Tasweeq inks deal with LPG Global
Qatar: Qatar International Petroleum Marketing Co (Tasweeq) and LPG Global Transport Management have signed a one-year agreement to deliver LPG from Qatar to Tasweeq’s customers across the globe, the Peninsula has reported. LPG Global Transport Management is a joint venture comprising Nakilat, Qatar Shipping Co and Mitsui OSK Lines of Japan that was formed with the aim of owning and operating Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC’s). [AMEInfo.com]
Posted: March 8th, 2010
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Nikkei gains on relief over US jobs weaker yen
Japan’s Nikkei stock average climbed 1.8 per cent on Monday, boosted by better than expected US jobs data, with exporters gaining on a weaker yen and resource-linked firms up on rises in commodity prices.
Posted: March 8th, 2010
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Japan’s Current Account Surplus Tops Forecasts on Exports (Daily FX)
Japan’s Current Account Balance recorded a surplus of 899.8 billion yen in January, a reading significantly greater than the 783.9 billion economists expected, as exports surged 40.6 percent from the previous year.
Posted: March 8th, 2010
at 6:15am by Arif
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Sharp targets 20% growth in business solutions products in the Middle East in 2010
Sharp Middle East FZE (SMEF), the fully owned regional subsidiary of Sharp Corporation Japan, has unveiled a strategy to grow its business solutions products segment by 20 per cent in 2010, and double its turnover in five years.
Posted: March 7th, 2010
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Categories: Middle East News
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Japan princess ‘bullied by boys’ (BBC World)
Japan’s Princess Aiko has been off school for several days after complaining of being bullied, a royal official says.
Posted: March 6th, 2010
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Japan may water down bill
A rift within Japan’s government over legislation to fight climate change has raised the risk of it watering down plans for an emissions trading system that is at the core of its drive for greener policies.
Posted: March 6th, 2010
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Developing nations set torrid pace in mergers
As both companies and countries in the West and Japan stumble under debt, a new enthusiasm for deals has already emerged in India, China and other developing countries.
Posted: March 5th, 2010
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NEC plans major expansion in MIddle East
Japan’s NEC Corporation, a global provider of internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions, aims to be among the top three retail solutions provider in the Middle East by 2012. Ranked 182 in the Fortune Global 500, the Japanese firm recently announced its expansion plans into the Middle East region, through its India subsidiary company — NEC India Pvt. Ltd, and its newly appointed partner — H.M.H. Establishment (HMH), a UAE-based IT company. ‘We are confident of our growth (in the region) in H1 2010,’ Takashige Mouri Associate Senior Vice-President, NEC Corporation, told Khaleej Times. ‘We are happy to see that the market is steadily recovering and we believe that we have opportunity to grow along with the market in the region.’
Posted: March 3rd, 2010
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Nissan to Recall 539,864 Vehicles to Fix Brake Pedals, Gauges (BusinessWeek)
Nissan Motor Co., Japan?s third- largest automaker, will recall 539,864 vehicles to check and fix potentially faulty parts in models sold mainly in the U.S.
Posted: March 3rd, 2010
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7 0 magnitude quake hits off Japan s coast
The US government has reported that a 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan.
Posted: March 1st, 2010
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Japan relieved as tsunami passes
More than half a million people in Japan were ordered to higher ground on Sunday, as coastal areas across the vast Pacific region braced for lethal tsunami waves.
Posted: March 1st, 2010
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Wary Chileans sleep outside; quake affects millions (DNA)
One of the world’s most powerful earthquakes in a century hammered Chile early on Saturday, killing more than 300 people as it toppled buildings and triggered a tsunami that rushed across the Pacific toward Japan.
Posted: February 28th, 2010
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Tiny tsunami reaches Japan; Pacific damage small (Yahoo – World)
AP – The first tsunami from an earthquake in Chile hit Japan’s outlying islands on Sunday, but while the initial waves were small and most of the Pacific islands already in its path had been spared damage, officials warned a bigger surge could follow.
Posted: February 28th, 2010
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Japan and Russia on tsunami alert after Chile killer quake
Japan and Russia went on alert on Sunday and cleared thousands of people from vulnerable coastal areas as a tsunami triggered by the massive killer quake in Chile powered across the Pacific.
Posted: February 28th, 2010
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Japan PM issues alert as initial tsunami hits remote island
Japan’s Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Sunday told people to be on high alert as an initial but small wave of a tsunami triggered by Chile’s earthquake reached on outlying island in the Pacific.
Posted: February 28th, 2010
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Tiny tsunami hits small Japan island NHK
A tiny tsunami hit a small island far south of Tokyo on Sunday after authorities warned that waves of more than 3 metres (10 ft) could batter Japan’s Pacific coast following a massive earthquake in Chile.
Posted: February 28th, 2010
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Japan issues tsunami alert after Chile quake
The Japan Meteorological Agency on Sunday issued a major tsunami alert for its Pacific coast after a powerful earthquake struck Chile, Xinhua reported.
Posted: February 28th, 2010
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Huge quake kills more than 300 in Chile triggers Pacific tsunami
One of the largest earthquakes on record killed at least 300 people in Chile on Saturday and sent giant waves roaring across the Pacific Ocean that forced Japan on tsunami alert almost a day later.
6.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Pakistan
Posted: February 28th, 2010
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