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Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has jumped to its highest ... including better-than-expected factory output, offering up some good news for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he faces a national election on October 22. On Monday, the index for ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese big manufacturers' business confidence improved in September from three months ago, the Bank of Japan's closely watched quarterly "tankan" survey showed on Monday, underscoring the central bank's rosy economic view. The headline ... ( read original story ...)

Run of economic growth seen helping Abe in election this month Confidence among Japan’s big manufacturers has improved to the highest level in a decade, underscoring Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s run of success on the economy as he heads into an election ... ( read original story ...)

Evan Grant, Rangers beat writer for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, answered questions about the team in ... Also, they've worked for years on establishing relationships in Japan. I believe the Rangers are willing to let him hit, at least ... ( read original story ...)

Still, it's back on the horse this week with '500' level events taking place in both Tokyo and Beijing as the Asian swing continues. At 14/1, Sam Querrey gets the vote in Toyko, where conditions are usually pretty quick. That will suit the big-serving ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA – A man was killed and five other people were injured Sunday morning after a truck rammed a car parked on the shoulder of the Metropolitan Expressway in Yokohama, police said. The collision, which occurred at around 6:25 a.m. on the Bay Shore ... ( read original story ...)

A total of 87 kindergartners, aged 3 to 6, reported food-poisoning symptoms like fever and vomiting after consuming the tainted bento meals between September 21 and 28, according to officials of Okazaki, reports TBS News (Sept. 29). Salmonella was ... ( read original story ...)

The deal between the Tokyo and Osaka governors was announced at a news conference in Osaka on Sept. 30 as the two moved closer in cooperation for the Lower House election on Oct. 22. The decision reflected their desire to bolster their candidates ... ( read original story ...)

It's October, deep in autumn, and everybody has already spent half of their High School lives. The 17 year old Kasane, going to a High School in Sapporo, has but one wish; "I don't want to be here anymore, I just want to go somewhere far, far away." ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui agreed Saturday that her new Kibo no To (Party of Hope) and his Nippon Ishin no Kai will not challenge each other in single-seat districts in their respective cities in the upcoming snap ... ( read original story ...)

Despite rumors, Koike maintained that she would not run herself. After the talks, Koike, Ichiro Matsui, her counterpart in Osaka, and Hideaki Omura of Aichi held a joint news conference in which they explained that the Party of Hope and Matsui's Japan ... ( read original story ...)

western Japan, at a news conference with Hideaki Omura, governor of Aichi prefecture in central Japan and the head of a tiny local party. “In a situation where ‘Abenomics’ is stalled, we must proceed with reform in each region,” Koike told the ... ( read original story ...)

It transpired on Friday that the flights – from Hong Kong to Osaka and Nagoya, in Japan, and Seoul, South Korea – during next week’s “golden week”, were cancelled. An initial count of 18 cancellations was later lowered to 14. Up to 2,000 people ... ( read original story ...)

Yesterday the Application for injunctions in the legal proceedings filed by Bacchus of Sleepin Hotel, Pasha Global Inc. and Yokohama Trading Company Inc., against the Guyana National Newspapers Limited, the publishers of the Guyana Chronicle and its Editor ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA: Nissan Motor said it would temporarily halt new vehicle registrations in Japan after learning that thousands of models had been shipped out from factories after receiving final inspections by unauthorised employees. The firm estimates that at ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a ceremony Thursday ... and promote the steady improvement and development of their relations," China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. China's national day is Sunday. Beijing welcomed the attendance ... ( read original story ...)