Toshiba first-half profit triples on asset sales
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Toshiba said Friday its half-year profit tripled, owing to cost cuts and the sale of its…
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Tokyo stocks higher on optimism over Clinton win
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors bet on strengthening chances of Hillary Clinton winning…
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Youtube star gets a Guinness, unveils long version of hit song Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen
(Reuters) -- Japanese Youtube star and singer of the recent hit Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen (PPAP), Pikotaro, performed and unveiled the track's…
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Duterte tells economic forum in Tokyo, he wants US troops out of the Phl in 2 years
by Hiroshi HIYAMA / Kyoko HASEGAWA Tokyo, Japan | AFP | -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he…
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Duterte pushes for creation of “one-stop shop,” bank for OFWs
(Eagle News) – President Duterte pressed the creation of a one-stop shop for all Filipinos needing government services, including…
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Duterte thanks Japan for being the “number one” country helping the Philippines
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte thanked the Japanese people and the Japanese government for all the help…
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Japan’s Kyushu Railway skyrockets on Tokyo trading debut
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's Kyushu Railway skyrocketed 20 percent as the former state-owned firm made its Tokyo trading debut…
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Ex-leper takes to Tokyo runway to fight stigma
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- At 83, former leprosy sufferer Miyo Maki walks the runway at Tokyo Fashion Week in a…
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Japan court backs Tokyo bid to relocate Okinawa base
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese court on Friday approved Tokyo's plan to relocate a US military base on Okinawa in…
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Most Asian markets sink again, led by Tokyo
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Most Asian markets fell again Thursday, led by a more than one percent loss in Tokyo, ahead…
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Tokyo shaken by magnitude 4.9 earthquake; no tsunami warning
(REUTERS) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 shook buildings in Tokyo on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning…
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