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US ambassador to Japan calls Chinese ban on Japanese seafood 'economic coercion'
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel accused China on Friday of using “economic coercion” against Japan by banning imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, while Chinese boats continue...
Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after interest rates-driven sell-off on Wall Street
Asian shares were mixed on Friday after another slump on Wall Street driven by expectations that U.S. interest rates will stay high well into next year. Hong Kong and Shanghai advanced while Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney declined. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices rose. ...
Japan TV network will acquire Totoro creator Studio Ghibli as animation studio prepares for future
TOKYO (AP) — Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio of Hayao Miyazaki, will become a subsidiary of Nippon Television Network Corp., both sides said Thursday. Succession worries had been a priority at Ghibli, as Miyazaki has turned 82, and producer Toshio Suzuki is 75,...
Japan's troubled Toshiba to delist after takeover by Japanese consortium succeeds
TOKYO (AP) — A 2 trillion yen ($14 billion) tender offer for troubled electronics and energy giant Toshiba by a Japanese consortium has been completed, clearing the way for it to be delisted, the company said Thursday. In the tender offer, announced last month and ended Wednesday,...
Stock market today: Asian shares decline ahead of Fed decision on rates
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined Wednesday as markets awaited a decision on interest rates by the Federal Reserve. Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.1% in morning trading to 33,200.34. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.6% to 7,152.70. South Korea's Kospi edged down 0.1% to 2,556.20....
Japan records a trade deficit in August as exports to China, rest of Asia weaken
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports fell 0.8% last month from a year earlier, with steep declines in shipments to China and the rest of Asia, its largest regional market. Imports sank nearly 18%, the Japanese Finance Ministry said in preliminary data released Wednesday. That left a...
Japan's Kishida, at UN, tries to get the global nuclear disarmament effort back on track
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed Tuesday night to lead the effort to put the struggling global nuclear disarmament effort back on track, proposing to encourage nuclear weapons states to engage in discussions with non-nuclear weapons states. Kishida...
Hearings in $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan start in Beirut
BEIRUT (AP) — Hearings in the $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan and other defendants started in Beirut on Monday with lawyers of both sides meeting the judge in charge of the case, judicial officials said. The former Nissan CEO filed the case...
Krueger beats Zhu at Japan Open for maiden tour title
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — American Ashlyn Krueger capped a perfect week to win her maiden tour title by stunning top-seeded Zhu Lin of China 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the final of the Japan Open. Krueger hadn’t dropped a set at the tournament leading into Sunday’s final and the 19-year-old...
Asahi stops ads with stars represented by a Japanese talent agency tainted by sexual assault
TOKYO (AP) — Several major Japanese companies have decided to stop using stars who are represented by Johnny & Associates, an entertainment company at the center of a sexual assault scandal. Beverage maker Asahi Group Holdings — known for its Super Dry beer — will no...
