Japan output hits surprise record
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Japan's industrial output hits a record level, as the world's second-largest economy continues to recover.
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Commodities rise to record levels on demand, dollar depreciation.
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Ichiro Suzuki's relentless assault on   Major League Baseball's (MLB) record books has given sport in   Japan a huge lift after a disappointing year.
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The number of Japanese who have lived 100 years or more surged to a record-high 23,038 in 2004 in the world's longest-living country, the government said Tuesday.
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Germany's trade surplus hit a surprise record in October, underpinning optimism about the pace of recovery.
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Japanese industrial production grew in August for the first time in three months, official data has shown. Although only a month-on-month rise of 0.3%, and below some forecasts, the news saw Japan&#39;s leading shares rise for the first time in nine days.
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Business confidence at large manufacturers in Japan hit a new 13-year high in the three months to September, the Bank of Japan said on Friday in its latest Tankan quarterly survey.
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Japan's unemployment rate unexpectedly climbed for the second consecutive month in September, prompting warnings from economists that the country's five-year expansion may be showing signs of fraying.
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Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that its third-quarter net profit rose 7.5 percent to a record high on the back of fast-growing sales overseas, particularly in emerging markets.
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Tokyo - Japan&#39;s top three automakers Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor and Honda Motor said on Friday that global production rose sharply in November on the back of strong overseas demand.
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The euro hit a record high against   the yen on Thursday after soft Japanese industrial output data,   while Asian stocks were lifted by news that the U.S. economy   grew more than previously thought in the second quarter.
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China overtakes the US as Japan's biggest trading partner, official figures show.
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Japan&#39;s jobless rate rose unexpectedly last month while industrial output rebounded, according to data released Friday that painted a mixed picture of the health of Asia&#39;s largest economy.
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Japan's Nikkei average surged to its  highest close in four weeks on Friday as hopes for a seasonal  year-end rally and the imminent inclusion of oil and gas  developer INPEX Corp. into the TOPIX index spurred buying in a  wide range of stocks.
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Healthy company results and outlooks lifted Japanese shares on Tuesday and stocks elsewhere in Asia hit a record, while the yen was supported ahead of a Group of Seven meeting this weekend.
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Japanese stocks surged Thursday amid optimism about the outlook for the U.S. economy, Japan's biggest export market, after comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve's chief alleviated worries about higher interest rates.
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Japan recorded a 4.4bn yen trade surplus in January, figures show, helped by lower oil prices.