Japan's fertility rate rises
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Japan's fertility rate rose last year for the first time in six years in 2006, while the number of suicides fell below the 30,000-case mark for the first time in four, the government said Wednesday.
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TOKYO: Japan&#39;s Nikkei rose 0.54 per cent on Tuesday to post its highest close in five months after economic data supported the view that Japan&#39;s economic slowdown is temporary, giving a boost to banks such as Mizuho Financial Group.
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The production of cars, trucks and buses in Japan rose for the fourth straight month in September from the same month a year ago, advancing 3.5 percent to 964,164 vehicles, an industry group said Wednesday.
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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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In Japan, where one fifth of the population is now over 65, a preview of a global future.
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Japan's second quarter growth rate is likely to be revised up this week on the back of data showing increased corporate investment in factories and offices along with higher profits.
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Japan's jobless rate rose to a worse-than-expected 4.9 percent in July but the government said the uptick in unemployment was mainly caused by young people leaving positions to search for new jobs.
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Japan's benchmark stock index rose more than 2 percent Thursday as traders were encouraged by rising shares in other Asian markets and bought real estate and bank issues.
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Japan's Nikkei average was up 1.22  percent at midsession on Friday after touching its highest in 2  months on gains on Wall Street that stoked optimism about the  U.S. economy and the outlook for Japan's export-led recovery.
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MUMBAI: Japanese stocks gained after a Government report showed industrial production rose for the first month in three, providing evidence that growth in the worlds second-largest economy will be sustained.
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Tokyo, Nov. 15: The news that Princess Sayako, will wed at 35 after years of hesitation was welcomed today by many in Japan who fear that sagging marriage and birth rates has left the country headed for a demographic crisis.
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Japanese stocks rose after US President George W. Bush won a second term, boosting optimism that the world&#39;s largest economy will sustain its growth.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve indicated the U.S. economy was growing moderately, boosting exporters such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.
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The UK's population is growing as more women have babies in their thirties, according to experts.
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Japan's current account surplus in December rose sharply, surprising the markets with an unexpected jump of 35.1 percent as services and overseas investment returns improved dramatically, the finance ministry said Monday.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose for the first  time in three sessions to close 0.62 percent higher on  Wednesday after investors saw positive signs in revised  Japanese economic growth figures that were sluggish overall.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose by late  afternoon on Friday, boosted by a strong machinery orders and  led by gains in real estate firms such as Mitsubishi Estate on  a drop in office vacancy rates.