| |   Japan launches South Korean satellite
| Japan early Friday launched a South Korean satellite from its space centre in southwestern part of the country | Japan's H-2A rocket, carrying Arirang 3 multi-purpose observation satellite, lifted off around ...
Japan launches rocket with first foreign satellite
| TOKYO — A rocket has lifted off in Japan in the country's first commercial launch of a foreign satellite — one from South Korea designed to monitor the environment. | The HII-A rocket lifted off f...
Japan’s Domestic Solar Equipment Shipments Surge 38% in Jan-Mar
| Japan’s domestic shipments of solar cells and modules surged 38 percent to 392 megawatts in the first three months of this year, the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association said today. | The growth was led by...
Japan launches rocket with first foreign satellite
| TOKYO — A rocket has lifted off in Japan in the country's first commercial launch of a foreign satellite — one from South Korea designed to monitor the environment. | The HII-A rocket lifted off f...
Dollar, Yen Aim To Extend Gains As Risk Appetite Continues To Evaporate
| Talking Points US Dollar, Japanese Yen Ride Haven Demand Higher Overnight Moody’s Downgrades 16 Spanish Banks, Fanning Euro Crisis Flames European, US Stock Index Futures Point to Continued Risk Aversio...
Japan whale ships leave for the Pacific
| A PAIR of Japanese whaling vessels has left for the northwestern Pacific aiming to catch 260 whales for "scientific research", a fisheries ministry official says. | The Yushin Maru and Yushin Maru N...
Japan snubs Fiji strongman for Pacific island meet
| Japan has not invited Fijian strongman Voreqe Bainimarama to a major Pacific leaders' forum next week, the foreign ministry said Friday, amid concerns his reforms have not gone far enough. | Had Bainimarama a...
Japan's H-2A rocket blasts off
A H-2A rocket carrying four satellites including one from South Korea blasts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the Japanese southwestern island of Tanegashima, about 1,000km (621 miles) ...
Shares slide amid fears for Spanish banks
| Tokyo - Asian shares tumbled on Friday and were set for their worst weekly showing since September, amid political turmoil in Greece and signs of growing instability in Spanish banks, with investors adding th...
Nikkei falls for 7th week, worst run since 2001
| TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average shed 3 percent on Friday to log a seventh straight week of losses, its longest such run since the third quarter of 2001, as investors cut exposure to risky ass...
Asia stock markets sink on US, Europe worries
| BANGKOK-Asian stocks dived Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency union. | Markets in Asia followed Wall Street,...
Japanese whalers leave for Pacific
| A pair of Japanese whaling vessels left Friday for the northwestern Pacific aiming to catch 260 whales for "scientific research", a fisheries ministry official said. | The Yushin Maru and Yushin Maru No. 2 de...
Japanese shares tumble on Europe turmoil
Tweet | TOKYO: Japanese shares tumbled 3.25 percent on Friday, following a sell-off on Wall Street as a credit rating downgrade for Greece and 16 Spanish banks spooked investors and piled pressure on the euro. ...
Asia stock markets sink on US, Europe worries
Tweet | BANGKOK: Asian stocks dived Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency union. | Markets in Asia followed Wall ...
Japan launches rocket with first foreign satellite
| TOKYO - A rocket has lifted off in Japan in the country's first commercial launch of a foreign satellite - one from South Korea designed to monitor the environment. | The HII-A rocket lifted off from a remote...
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