Windfall beef sales to Japan tipped to fall
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Australia&#39;s domination of the export beef trade in Japan is likely to end after weekend moves in Tokyo to allow renewed access to United States producers.
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Japanese stocks fell Friday morning amid worries about a slowdown in the U.S. economy, Japan's biggest export market. Exporters and pharmaceutical firms led the decline.
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The dollar slipped against the yen on  Wednesday on a round of selling by Japanese exporters, but it  found support from intervention worries and caution ahead of  U.S. non-farm payrolls data due later in the week.
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A panel of experts on Monday compiled a report on mad cow disease that paves the way for Japan to drop its current policy to test all cattle, setting the stage for a possible easing of a ban on US beef imports.
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Tokyo -- Japan agreed Saturday to resume imports of some US beef after a 10- month ban that shut cattle ranchers in the United States out of their most lucrative foreign market.
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TOKYO  - Japanese and U.S. officials wrapped up three days of talks  Saturday to lift Tokyo's 10-month-old ban on imports of American beef, reportedly narrowing differences over testing standards for mad cow disease but failing to strike a deal.
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No end is in sight to Japan's ban on  imports of a U.S. beef, the head of a U.S. beef industry  delegation said on Tuesday after a two-day visit to Japan aimed  at speeding efforts to ease the ban.
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TOKYO, Tuesday, Nov. 28 (Bloomberg News) Â JapanÂs retail sales unexpectedly fell for a second month, undermining the central bankÂs case that consumer spending will accelerate and help justify raising its interest rates, which are the lowest among major economies.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.  - The United States will end its  mad cow-inspired ban on Canadian cattle on March 7 despite  rising criticism from farm groups, Agriculture Secretary Ann  Veneman said on Sunday, adding that Japan and South Korea  should open their doors to U.S. beef.
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Japan sees an unexpected drop in its current account surplus, but exports continue to drive growth, figures say.
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TOKYO : Japan is set to propose the partial lifting of a ban on imports of American beef to United States authorities, a news report said.
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TOKYO -- Japan and the United States agreed yesterday to resume imports of some American beef, halted since December after a case of mad cow disease in Washington state, but did not set a date for restarting trade.
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Japanese shares will probably move in a narrow range in a week shortened by public holidays, but could dip below the 11,000 level as earnings disappointment saps Wall Street's momentum and as concern lingers over the global economic outlook.
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Japan marked a one-year ban Friday on U.S. beef imports over mad cow fears with little indication of repealing the measure, which has closed a billion-dollar market to American beef producers and ravaged Japanese restaurateurs.
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Japanese stocks fell Friday as investors sold stocks to settle futures options, with many buyers remaining on the sidelines ahead of talks among the finance chiefs of the Group of Seven industrialized countries.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average lost 0.85 percent to a three-week closing low on Thursday as a fall in the dollar further weakened investor confidence in company earnings, driving exporters such as Honda Motor Co. down.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average was down 0.4 percent by midsession on Monday on selling of exporters like Toyota Motor Corp., which announces results later in the day, and wariness ahead of the US presidential election.