Japan's government edged away on Tuesday from its self-imposed goal of balancing the budget, acknowledging that the target was becoming harder to meet as the global financial turmoil pushes the economy deeper into recession. (guardian.co.uk)
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Japan’s Finance Ministry says China’s trade surplus with Japan decreased from 24.3 billion dollars in 2007 to 16.8 billion dollars last year. ...
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According to data released this week by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association, domestic auto sales in December fell by a whopping 52,593 units, or 23.3%. For the entire year of 2008, new auto sales fell by 221,487 units, which translates to a 6.5% drop. This is the lowest number of cars sold in Japan since [...]
Observing Japan and Trans-Pacific Radio are hosting a get-together in Tokyo on January 17. Here is the info, copied from the post on the Trans-Pacific Radio site: A gathering for bloggers and blog enthusiasts is being planned in Tokyo for the evening of January 17, and we would like to extend the invitation to any and [...]
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The yen rose against the dollar on speculation Japanese investors took advantage of its decline yesterday to buy the currency to repatriate overseas ...
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(CEP News)- Japan's monetary base expanded further in December from one year ago, according to the Bank of Japan.

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Seattle Post Intelligencer - 20 hours ago
The components are almost entirely Asian: the screen is mostly from Japan, the flash memory from South Korea, and it was assembled in China. ...
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