http://japanbizz.com | Japan | Business | Finance | News | Opportunity | Technology | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:20:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://japanbizz.com/special/u-s-reaches-deal-to-avoid-japan-eu-trade-sanctions-reuters/ http://japanbizz.com/special/u-s-reaches-deal-to-avoid-japan-eu-trade-sanctions-reuters/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:20:54 +0000 info http://japanbizz.com/special/u-s-reaches-deal-to-avoid-japan-eu-trade-sanctions-reuters/ Reuters – The United States said on Monday it has struck a deal sparing U.S. exporters from hundreds of millions of dollars in European and Japanese trade retaliation in a dispute over how Washington calculates anti-dumping duties on steel and other goods. (read the story…) Related items Hole lotta fun as Japanese dig for Golden Shovel (Reuters) US, Japan agree to partial Marine transfer from Okinawa: media (Reuters) Debris from Japan earthquake moves closer to West Coast Most Japanese towns undecided on nuclear stress tests: survey (Reuters) Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way … In Japan (ContributorNetwork)]]>

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]]> http://japanbizz.com/business/mitsubishi-to-end-european-production-reports/feed/ 0 http://japanbizz.com/business/tocom-january-2012-average-daily-volume-down-4-2-from-december-2011/ http://japanbizz.com/business/tocom-january-2012-average-daily-volume-down-4-2-from-december-2011/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:14:11 +0000 info http://japanbizz.com/business/tocom-january-2012-average-daily-volume-down-4-2-from-december-2011/ Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that January 2012 trading volume averaged 107,744 contracts per day, down 4.2% from December 2011. There was a notable increase in (read the story…) Related items TOCOM December Average Daily Volume Down 7.7% from November, Up 8% Year-on-Year While 2011 Annual Volume Up 14.6 … TOCOM September Average Daily Volume Down 8.4% from August, Despite 75% Year-over-Year Growth and 3-Year Record Daily … Japan Small Business Confidence Rises In January Hitachi Group to Exhibit at WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT 2012 in Abu Dhabi (UAE) Sony Corp UK Regulatory Announcement: Sony Corporation Statement regarding Media Reports dated January 7, 2012]]>

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