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News Archive - June 2010
Wednesday, 30th June 2010
Japan are out of the World Cup after a penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay.
Tuesday, 29th June 2010
The jobless rate reached 5.2 per cent last month.
Monday, 28th June 2010
Takeshi Okada says his team will relish being Asia's sole representatives in the last 16.
Toyota, Nissan and Honda all saw outputs rise in May.
Friday, 25th June 2010
Mitsutomo Furuichi has been arrested for suspected extortion.
Goals from Keisuke Honda, Yashuito Endo and a third from Shinji Okazaki were enough for Japan.
Thursday, 24th June 2010
Apple stores across Tokyo were filled with eager shoppers.
Morten Olsen claims the new system has benefited Japan.
Wednesday, 23rd June 2010
One Japanese company has been chosen by Nintendo to provide technology for its new handheld console.
After two years of discussions an agreement is yet to be reached.
Naoto Kan visited apologised on the 65th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa.
Tuesday, 22nd June 2010
Makoto Hasebe says Japan are confident ahead of Thursday's clash with Denmark.
Prime minister Naoto Jan wants to tackle the national debt head on.
The Japanese foreign affairs minister has had a phone meeting with the US secretary of state to reaffirm the two countries' close ties.
Monday, 21st June 2010
A Japanese woman is now the number one-ranked golfer on the LPGA circuit after a recent win.
Friday, 18th June 2010
An earthquake measuring 6.3 has struck off the coast of the main northern island of Japan.
Thursday, 17th June 2010
Stocks on a number of Japanese stock exchanges have fallen on the back of a still strong yen.
Japan prepare for the second game of the World Cup, which will see them take on the Netherlands.
Japanese minister to avoid whaling meeting, blaming the foot and mouth crisis.
Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical Co launches three new products.
Wednesday, 16th June 2010
The majority of Japanese investors with defaulted Argentinian debt have taken advantage of a new bonds and cash deal.
Japanese firms see rise in stock prices following a day of good performance on Wall Street.
Tuesday, 15th June 2010
The Bank of Japan is to offer low interest loans to commercial banks in a bid to boost the country's economic recovery.
Japan scores a surprise win over Cameroon in its first game of this year's FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
A rugby player has made the move from a Welsh team based in Cardiff to the Sanyo Wild Giants in Japan.
Monday, 14th June 2010
A Japanese space craft has landed back on earth after spending seven years in space.
Japanese officials have been accused of offering money to smaller nations to garner support for its controverisal whaling hunts.
A remote village in the mountains of Japan is getting behind Cameroon in today's World Cup fixture between the two nations.
Friday, 11th June 2010
The Japanese national football team play against Zimbabwe in a hastily arranged pre-World Cup friendly.
The Japanese minister for postal reform Shizuka Kamei is to resign from his post.
A Japanese space craft which has been gathering information on asteroids is due to land back on earth this weekend.
Thursday, 10th June 2010
Japanese prosecutors are asking for a whaling protestor to be given a jail term if he is found guilty of charges including assault.
90 per cent of people in Japan still read a newspaper everyday, a trend which defies the slump seen in print journalism around the world.
Support for the new Japanese cabinet is increasing, new figures show.
Wednesday, 9th June 2010
The new Japanese prime minister has promised to reduce the nation's debt.
The Japanese squad is to play another friendly game this week, ahead of the start of the FIFA World Cup.
A number of showings of a movie about dolphin hunting in Japan have been cancelled after protests.
Tuesday, 8th June 2010
The new Japanese cabinet has been revealed following the resignation of the country's prime minister last week.
A Japanese space vessel collecting information on asteroids is heading back to earth.
Japanese car maker Honda is hit by more staff strikes following last week's widespread walk out action.
Monday, 7th June 2010
The new Japanese cabinet is to be revealed this week, following Yukio Hatoyama's shock resignation.
Japanese footballer Shunsuke Nakamura says he is not sure how much of a part he will play in this summer's World Cup.
Worries over the state of a number of European economies has led to falls on Japan's main stock exchanges.
Friday, 4th June 2010
Japanese finance minister Naoto Kan has been revealed as the nation's latest prime minister.
A strike by Chinese workers at a number of Honda factories is continuing to impact the Japanese car firm.
Japan's national football team are set to use oxygen tanks to get them used to the playing conditions they will face in South Africa.
Thursday, 3rd June 2010
The ongoing economic crisis in Europe could spell bad news for the Japanese market, it has been warned.
Japanese finance minister Naoto Kan is being widely tipped as the country's next prime minister.
Japan's international team are set to face the Ivory Coast this week, following a string of defeats.
Wednesday, 2nd June 2010
Yukio Hatoyama, the Japanese prime minister, has announced he is to step down from his post.
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