AP - For an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're determined to go places. Especially Silicon Valley.
2012-02-03 17:54
Japanese entrepreneurs aim for Silicon Valley (AP)
2012-02-03 01:15
Tokyo bourse suffers glitch, angers traders (Reuters)
Reuters - The Tokyo Stock Exchange suffered a major glitch in cash-share trading for the first time in six years on Thursday that prevented morning trade in some 240 shares and instruments, including Sony Corp (6758.T), and provoked anger among traders.
2012-02-03 01:15
Chernobyl experts hopeful on Fukushima (AP)
AP - Ukrainian nuclear experts say Japanese evacuated from around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant should be able to return to their homes — unlike the Chernobyl site, which remains inside a wide no-go zone a quarter-century after the accident there.
2012-02-03 01:15
Playwrights and theaters join Japan benefit push (AP)
AP - Celebrated playwrights including Stephen Sondheim, Tony Kushner and Edward Albee have joined a fundraiser to mark the anniversary of a devastating earthquake in Japan.
2012-02-02 08:34
Trading suspended in 241 issues in Tokyo on glitch (AP)
AP - The Tokyo Stock Exchange says it has suspended trading in 241 securities, including Sony Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., due to a glitch in its electronic trading system.
2012-02-02 08:34
Japan protests to China over undersea gas drilling (AP)
AP - Japan has accused China of unilaterally exploring gas deposits in the East China Sea, in violation of an agreement to jointly develop disputed areas.
2012-02-02 08:34
Analysis: Talk of Japan Inc's demise may be premature (Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's punch-drunk corporate sector looks to be out for the count, having been knocked off its feet by a strong yen just as it was staging a wobbly recovery from natural disaster.
2012-02-02 08:34
Snow paralyzes northern Japan; 3 die in avalanche (AP)
AP - An avalanche has killed three bathers at a hot spring in northern Japan, where heavy snow also has paralyzed traffic and forced schools to close.
2012-02-02 08:34
Top Japan bank plans for JGB sell-off, no near-term shift seen (Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's top banking group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (8306.T), has drawn up a contingency plan that flags 2016 as the time when the nation's current account may slide into deficit and trigger a government bond sell-off, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
2012-02-02 08:34
Hit by yen, Thai floods, Sony sees wider net loss (AP)
AP - Battered by weak TV sales, a strong yen and production disruptions from flooding in Thailand, Sony Corp. on Thursday reported a net loss of 159 billion yen ($2.1 billion) for the October-December quarter and projected it would lose even more money for the full fiscal year than it had expected three months ago.
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- Chernobyl experts hopeful on Fukushima (AP)
- Playwrights and theaters join Japan benefit push (AP)
- Trading suspended in 241 issues in Tokyo on glitch (AP)
- Japan protests to China over undersea gas drilling (AP)
- Analysis: Talk of Japan Inc's demise may be premature (Reuters)
- Snow paralyzes northern Japan; 3 die in avalanche (AP)
- Top Japan bank plans for JGB sell-off, no near-term shift seen (Reuters)
- Hit by yen, Thai floods, Sony sees wider net loss (AP)