Japanese bank battle a break from the past
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In the old days in Japan, a merger between two banks would have been quietly brokered behind closed doors. But the current clash between two major Japanese banks over competing
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TOKYO With Japan&#39;s banking crisis coming under control, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shifted his economic repairman on Monday to Japan&#39;s next gargantuan task: privatizing the world&#39;s largest bank.
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Japanese stocks snapped a seven-day losing streak Thursday, as concerns eased about the possibility of major Japanese banks becoming entangled in a fund to deal with the U.S. home loan crisis.
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Japan has picked Tokyo to bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, giving the capital a head start in an uphill race, half a century after the 1964 games which symbolized the city's rebirth.
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The first batch of Japanese troops has returned home from Iraq to emotional family reunions as the officially pacifist nation wrapped up its most significant military operation since World War II.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese baseball players have gone on strike for the first time in the 70 year history of the game after last minute talks ended without an agreement.
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Baseball returned to Japan on Monday after all weekend games were wiped out by the first players' strike in the sport's 70-year history in the country.
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Japan's professional baseball players go on strike for the first time since the game was introduced 70 years ago.
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Japanese stocks recouped early losses by  late afternoon on Thursday as banks clawed back into positive  territory a day after a key survey showing waning business  sentiment had sparked a sell-off in the sector.
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Japan overcame a stiff opening half resistance from India and played a blitz second session to coast to a 4-0 win in a power cut marred Asian Zone Group C pre-World Cup football match in Kolkata today.
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Japan&#039;s central bank looks poised to raise interest rates for the first time in almost six years in a show of confidence in the economic recovery at a key two-day meeting.
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Comings and goings in the banking indurstry.
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The Bank of Japan, which last month  raised interest rates for the first time in six years, is  expected to keep its powder dry this week as it confirms that  economic growth is slowing and with inflation yet to  materialize.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi leaves behind a legacy of sweeping economic and political reforms.
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Japan's recovery has been trundling along for more than five years, by some measures making it the longest, if not exactly most spectacular, period of continuous expansion since the war. But if you look at surveys asking ordinary Japanese people how they feel about their own circumstances, you would never guess it.
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Slow growth in Japanese bank loans has ignited concerns that the world's second- biggest economy may head into a recession.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and the  United States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the  first time in 28 years on Monday.