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  • September 2007

    • Asian Markets Stumble on Political News

      Reuters  |  Sep 4, 07 6:46 AM CDT

      Asian Markets Stumble on Political News

      (Newser) - In the wake of the Japanese agriculture minister's resignation, Asian markets stumbled today ahead of uncertain US economic data. For a change, analysts didn't point to the subprime crisis to account for the Nikkei's 0.5% slide: "After all, investors have got used to news on subprime issues," one equities trader told Reuters. More »

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      US economy  • Japan  • stocks  • Asian markets  • Nikkei

    • US Laborers Work Hard for the Money

      Associated Press  |  Sep 3, 07 1:55 PM CDT

      US Laborers Work Hard for the Money

      (Newser) - Labor Day is a well-deserved rest for Americans, as a new UN report shows US laborers work longer, harder, and get more done than their counterparts worldwide. The average US worker produces the most wealth, raking in $63,885 yearly, followed by Irish laborers at $55,986. Only Norway beat the US in the amount of output generated hourly. More »

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      China  • France  • Japan  • United States  • European Union  • technology  • agriculture  • labor  • Norway  • manufacturing  • fishing  • Belgium  • Luxembourg  • US productivity

    • N. Korea Agrees to Ban Nukes

      BBC  |  Sep 2, 07 1:49 PM CDT

      N. Korea Agrees to Ban Nukes

      (Newser) - North Korea has promised to disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of this year, the BBC reports, possibly paving the way for warmer relations between the US and a country it now lists as a supporter of terror. After meeting with representatives from the North, US negotiator Christopher Hill called the talks “very good and very substantive.” More »

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      China  • Russia  • Japan  • United States  • North Korea  • South Korea  • nuclear weapons  • Kim Jong Il  • Pyongyang  • nuclear reactor  • Yongbyon  • Christopher Hill

  • August 2007

    • Georgia Rules Little League

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Aug 26, 07 6:55 PM CDT

      Georgia Rules Little League

      (Newser) - After a tough week for Georgia sports fans, a team of preteens from Warner Robins gave them something big to cheer about today, capturing the Little League World Series title with an extra-innings triumph over Japan in Williamsport, Pa. Dalton Carriker smacked a walkoff homer in the bottom of the eighth to give the US the 3-2 victory. More »

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      Japan  • Georgia  • Little League  • Little League World Series

    • Lay Judges to Join Bench in Japan

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 25, 07 8:38 AM CDT

      Lay Judges to Join Bench in Japan

      (Newser) - Japan will give citizens the gavel in an effort to counteract its judicial system’s prejudice for presuming guilt. Six citizens and three trained jurists will sit on criminal cases, and the majority will rule, Bloomberg reports. The new system follows a clamor of criticism about forced confessions, inhumane treatment of death row inmates and Japan’s 99.9% conviction rate. More »

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      United Nations  • Japan  • human rights  • judge  • execution  • death row  • conviction  • confession  • Council of Europe

    • Historian Begs to Differ With the Decider

      Politico  |  Aug 24, 07 1:53 PM CDT

      Historian Begs to Differ With the Decider

      (Newser) - A historian quoted by President Bush yesterday said his words were misused in a “perverse” attempt to defend the Iraq War , Politico reports. At issue is John Dower's statement in a 1999 book that if naysayers had had their way, the fledgling democracy in Japan after WWII “would have died of ridicule at an early age.” Bush used the comparison to rebuff Iraq critics. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Japan  • World War II  • historian

    • Arm Wrestling Game Breaks Japanese Arms

      Associated Press  |  Aug 22, 07 4:37 PM CDT

      Arm Wrestling Game Breaks Japanese Arms

      (Newser) - Atlus Co. will remove all 150 of its "Arm Spirit" arm wrestling games from Japanese arcades after three broken arms have been reported. The company claims the recall is only a precaution, insisting that the machine isn't really that strong. "Even women should be able to beat it," says a spokeswoman. More »

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      Japan  • arcade games

    • Jet Catches Fire in Japan; Passengers, Crew Escape

      Associated Press  |  Aug 20, 07 7:25 AM CDT

      Jet Catches Fire in Japan; Passengers, Crew Escape

      (Newser) - A jet burst into flames after landing in Okinawa today, moments after all 165 people onboard escaped. The China Airlines plane skidded while landing on arrival from Taipei, and its left engine exploded shortly afterward. The cause of the fire is unknown, the AP reports. Firefighters took an hour to put out the blaze, leaving a blackened hulk. More »

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      Japan  • Taiwan  • explosion  • fires  • plane  • Okinawa  • Taipei  • China Airlines

    • Asian Markets Soar After Fed's Rate Cut

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 20, 07 1:00 AM CDT

      Asian Markets Soar After Fed's Rate Cut

      (Newser) - The global equities sell-off ground to a halt today as Asian stocks had their biggest gains in five years. Responding to Friday’s cut in the US Federal Reserve’s discount rate, Japan’s Nikkei 225, Hong Kong's Hang Seng and South Korea's Kospi indexes all saw huge gains as panic over the US subprime mortgage crisis largely subsided. More »

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      Federal Reserve  • Japan  • South Korea  • stocks  • Asian markets  • Hong Kong  • Nikkei  • Singapore  • Hang Seng  • global market  • Kospi index

    • Credit Fears Sink Asian Markets

      Reuters  |  Aug 15, 07 3:08 AM CDT

      Credit Fears Sink Asian Markets

      (Newser) - Global credit turmoil rocked Asian markets today, pushing Japan’s Nikkei to 2007 lows, as US and Canadian firms struggled to meet payments and Wal-Mart and Swiss Bank UBS released disappointing forecasts. Through it all the Yen rose, as risk-averse investors turned to some safe havens in Japan, Reuters reports. More »

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      subprime mortgages  • Japan  • Wal-Mart  • credit market  • Toyota  • Sony  • Asian markets  • Nikkei  • Bank of Japan  • Yen

    • Japan Pumps Cash Into Market

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 13, 07 12:16 AM CDT

      Japan Pumps Cash Into Market

      (Newser) - The Bank of Japan pumped $5.1 billion into the Japanese financial system today as the  global credit crunch continued to ripple through the Asian markets, Bloomberg reports. Adding to the jitters, Japan's growth is slowing more markedly than economists predicted; the world's second-largest economy expanded by only 0.5% in the last quarter, compared to 3.2% the previous quarter. More »

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      stock market  • subprime mortgages  • Japan  • Bank of America  • finance  • Asian markets  • GDP  • Nikkei  • Japanese economy  • Bank of Japan  • global credit

    • Big Boys Do Cry

      Reuters  |  Aug 11, 07 4:03 PM CDT

      Big Boys Do Cry

      (Newser) - Japan's Sumo Association forbid a Mongolian wrestler from returning home after the ponderous athlete was in tears—diagnosed with a near breakdown. The organization, which suspended defending champion Asashoryu from two tournaments, said it wants the bawling behemoth to seek treatment at a Japanese hospital, against his doctor’s orders that he return to Mongolia.