Upturn casts doubt on Japan banks' union
The logic behind the proposed merger of Japanese banks Shinsei and Aozora has disappeared following a return of stability to global financial markets
2010. March 11. 0:33
Microsoft says Yahoo! Japan deal with Google is 'anti-competitive' [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 28. Microsoft has criticised Yahoo! and Google's search partnership in Japan, saying it will give Google total control of all personal search information in the country. Google to power Yahoo Japan web search [FT.com] Jul. 27. Google is to power Yahoo Japans web search and advertising platform, in a snub to last years tie-up between Microsofts Bing search engine and Yahoo Inc, a minority shareholder in its Japanese namesake Japan exports rise at slower pace [BBC NEWS] Jul. 26. Japanese exports rise but at a slower pace than in recent months, raising questions about the strength of Japan's recovery. Japan pupils' atomic history lesson [BBC NEWS] Jul. 23. Children in the Japanese city of Hiroshima have been recovering remnants of a building that stands at the hypocentre of the atomic bombing at the end of World War Two. Amundi to launch seafood fund in Japan [FT.com] Jul. 22. The asset manager decided to create the fund after noticing a strong correlation between people's rising incomes in emerging economies and an increase in seafood consumption Arsenal interested in Japan international Keisuke Honda [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 21. 24-year-old Japan international Keisuke Honda could be on his way to Arsenal from CSKA Moscow. Japan launches Mercury mirror space craft mission [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 20. Japan is to launch a space mission to Mercury using a spacecraft covered in mirrors to reflect that 450C (842F) heat from the planet. Japan needs to update practices to compete [FT.com] Jul. 18. Japanese asset managers are losing market share both home and abroad and need to act, a report has concluded Asia weather: Typhoon Conson in the Philippines, floods and landslides in China and Japan [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 14. Typhoon in the Philippines, floods and landslides in China and Japan. Great Britain v Japan: in pictures [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 13. In pics: Great Britain open Four Nations with 6-4 win over Japan. Upper house vote tests Japan PM [BBC NEWS] Jul. 11. Japan is voting in an upper house election seen as a referendum on 10 months of rule by the party of PM Naoto Kan. Japan trading houses sows seeds for Chinese growth [FT.com] Jul. 7. Japanese general trading companies are looking at new ways to take advantage of China's growth by increasing their direct investments in the country
