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Tokyo Exchange Merges With Osaka to Form World's No. 3

Tokyo Exchange Merges With Osaka to Form World's No. 3
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TPX) became the world's third-biggest bourse by listed companies today, adding 1,100 stocks from the Osaka Securities Exchange as the two merged their cash-equity trading platforms. The TSE now has 3,423 companies after …
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Caroline Kennedy As New Ambassador To Tokyo: What A Relief!
In 2005, Bush appointed to Tokyo Tom Schieffer, a conservative Texas democrat, former congressman, lawyer and businessman. Schieffer had joined the investment group founded by Bush to buy Texas Rangers Baseball Club in 1989 and served as …
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Tokyo: Stocks up 0.54% by break
[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks rose 0.54 per cent Thursday morning following a rally on Wall Street after soothing comments from Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke on the future of the US stimulus programme. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 79.49 points …
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Surprise! You Can Now Do Tokyo On The Cheap Thanks To 'Abenomics'
But the country's recent economic revival has allowed the Tokyo economy to come back to Earth as new Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's “Abenomics” reforms have devalued the yen, allowing visitors of meager means to enjoy the city without breaking the bank.
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World's biggest food fight to begin ticketing system

World's biggest food fight to begin ticketing system
About 250 tonnes are crushed to a pulp in just a few hours. In 2002, the event was given official status by the country's tourism department for its growing international popularity as it draws visitors from the US, Japan, China, Australia and India …
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Japan's expert backs whaling as science
'The main point in the paper is the amount of food in the forestomach of Antarctic minke whales has declined over the JARPA years,' Prof Walloe said. Australia stated last week that Japan's research was not science but rather 'a heap of body parts …
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MTV 81 Becomes Official Media Partner For Two of the Biggest Japanese Pop …
The festival is increasing its scale with the addition of new programming such as the first Northern California Japanese film festival “Japan Film Festival of San Francisco”, Food & Beverage Festival “POP GROUMET”, and J-POP LIVE at Union Square.
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