Record inflows mean silver-backed ETF trusts now hold record volumes of metal, both in Europe and the US. Precious-metal dealers from Germany to India to Japan report a surge in demand.
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So readers there are getting something extra to tide them over until the next copy of TIME hits their mailboxes the week after next: our Young Japan report is a double issue in Japan, with additional stories on the subject.
The weak Japan GDP report only reaffirms notions the Bank of Japan will continue on a very accommodative monetary policy path.
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If you receive a fraudulent online request for donations to relief efforts for Japan, report it to the National Center for Disaster Fraud, visit fraud.org, or call 866-720-5721.
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For the first time, listed companies in Japan had to report details of their Year 2000 remedial work in the short-form annual reports that they published in late May.
Meanwhile, Japan and South Korea report that North Korea might be preparing to test a second nuclear weapon.
According to a a report from Japan's Ultra One magazine, the PS3 will contain a whole PlayStation 2 chipset inside its massive hulk in order to ensure backwards compatibility.
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Our report coincides with Japan's Golden Week national holiday, when much of the country shuts down for several days.
The report calls for Japan to support American forces in two main ways: by providing various facilities and by giving support at the rear.
According to its latest annual report, the Japan Highway Public Corporation manages 6, 851km (4, 280 miles) of tolled motorways, whose charges are among the most expensive in the world.
The report came after Japan said its consumer prices fell 0.9 percent in March, underlining challenges to the government's efforts to pull the economy out of a long spell of debilitating deflation.
Japan's government received this report years ago and thus cannot claim ignorance of it.
Facebook is struggling to get a foothold in Japan, according to a recent report from the New York Times.
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Japan's big companies will report their earnings later than their Korean counterparts.
According to a United Nations report this year, Japan is greying so quickly that it will need to import over 600, 000 workers annually until 2050 to keep its working population stable.
China's Defence Ministry immediately refuted a report on Monday by Japan's Kyodo news agency that said unnamed "senior Chinese military officials" admitting recently, and for the first time, that a Chinese warship did lock weapons-guiding radar on a Japanese destroyer on 30 January.
"Reflecting a determined policy approach, the economic outlook has changed markedly in Japan in recent months, " the report said.
However, ANA spokeswoman Megumi Tezuka said the airline was not required to report the battery replacements to Japan's Transport Ministry because they did not interfere with flights and did not raise safety concerns.
Paul Flynn said Dr Mike Weightman's report into the disaster in Japan earlier this year was limited because his remit did not allow him to consider the high costs of building and insuring nuclear power plants.
Tuesday's defense report also fails to mention that Japan is just one of many countries that China's navy has recently riled up.
Boxer, whose committee has held seven oversight hearings since the Japan disaster, has asked the NRC to report to her on the agency's progress implementing the post-Fukushima safety reforms.
Boeing did some of the safety testing on the 787 battery system, but much of the testing was done by a subcontractor, Thales of France, which made the 787's electrical system, and by battery maker GS Yuasa of Japan, according to a previously released NTSB report.
The problems at Olympus date back to Japan's booming 1980s, according to the report.
And the interim report on U.S. Forces Japan realignment leaves this question open to some extent.
Sony, Japan's electronics giant, is expected to report a record loss for the year to March.
The report also included research of efforts in Japan, Sweden and New Zealand to revitalise their ski industries.
The report says that geologically, Oregon and Japan are mirror images.
Investors also may be limiting their enthusiasm ahead of a slate of closely watched economic indicators due later this week, including meetings of central banks in Europe and Japan and the monthly U.S. jobs report on Friday.
Japan is also one of only three countries in the report that did not deplete their natural capital between 1990 and 2008.
As it happens, things may be getting a little better for Japan, according to the Economics Planning Agency in a report on March 16th.
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