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Japan relapses into recession in July-September, a blow to ‘Abenomics’
Business
November 16, 2015
Japan relapses into recession in July-September, a blow to ‘Abenomics’
Japan slipped into its fourth technical recession in five years between July and September - spotlighting how the government's "Abenomics"…
Tokyo issues Japan’s first same-sex partner certificates
Life & Style
November 6, 2015
Tokyo issues Japan’s first same-sex partner certificates
Two Tokyo districts issued Japan's first certificates officially recognizing same-sex partnerships on Thursday, a major step forward for gay couples…
South Korea, Japan hold long-awaited summit
World
November 2, 2015
South Korea, Japan hold long-awaited summit
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye was to hold her first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday after…
George Town honored alongside Transylvania in Lonely Planet’s ‘Best of 2016’
Life & Style
October 28, 2015
George Town honored alongside Transylvania in Lonely Planet’s ‘Best of 2016’
On October 29, Lonely Planet will publish its "Best of 2016", a compilation of travel destinations that will attract a…
PM approves dispatch of 120 artifacts to Japan
Egypt
October 22, 2015
PM approves dispatch of 120 artifacts to Japan
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail approved the dispatch of 120 artifacts to Japan, which will be put on display in an…
Japan export growth slows sharply, raising fears of recession
Business
October 21, 2015
Japan export growth slows sharply, raising fears of recession
Japan's annual export growth slowed to a crawl in September as shrinking sales to China hurt the volume of shipments,…
Antiquities minister inaugurates Tokyo’s pharaoh exhibition
Archaeology
October 15, 2015
Antiquities minister inaugurates Tokyo’s pharaoh exhibition
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty will head the opening ceremony on Thursday evening for an exhibition in Japan of Pharaoh antiquities…
Growing Japan row over US air base presents election risk for PM Abe
World
October 13, 2015
Growing Japan row over US air base presents election risk for PM Abe
A row between Tokyo and Japan's Okinawa over a contentious US air base deepened on Tuesday when Okinawa's governor revoked…
Minister to inaugurate Egyptian antiquities exhibition in Japan Thursday
Archaeology
October 12, 2015
Minister to inaugurate Egyptian antiquities exhibition in Japan Thursday
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty will inaugurate an Egyptian antiquities exhibition Thursday evening, which will be held in the Japanese capital of…
Japanese, Canadian neutrino scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics
Science
October 6, 2015
Japanese, Canadian neutrino scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics
Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the discovery…