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Sharp to offer LCD panel-making technology to Hon Hai - Mainichi Daily News
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Sharp Corp. is making arrangements with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. to offer its technology for the production of liquid crystal display panels at a Hon Hai plant to be constructed in China, sources close to the matter said ...
DPJ's Koshiishi, LDP's Oshima met in early May to discuss tax hike - Mainichi Daily News
... met earlier this month with main opposition Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Tadamori Oshima, apparently aiming to find a way to break the political deadlock over the government's planned sales tax hike, sources close to them said Wednesday.
N. Korea conducting improvement work at missile launch site: sources - Mainichi Daily News
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- North Korea is carrying out improvement work on its missile launch site in Musudan-ri in the country's northeast, multiple diplomatic sources said Tuesday. There is a possibility that a large-scale launch pad is being newly constructed ...
Indonesian lawmaker detained over graft case - Mainichi Daily News
JAKARTA (Kyodo) -- Indonesia's top anti-graft body on Friday detained a lawmaker from the ruling Democrat Party on suspicion of being involved in a high-profile graft case, a government official said. Johan Budi, spokesman for the Corruption ...
Noda to visit US from April 29 for talks with Obama: sources - Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda plans to visit the United States for talks with US President Barack Obama from April 29 to May 2, sources close to bilateral relations said Thursday. The two leaders are expected to issue a joint ...
Ministers to continue discussion on Oi reactors' reactivation - Mainichi Daily News
The next meeting is expected later this week, a senior government official said. At the first meeting, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency explained the results of the first round of stress tests on the reactors in Fukui Prefecture.
TEPCO to seek 1 tril. yen public fund injection: sources - Mainichi Daily News
... plans to seek an injection of 1 trillion yen in public funds from a state-backed entity by the end of the month to avoid insolvency, as it struggles with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crisis, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
N. Korea plans to launch satellites for 3rd countries in future: sources - Mainichi Daily News
The sources said a North Korean official mentioned the plan to Chinese authorities last year when the North Koreans were building a rocket launch site near the Chinese border in western North Korea. It appears that North Korea, which has announced ...
World's largest Uniqlo store opens in Tokyo's Ginza district - Mainichi Daily News
''I skipped work to get here for the Undercover stuff,'' said a man in his 30s waiting in the first row, who declined to give his name. Even after the grand opening, lines of people continued to grow along Ginza's main street, stretching over nearly ...
Japan, Canada preparing to start FTA talks: sources - Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan and Canada are preparing to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement and may possibly reach an initial accord by the end of this month on holding the talks, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
ANALYSIS: State poll losses dim Rahul Gandhi's chance of being India's next ... - Mainichi Daily News
She is expected to usher in some major changes in party organization and may ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to revamp the government to prepare for the general election in 2014, a senior party official who refused to be named said.
Spanish village to raise funds with marijuana - Mainichi Daily News
A representative who declined to give his name said more details would come when ABCDA signs a formal agreement with the village in the coming days. ABCDA said the project would create 40 jobs in Rasquera -- workers to grow, harvest and package the pot ...
Cambodia to restrict fishing in Mekong River to save endangered dolphins - Mainichi Daily News
PHNOM PENH (Kyodo) -- Cambodia has decided in principle to regulate fishing in a large stretch of the Mekong River in order to conserve endangered dolphins, a government official said Wednesday. Touch Seang Tana, chairman of Cambodia's Commission for ...
Softbank to get very receptive radio frequency band to improve service - Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The telecom ministry will allocate Softbank Mobile Corp. a coveted radio frequency band to improve signal reception for its handsets in Japan, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. The measure will enhance Softbank Mobile's ...
Japan ready to resume loans for Myanmar development projects - Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is hoping to announce its plan to resume yen loans for development projects in Myanmar this spring, a senior government official said Thursday. The aid, the first since the late 1980s, may be announced during a possible meeting ...
Over 60 Japanese planning to visit N. Korea in April for anniversary - Mainichi Daily News
... including former lawmakers are planning to visit North Korea at the invitation of the country for celebrations to be held in April to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
ANALYSIS: BOJ's inflation goal might supplement gov't forex intervention - Mainichi Daily News
"It was good news," a senior government official said of the BOJ's decision on condition of anonymity. He added the bank's move and the subsequent fall of the yen were in line with the government's aim. BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa denied the bank ...
US asks Japan to pay full Marine transfer costs to Iwakuni base - Mainichi Daily News
... to shoulder the full costs of relocating about 1500 US Marines from Okinawa Prefecture to one of its bases in western Japan during the two nations' talks to review a plan to realign Marines in Okinawa, sources close to bilateral ties said Thursday.
Japan asks US to return part of Okinawa military facilities - Mainichi Daily News
"I believe the US side will consider the request," a senior official at Japan's Foreign Ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. The senior official said the burden on Okinawa of hosting the bulk of US forces in Japan must be reduced in ...
Struggling Elpida to sell Hiroshima plant to raise cash - Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc., which is currently undergoing rehabilitation, is considering selling its mainstay plant in Hiroshima Prefecture to procure funds, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
FOCUS: TSE decision to keep Olympus listed may cast doubts on transparency - Mainichi Daily News
"For Olympus's shareholders, the decision is legitimate because they had no chance to find out about the accounting fraud," said an equity strategist at a brokerage house who asked not to be named. "Looking at the incident as a whole, ...
Iran envoys visited N. Korea in Nov., possibly on uranium enrichment - Mainichi Daily News
Japan and other countries concerned about the latest developments are analyzing the information as maraging steel can also be put to use in ballistic missiles, the source said. David Albright, president of US think tank Institute for Science and ...
FOCUS: Futenma base report, F-35 decision show Japan's priority on US ties - Mainichi Daily News
While Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said publicly that delivering the document was a matter to be handled between the bureau and prefectural government, a government official said anonymously that the prime minister's office had instructed the ...
Japan official counters US view on interventions - Mainichi Daily News
"The yen's appreciation (against the US dollar) since summer caused downside risks to the (Japanese) economy and we believe the interventions were a necessary step," the official told reporters on condition of anonymity, while adding that Japan will ...
FOCUS: Japan trying to keep up with rapidly changing Myanmar - Mainichi Daily News
The senior official, who declined to be named, said that the future trajectory of Myanmar, bordered on the north by China, could be one of the areas in Asia in which Tokyo and Washington could enhance cooperation, before Beijing wields greater ...