dawn of a new era in JapanJapan’s prime minister-elect has begun the job of forming his government, after an election which has sent shock waves… 31/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Politics, Elections
Japan Democrats take power after historic win… that has seen Japan struggle to … could help Japan get back on … lies ahead for Japan's next prime … 31/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Politics, Elections
Japan hopeful after historic political change… lies ahead for Japan's next prime … could help Japan get back on … 31/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Elections
Japan opposition crushes ruling LDP… in Japan have swept the … shift in Japanese politics … Party of Japan, if elected, … that turned Japan's economy into … 30/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Elections
Hatoyama puts ‘family values’ first… wants to help Japan's families … dominated Japanese politics … 30/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Elections
Exit polls say landslide victory for Japan opposition… Party of Japan on track for a … independent of Japan's closest … 30/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Elections
Japan votes in poll that could make history… election in Japan will be long … can help Japan overcome its … of policy from Japan's … 30/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Elections
Japan ready for political sea-changeJapan is gearing up for what promises to be an historic election. The ruling Liberal Democrat Party has held… 29/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Elections
Record deflation in Japan… days before Japan's general … alive. Japanese household … the Bank of Japan is reluctant … 28/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Unemployment, Financial Crisis
Japan opposition set for landslide victory… to end with Japan's main … for Japan's economic … majority of Japanese people … Party of Japan which is … 27/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Politics, Elections
Sony takes on KindleSony has unveiled its first wireless electronic reader challenging Amazon’s digital book, the Kindle. Up until… 26/08/2009 - tags: Internet, Japan, Technology
Toyota to cut productionToyota, the world’s biggest carmaker, is to make fewer vehicles in an attempt to return to profitability. It will… 26/08/2009 - tags: Cars, Japan, Toyota
Japan’s electoral campaign kicks off… campaigning in Japan's general … struggling, as Japan exits its … likely end Japan's policy … making as Japan attempts to … 18/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Elections
Japan edges out of recession… news for Japan's Prime … vow to revive Japan's economy," he … the world as Japan's economy is … 17/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Economy, economic growth
Japan edges into growth but recovery uncertain… to an end Japan's longest … severe but Japan's economy is … Japan is the third … the world as Japan's economy is … 17/08/2009 - tags: Growth, Japan, Economy
Japan follows France and Germany out of recession… economies, Japan has now … contractions, Japan's economy, … The Bank of Japan is cautious. … 17/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Financial Crisis, economic growth
Japan marks end of WWII… thousands of Japanese visiting … country' in Japanese. … which some Japanese question as … 15/08/2009 - tags: Japan, World War II
Asia hit by two strong earthquakes… the other in Japan. With a … tremor to hit Japan in as many … The Japanese quake was … 11/08/2009 - tags: Earthquakes, Japan, Natural disasters
Japan echoes calls for nuke-free worldJapan, the only country ever to suffer an atomic bomb attack, has called for a world free from nuclear weapons. At a… 06/08/2009 - tags: Japan, USA, World War II, nuclear weapons
Japan commemorates Hiroshima anniversary… in the city, Japanese Prime … on Nagasaki, Japan surrendered, … 06/08/2009 - tags: Japan, Hiroshima, Anniversary, Ceremony, nuclear desarmement
Japanese exports pick up… slump in Japan's annual … Japan's exports to … 23/07/2009 - tags: Japan, Economy
Japanese poll could end one-party rule… Japan's GDP fell by … debate about Japan's reliance on … adopted by the Japanese government. … 21/07/2009 - tags: Japan, Politics, Elections
Japan to face ‘historic’ electionJapan faces a summer of electioneering and the possibility of historic change, after the ruling Liberal Democrats… 21/07/2009 - tags: Japan, Politics, Elections
Biggest dinosaur bones on display in TokyoA replica of what scientists say is the world’s biggest dinosaur skeleton has just been put it on display in Tokyo… 20/07/2009 - tags: Japan, China, Science, Dinosaur
Japan’s embattled PM sets August election date… in Tokyo, Japan's Chief … percent of the Japanese public. … 13/07/2009 - tags: Japan, Elections
French named as world’s worst touristsAlready judged to be Europe’s worst tourists last year, the French have now been named as the worst in the world… 09/07/2009 - tags: France, Japan, Tourism
Japanese economy contracts furtherJapan’s economy shrank at its fastest pace since World War Two in the first three months of this year. Gross… 11/06/2009 - tags: Japan, Economy
Departures on release… countries, in Japan morticians … dollars at the Japanese box office. … 29/05/2009 - tags: Japan, Movies, Drama
Japan export woes ease… sign as Japan's economy … to China, Japan's biggest … 27/05/2009 - tags: Japan, Economy
Japan’s economy shows record fall… and therefore Japan's economic … Japan has been hit … and said Japan will just have … 20/05/2009 - tags: Japan, Economy
Virus makes new appearance in Japan… flared up in Japan, starting at a … Japan's first cases … 18/05/2009 - tags: Japan, Mexico, influenza
Toyota reveals historic lossJust a year after making its largest ever profit, Toyota has reported its first group operating loss since 1938 – 3.4… 08/05/2009 - tags: Cars, Japan
Deflation returns to Japan?Japanese unemployment has hit a four-year high, and consumer prices have fallen for the first time in 18 months. It… 01/05/2009 - tags: Japan, Unemployment
Japan slashes economic hopesJapan’s government has slashed its economic forecast. It says GDP would shrink bz 3.3 percent over the next year… 27/04/2009 - tags: Japan, Financial Crisis
Japan’s animation filmAfter four years of drawing his characters by hand, Hayao Miyazaki one of Japan’s greatest animation directors, has… 14/04/2009 - tags: Japan, Animation
Japan to boost stimulus spending againThe Japanese government is planning to spend the equivalent of at least 74 billion euros more to help its economy… 06/04/2009 - tag: Japan
Your thought is my commandIt seems the stuff of science fiction but a Japanese car maker has designed a robot that can be controlled by a… 06/04/2009 - tag: Japan
North Korean rocket launch condemned… rocket over Japan, drawing … The Japanese stopped … the Sea of Japan off the … 05/04/2009 - tag: Japan
Cargo plane crashes at Tokyo airportA cargo plane has burst into flames on landing at Tokyo’s Narita airport, killing both crew members. Just before… 23/03/2009 - tags: Airlines, Japan
Obama: US-Japan friendship “extremely important”… A Japanese government … in Tokyo. The Japanese visit came … said the US-Japan relationship … 24/02/2009 - tags: Japan, USA
Japan’s economy sees sharp dive… Japan's heavy … being blamed. Japan's Economics … United States. Japan can not escape … However, Japan's stock … 16/02/2009 - tags: Japan, Financial Crisis
Clinton heads to Asia on symbolic mission… is rising, Japan is still the … United States, Japan represents … In Japan Secretary … stationed in Japan. … 16/02/2009 - tags: Asia, Indonesia, Japan, USA
Japan economy nose-dives… show the Japanese economy has … Japan has not … The Japanese car … same story in Japan's world … Japanese economists … 16/02/2009 - tags: Japan, Financial Crisis
Japan launches greenhouse satelliteJapan has brought new hi-tech skills to the fight against global warming, with a mission to monitor greenhouse gases… 23/01/2009 - tags: Japan, Climate
Sony loss warningSony is warning of a bigger-than-expected 2.2 billion euro operating loss for the current business year, which ends in… 22/01/2009 - tags: Japan, Economy
Japanese satellite sniffs out greenhouse gasThe Japanese Space Agency has developed a satellite to help scientists keep a closer eye on the level of gases which… 21/01/2009 - tags: Japan, Space, global warming
Japanese industrial output slidingIt seems Japan’s industrial production is falling even faster than originally estimated. Final figures from the… 19/01/2009 - tag: Japan
Sony ‘to announce big loss’Japan’s Sony is reportedly going to announce an annual operating loss of about 825 million euros due to sluggish sales… 13/01/2009 - tag: Japan
Sales slump halts Toyota production… at all of its Japanese plants for … sales in Japan slid 18 … 06/01/2009 - tags: Cars, Japan, Corporate
Record budget unveiled to revive Japan’s economy… downturn, Japan's government … at helping Japan through the … 24/12/2008 - tag: Japan
Toyota symptom of wider Japanese malaise… the state of Japan's economy have … The Japan Business … of the year in Japan, are coming … that Japan has a … 22/12/2008 - tags: Japan, Corporate
Toyota forecasts first-ever loss… slowdown hits Japan. In the face … The Japanese giant has … 22/12/2008 - tag: Japan
Russian riot police break up car demoRussian riot police have broken up another demonstration against higher import duties on used foreign cars. The… 21/12/2008 - tags: Cars, Japan, Russia
China, South Korea, Japan in historic summit… by memories of Japan's past … in southern Japan. … Wen told the Japanese Prime … 13/12/2008 - tags: Asia, Japan, China, Economy
Japan deeper into recession than first thought… outlook in Japan has just got … Sales of Japanese exports … The news that Japan's economy had … 09/12/2008 - tags: Japan, Financial Crisis
Japan latest economy in recession… since 2001. Japanese companies … The Bank of Japan believes the … said: "Japan's financial … drivers of Japan's longest … 17/11/2008 - tags: Japan, Markets, Economy, Financial Crisis
Solar experiment in the land of the rising sunDark solar panels are present on the roofs of just about all the homes in Pal Town in Japan. Dubbed Solar City, it is… 17/11/2008 - tags: Energy, Japan, Climate, Ecology
