Japan's Bull-Dog bites back bid
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Japanese saucemaker Bull-Dog has defeated an attempted takeover by US hedge fund Steel Partners.
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Japan threatened to quit the  International Whaling Commission on Thursday after fierce  opposition from anti-whaling nations forced it to scrap a  proposal to allow four coastal villages to hunt the animals.
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TOKYO - US and Japanese negotiators struck a deal Saturday to allow limited imports of American beef into Japan for the first time since Tokyo closed its billion-dollar market last year over a mad cow disease scare.
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Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. was under pressure Wednesday to come up with a takeover offer for UFJ Holdings Inc. that would fend off an unexpectedly generous $29 billion rival bid by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.
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Japanese opposition leaders and consumer groups this week criticized a tentative agreement to lift a ban on US beef imports, calling it a political gift from Prime Minister
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Japan said Tuesday it was pushing ahead with its controversial plan to hunt humpback whales after key powers   refused a compromise offer and despite warnings by Australia and New Zealand it would be a &quot;provocative act.&quot;
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Japan has one of the world&#39;s most sophisticated systems to predict disasters, but there is always room for help from the animal kingdom.
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Japan raises concerns over Russia's decision to withdraw support for the Sakhalin 2 energy project.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may be in talks with the founding family of top Japanese consumer finance firm Takefuji Corp. for a stake of over &#36;2.74 billion, a source told Reuters on Friday, heating up competition among foreign investors to enter a &#36;97 billion industry.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is in talks with  the founding family Takefuji Corp., the biggest player in  Japan's $100 billion consumer finance industry, that may result  in the U.S. firm buying about a third of the company for more  than $2.7 billion, a financial source said.
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Shares of Japan Tobacco Inc. (2914.T)  halted their recent bull run on Monday, falling more than 4  percent as market participants said the company's plan to buy  British cigarette maker Gallaher Group Plc  was now  factored into the stock price.
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Japan is opposed to the lifting of the European Union's arms embargo against China, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on Thursday after discussing the hotly debated topic with British Foreign Secretary ...
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Japan was warned Friday it risks international anger if it includes endangered humpbacks in its annual whale cull, after threatening to pull out of the 75-nation International Whaling Commission.
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Japan said Friday it would be difficult to resolve a growing row with Australia over whaling as the issue was a cultural clash between the two countries.
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TOKYO, Oct. 26 -- Japanese opposition leaders and consumer groups this week criticized a tentative agreement to lift a ban on U.S. beef imports, calling it a political gift from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to President Bush before the U.S. election.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's backers are trying to set the stage for him to keep his job if his ruling bloc gets trounced in a parliamentary election on Sunday, but analysts wonder whether the strategy will work.
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Japan clashed with  anti-whaling nations on Wednesday over its proposal to allow  four of its small coastal communities to hunt whales.