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Tokyo stocks muted following Abe win

Tokyo stocks muted following Abe win
Shares in Tokyo are little changed after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was given a vote of confidence for his economic policy known as "Abenomics". As widely predicted, Mr Abe has won a majority in parliament's upper house in Sunday's elections, according …
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Thunderstorm in Tokyo area disrupts mass transit
A heavy thunderstorm that struck Tokyo and northern Kanagawa Prefecture on Tuesday afternoon caused a power outage that forced train passengers to walk on a railway track and a bullet-train line to shut down. The outage, possibly caused by a lightning …
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Tokyo Commuters Team Up to Lift Train and Save Trapped Woman
Roughly 40 Japanese commuters teamed up to save a woman who became trapped under a train on Monday morning. During the busy Tokyo rush hour bustle, the unidentified women fell between the 20cm gap between the train and platform, effectively …
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Tokyo Stocks Keep Precarious Footing

Tokyo Stocks Keep Precarious Footing
TOKYO—In a session of wild price swings and market rumors of government and central-bank buying, Tokyo stocks managed to recover from steep losses to close just slightly lower Friday, stanching a selloff that would have put the market in bear territory.
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Wheels set in motion for London-Tokyo train link
A delegation from the Sakhalin Oblast government met senior officials of Japan's ministry of land and transport in Tokyo on May 29 and outlined the plan. Japan has proposed further discussions, at the vice-ministerial level, in August. The idea of a …
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Hollande's Tokyo gaffe not lost in translation
Comments. Email; Print; Font Size. France's President Francois Hollande with companion Valerie Trierweiler in Japan. 08 June 2013. FRENCH President Francois Hollande was left red-faced in Tokyo after confusing his Japanese hosts with the Chinese.
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