French retailer Carrefour denies it is withdrawing from Japan
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French retail giant Carrefour SA has denied a press report it is planning to sell its operations in Japan.
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Japan's prime minister rejects Iraqi militants' demands for a troop pullout after a Japanese man is seized.
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Japan will not tighten its monetary policy as the consumer prices became positive, said Bank of Japanâs governor Toshihiko Fukui on Tuesday.
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Japan&#39;s prime minister today refused to bend to demands by militants who have taken a Japanese civilian hostage in Iraq and threatened to behead him unless Tokyo withdraws its soldiers.
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Former French President Jacques Chirac refuses to be quizzed about an alleged plot to discredit his successor.
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Peugeot of France denied a report from Tokyo that it was in talks with scandal-hit Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors over a comprehensive alliance that includes a capital tie-up.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Mar. 6--GENEVA -- Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe on  Monday denied that his company has plans to buy out DaimlerChrysler AG's  Chrysler division.
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French retailer Carrefour and chip groups helped European shares hold their ground on Wednesday, and merger moves in the construction sector lent support.
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French retail group Carrefour is to close 16 Belgian outlets and shed 900 jobs, or five percent of its 18,000-strong workforce in Belgium, the company said Wednesday.
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TOKYO - Japan&#39;s top spokesman withheld comment Thursday on remarks accused US Army deserter Charles Jenkins made in an interview with a Hong Kong-based weekly, which hit stands the same day, about his life in North Korea.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refused to back down Monday in a row over whether the military used Asian women as sex slaves during World War II, repeating that there was no evidence of coercion.
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Carrefour shares rise amid speculation that Europe's biggest retailer will revamp its management.
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Japanese consumer producer Sony Corp. has denied a report it plans to withdraw from the plasma television business but said its priority in flat-panel TVs remains in liquid crystal display (LCD) sets.
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Japan's prime minister insisted Wednesday  that Japan would not withdraw its troops from Iraq despite a  threat by a militant group to behead a Japanese hostage unless  Tokyo pulled them out.
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TOKYO - Japan insisted yesterday it would not bow to the demands of militants in Iraq who threatened to behead a young Japanese unless Tokyo pulls its troops from the country within 48 hours.
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Carrefour, the world's No. 2 retailer,  posted a weaker-than-expected rise in quarterly sales on  Tuesday and warned it would not reach annual sales and profit  targets amid a sharp deterioration in its markets.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied on Monday that a groundbreaking security agreement he is to sign with Australian Prime Minister John Howard in Tokyo this week was aimed at reining in China.