(are) the right, useful approach," Lipton told a news conference. "What's important is the maintenance of the approach that has been laid out and accompanying it with structural and fiscal agenda," he said. The IMF also called on Japan to keep its near ... ( read original story ...)
What we know about Navy destroyer’s deadly collision with a container ship in Japan
The Japanese coast guard is now investigating the deadly collision ... flooded in some spaces as a result of the collision, according to the Navy. At a news conference Sunday, Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin of the 7th Fleet described the damage as "extensive." ( read original story ...)
U.S. Navy identifies 7 sailors who died in ship collision off Japan
The Navy called off the search for seven missing sailors Sunday after divers found a number of bodies in the ship’s flooded compartments, including sleeping quarters, Aucoin said at a news conference at the 7th Fleet’s home base in Yokosuka ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Shinzo Abe to reshuffle cabinet as ratings slump
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely reshuffle his cabinet to try to bolster ratings battered by suspicions that he helped a friend get favoured treatment for his business, media reported. He will probably retain Finance Minister Taro Aso and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs surprise trade deficit in May as energy costs spike
Japan unexpectedly slumped back into a trade deficit for the first time in four months, as soaring energy import bills offset growth in shipments abroad, government data showed Monday. A surprise deficit of ¥203 billion ($1.8 billion) logged the first red ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nakagin capsule hotel pioneered building design with plug-in sleeping pods
The Nakagin Capsule Hotel in Tokyo opened in 1972, combining notions of futuristic existence with Japanese economic efficiency. The idea of sleeping in a pod originally captured people's imagination in the 1960s. It brought to mind space travel and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s May exports rise fastest in over two years, set to sustain growth
Japan’s exports surged in May by the fastest in more than two years on higher shipments of cars and steel, an encouraging sign that robust global demand will help keep the country’s modest economic recovery on track. The 14.9 per cent annual increase ... ( read original story ...)