General PETER PACE (Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff): It is not Victory in Europe Day, it is not Victory in Japan Day, it is not something where there'll be a signing ceremony.
Clinton's trip includes one day in Japan, one day in South Korea and five days in China.
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Tsutsumi is a living demonstration of how money and political power intersect in present day Japan.
Despite all this gloom there are reasons why Japan's day of reckoning could be put off for quite some time.
Voller has until 21 May to name his squad, who will fly to their training base in Japan the following day.
From the time he was 10 years old, Son believed he would one day become Japan's top businessman.
Earlier in the day, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index recovered from 26-year lows, surging 459.02 points, or 6.4 percent, to 7, 621.92.
Data released earlier in the day showed Japan recorded an annual trade deficit in 2011, its first since 1980.
Giving up gains from earlier in the day, Japan's Nikkei 225 average slid by 126.55 points, or 1.5%, to 8, 109.53.
Asian markets ended lower on Tuesday, with Japan breaking an eight day winning streak, while liquidity concerns weighed on stocks in Shanghai.
Earlier in the day, Japan's Nikkei share index had fallen by 2.9%, South Korea's Kospi shed 3.8% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped 5.3%.
Last year Interactive got attention for a community effort that was completely unplanned and that didn't spring from the fest itself: After earthquakes and tsunamis devastated Japan on the opening day of the festival, attendees launched "SXSW4Japan, " which raised funds for relief efforts.
The talks with Japan ended abruptly on their second day, after a North Korean walkout, apparently in anger at Japan's stance on North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s.
Burmese president Thein Sein is scheduled to make a five-day visit to Japan this weekend.
Day-to-day life in Japan can be oppressively rigid, and cosplay is a creative reaction against the pressures.
The Bank of Japan started a two-day meeting, at which the BOJ may introduce some fresh monetary stimulus.
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Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.5 percent to close at 10, 747.74 as the yen gained some ground against the dollar and the Bank of Japan began a two-day policy meeting.
The Bank of Japan ended a two-day policy meeting on Tuesday with no change in policy, saying the economy was "picking up, " despite the lack of any change in price trends so far.
The pioneer in bringing peace of mind to family or neighbours is Zojirushi, Japan's biggest maker of rice cookers and electric kettles, which in Japan keep water hot all day for tea or miso soup.
Gathering social scientists and policy-makers from Lithuania, Estonia, Italy and Japan, this one-day conference will explore social reform in Europe and several countries, the trends and perspectives of the pension systems, labour legislation and gender equality.
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday wrapped up a four-day tour of Japan, China and South Korea during which he lobbied Asian leaders to support a multi-lateral approach to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
The Nikkei Stock Average rose to 12632.20, the biggest rise in nearly two months, as investors awaited the results of the Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting that started Wednesday, to see whether fresh easing measures to spur the stagnant economy will meet market expectations.
It was this broad avenue, hung with bobbing white lanterns, alight with girls fluent in yukata (a light kimono) and little boys carrying lit-up white globes, that greeted me my first night in Kyoto, in 1984, on a three-day visit through Japan with my mother, en route to India.
China only produces about 4 million barrels per day, and imports the remaining amount, making the Asian giant the second largest importer of oil, says the EIA. The largest importer of oil in the world has been the U.S., with an intake of 8.7 million barrels per day, according to the EIA. Japan imports the third most oil, at 4.3 million barrels per day.
The agency in question here, the NRC, as Chairman Jaczko said yesterday, focuses day to day, including prior to the events in Japan -- for days, weeks, months and years -- day to day on the safety and security of the nuclear facilities in the United States.
Asian markets were mostly lower, led by a second day of selling in Japan.
Most Asian markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, while Japan was shut for National Foundation Day.
April 1 marks the start of Japan's fiscal year and the day that the first of the "Big Bang" financial reforms went into effect.
The previous record was 6.45 billion shares, set on April 5, the day after the Bank of Japan announced its more aggressive quantitative easing program.
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