Japan&#39;s troubled Daiei considering seeking aid from government ...
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TOKYO : Debt-ridden Japanese retailer Daiei is considering seeking help from a state-backed corporate body, reversing an earlier reluctance after pressure from its creditors, officials said.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hinted on Saturday in unusually strong terms that failure to secure extension of Japan&#39;s military support role for US troops in Afghanistan risked his job.
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The case has focused attention on the tension between parts of JapanÂs corporate establishment and a recent tilt toward American-style capitalism.
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Japan stood by its refusal to give aid to North Korea on Tuesday unless Pyongyang settles a feud over Japanese kidnapped decades ago, adding a new twist to this week's talks on ending the North's nuclear arms program.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#39;s new cabinet line-up does not provide a quick fix for his beleaguered government, even if it signals a shift away from his conservative ideology, major papers said Tuesday.
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Japan grappled Wednesday with the fallout from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to a Tokyo war shrine, as diplomats reportedly worked to mend frayed ties with China and South Korea.
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TOKYO - The beheading of a Japanese hostage and the closely fought US presidential election have injected new caution into Tokyoâs deliberations on whether to extend its historic troop dispatch to Iraq.
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Japan has been appealing for international help to secure the release of a Japanese man kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq and threatened with death.
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Marubeni Corp., a Japanese import-export company, said Wednesday it was open to strategic partners in operating supermarket chain Daiei Inc., but denied news reports that it had approached either Wal-Mart or Aeon Co., a Japanese retailer, to get help in reviving Daiei.
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The ruling party of Japan, the Liberal Democrats, faces its biggest-ever crisis, PM Yasuo Fukuda warns.
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A Japanese government-backed organization will ask financial institutions to provide troubled retailer Daiei with 600 billion yen (5.7 billion dollars) in financial assistance.
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Japanese investor Advantage Partners Inc. and trading house Marubeni Corp. are in talks to team up in a bid to sponsor the rehabilitation of ailing retailer Daiei, a report said.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party is considering proposals to revise the constitution to let women take the throne, according to a draft seen by local media.
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The crisis is a political challenge for Koizumi, who decided to send Japanese troops to Iraq despite strong public opposition. &quot;We cannot tolerate terrorism and we will not give in to terrorism,&quot; Koizumi told reporters on Wednesday.
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Turning the tables on Tokyo, North Korea  has called on Japan to investigate the case of one of its  nationals who went missing in 1991 while working in Russia,  saying it presumed Japan had abducted him.
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TOKYO: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc&#39;s US$29bil hostile bid for UFJ Holdings Inc may hinge on its ability to convince shareholders that it can cut costs and bad loans at Japan&#39;s most unprofitable bank, investors said.