Finally, a law to curb biopiracy

Malaysia is a party to the CBD. The CBD's benefit sharing requirements were reinforced by another international agreement – the Nagoya Protocol of 2010. Malaysia played a pivotal role in the negotiation of this protocol – as a spokesperson for ... ( read original story ...)

Price hikes, cuts stage tug of war in Japan’s consumer market

Economic recovery no cure for deflation Japan's economic recovery has seen employment stabilize ... and the closely watched 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average is hovering around 20,000. This situation affects the spending habits of consumers, who are ready ... ( read original story ...)

Japan NIKKEI 225 Price Midday Traded Higher Wednesday August 2

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average Index is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of 225 top rated companies listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is a price-weighted index. The Nikkei 225 has a base value of 176.21 as of ... ( read original story ...)

Stabbing at Umeda bakery leaves 1 injured

Osaka police arrested a 22-year-old male employee at a bakery at Hanshin Umeda Station in the stabbing of a female colleague on Friday (TBS News) OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a male employee of a bakery in the stabbing of a female ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Central Bank Chief Deserves a Second Term

Donald Trump isn't the only leader with a big economic hire to make. His Mar-a-Lago golf partner, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has to decide whether to reappoint Haruhiko Kuroda as governor of the Bank of Japan. Kuroda's term expires next April, two ... ( read original story ...)

Yanking the Bank of Japan’s Chain

Based on the simple reflection that arithmetic is more than just an abstraction, we offer a modest observation. The social safety nets of industrialized economies, including the United States, have frayed at the edges. Soon the safety net’s fabric ... ( read original story ...)

Government steps in to guide ‘rudderless’ Toshiba chip sale

banking advisers involved in the auction and one of the company’s biggest lenders, comes as key figures say progress on the auction has ground to a “slow crawl” and may fizzle altogether. In recent weeks, say the same people, the Japanese government ... ( read original story ...)

Blackwater guard gets new trial for 2007 Baghdad massacre

Chinese navy helps USA hunt for missing marine in disputed seas Japan Standard Time, or around 3 a.m. "I offer ... but "It's a big part", he said. Punjab National Bank's Q1 net at Rs 343 crore; provisions decline Advances also increased by 2.08% at Rs ... ( read original story ...)

Let’s not get carried away by the return in economic growth

Since its 1992 banking crisis, Japan has suffered several false starts. There were recoveries in 1995-96 and again in 2000 and 2010; but they tended to be cut short by the failure to write down bad debt (the so-called zombie loans), several premature ... ( read original story ...)