Asian exchanges were mostly higher on the back of U.S. gains, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average surging 2.4% to close at a 12-month high.
Asian markets were broadly lower on the back of U.S. weakness Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average losing 0.3% but rising 2.7% on the week, its third weekly gain in a row.
Fibrogen's other approach, a joint effort with Japan's Sankyo , is to screen thousands of small-moleculeproteins on their shelves and those of other firms to see whether one or two will block CTGF from binding with receptors or knock out one of the collagen-producing signals that CTGF sends into a cell nucleus.
Of course, Detroit's Big Three have suffered from a perceived quality disparity with Japan's Big Three for many years now.
Last year Djojohadikusumo's Batu Perkasa Hitam won a contract to build and operate, with Japan's Mitsui and America's General Electric, two 600-megawatt power plants in Paiton in eastern Java.
With Japan's economy now growing faster than the euro area and its firms' profits surging, Japan can probably afford a stronger yen.
Now she is better, Parreira is back at the helm but with only two friendlies left this year: Saturday's match with Japan, followed by Tuesday's clash with Jamaica.
But in a region with vivid memories of Japan's World War II atrocities, rife with ancient animosities and modern rivalries, any assertions of Japan's military might have been met with fierce opposition.
Its Hero Honda, a 23-year joint venture with Japan's Honda, is nation's top motorcycle maker.
Fujii, along with Japan's prime minister, Yuki Hatoyama, have been talking down the yen ever since.
Hutchison has teamed up with Japan's NTT DoCoMo to roll out wireless data communications.
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With Japan's economy in recession until recently, Japanese savers have been keen investors in American Treasuries.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should call a snap election to deal with Japan's paralyzingly corrupt political structure.
While their economies are more complementary with Japan's than is Korea's, they are prone to asset bubbles.
Asian exchanges were mixed, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average falling 0.4% and the Hang Seng gaining 1.6%.
The explanation lies with Japan's loose monetary policy of recent years, which is now coming to an end.
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Most Asian indexes plunged on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei down 3.4% and China's Hang Seng index down 5.4%.
Asian markets were mostly higher, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rising 0.7% and China's Shanghai Composite adding 0.1%.
Together with Japan's central bank, the People's Bank of China financed half of America's current-account deficit last year.
Mr Kan himself is keen to improve strained relations with Japan's once-oppressed neighbours, especially South Korea and China.
With Japan's monetary battle plan now laid out, investors are turning to quarterly earnings reports from major U.S. companies.
Asian bourses also finished mostly higher, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rising 0.6%.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange has begun merging with Japan's tiny regional exchanges, such as those in Niigata and Hiroshima.
Our report coincides with Japan's Golden Week national holiday, when much of the country shuts down for several days.
Asian markets ended mostly lower, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average slipping less than 0.1% and China's Shanghai Composite losing 0.4%.
Defense analysts said it was likely no coincidence that Russia made its move Thursday, with Japan's military focused on China.
Worst of all, with Japan's population growth rate at a record-low 0.27%, there have been fewer kids to inherit Ota's firms.
Nowhere more so than in Iwakuni, near Hiroshima, where the marines share a large coastal base with Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force.
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Asian markets closed mixed ahead of the ECB disclosure, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average adding 0.1% and China's Shanghai Composite losing 0.6%.
Bring the two together and economies of scale, coupled with technology fed in from a tie-up with Japan's Mitusbishi, would ensure success.
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