Fishing Industry—Japan
Japan's fishing industry is divided into four types: coastal fishing, distant-water fishing, aquaculture, and recreational fishing. Coastal fishing of various spec...
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Japan—Economic System
Although endowed with few natural resources, Japan has achieved a world-class standard of living following its miraculous economic recovery from World War II. At current e...
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Japanese Logging
In recent decades the timber industry has intensified efforts to harvest logs from tropical, temperate, and boreal forests worldwide to meet an increasing demand for wood and wood p...
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Since the end of World War II, in 1945, and the dropping of the atom bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan has begun developing a place among the leading powers of the world. Immediately following t...
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The end of World War II saw a war-ravaged Japan whose basic infrastructure, to say nothing of the financial sector, was almost completely obliterated. Yet, in the space of just a few years, Japan m...
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The Meiji Era
The political economic and social changes in Japan during the Meiji era propelled Japan into a major imperialist power in the early 20th century. These changes were essentially the west...
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The United Nations predicted in a report released Wednesday the
world economy would grow a real 3.4 percent in 2008, lower than the
estimated 3.7 percent growth in 2007...
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Japanese and Australian stocks fell in quiet trading Tuesday as traders took their cues from Monday's performamce on Wall Street. Many other markets in the region were closed for holidays.In Tokyo,...
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Japan will pursue assertive foreign policies and strengthen its ties with the U.S. and Europe in response to new security threats in the region, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday.Abe, who too...
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The Bank of Japan held its benchmark interest rate steady at 0.5 percent at the end of a two-day policy meeting Tuesday amid recent price declines and concerns about the U.S. economy.The policy boa...
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Japanese stocks dropped Monday, led by exporters like machinery and auto issues, hurt by the release of a key survey showing worsening business sentiment among Japanese companies.The benchmark Nikk...
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(EDS: MEETING SCHEDULED TO START AT 10 A.M. JST)
The Asian Development Bank is set to start a two-day annual
meeting Sunday in Kyoto, with environmental issues and ways to
further eradicate ...
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The Asian Development Bank started a two-day annual meeting
Sunday in Kyoto, with environmental issues and ways to further
eradicate poverty in the Asia...
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The Asian Development Bank is set to wrap up a two-day annual
general meeting Monday evening in Kyoto, with many member economies
urging it to keep fighting p...
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Japan's new U.N. Ambassador Yukio Takasu, who took office last
month, is considered by many as one of the Foreign Ministry's top
experts on the United Nations.
Takasu, 61, who is on his th...
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