ABU DHABI – Abu Dhabi Chambers of Commerce and Industry has invited Japanese investment to set up projects in the areas of renewable energy, technology, electronics, petrochemicals and the car manufacturing. (read more…)
NEW DELHI – Japan agreed to make $15 billion available to India in a currency swap arrangement as Europe’s deepening debt crisis threatens to curtail developing Asia’s access to dollar funding. (more here…)
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is to announce the country will join negotiations on a trans-Pacific trade agreement despite strong opposition from farmers, a report said Sunday. (read the story…)
Japan's Panasonic Corp decided to sharply scale down its money-losing television-making business, reducing production of plasma display panels and cutting over 1,000 jobs, Japanese media reported Thur (read more…)
TOKYO— Japan’s cabinet on Friday proposed a basic outline for a third 12-trillion-yen ($156 billion) budget to help fund the reconstruction of disaster-hit regions and help revive the economy. (read the story…)
Japanese stocks rose after American companies added twice as many workers in June as economists forecast, signaling an improvement in the U.S. labor market that may bolster the global economy. (read more here…)
