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Japan's Nikkei recovers some of Thursday's 7.3 percent plunge
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average regained ground on Friday after a 7.3-percent dive in the previous session, its biggest one-day percentage drop in two years after weak Chinese factory data spooked investors. The Nikkei climbed 2.4...Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Thomson Corporation, Shinzo Abe, Finance, Japan
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Special Report: The deeper agenda behind 'Abenomics'
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - When ill health and political gridlock forced Shinzo Abe to quit after one dismal year as Japan's prime minister, his pride was dented and his self-confidence battered. One thing, however, was intact: his commitment to a controversial...Tags: Pension and Welfare, European Central Bank, Ulcerative Colitis, Japan, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Factbox: Key facts about Japan's constitution, proposed changes
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making amending the pacifist, U.S.-drafted constitution one focus of his ruling party's campaign for July's upper house election. He hopes pro-revision parties will obtain the two-thirds majority...Tags: Civil Rights, International Relations, Justice and Rights, Human Rights, Shinzo Abe
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Korean "grannies" cancel meet with Osaka mayor over war brothel remarks
ReutersBy Yoshiyuki Osada OSAKA, Japan, May 24 (Reuters) - Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels abruptly cancelled a meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto after he refused to withdraw remarks asserting the...Tags: Shinzo Abe, Japan, Prostitution, Seoul (South Korea), Sex Crimes
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Column: Revenge of the markets - James Saft
Reuters(Reuters) - For months, markets have been dancing to central bankers' tune, but that may now be changing. It must have been fun to be a central banker in the early part of 2013: You say "jump" and Mr. Market says "how high?" That seems to have ended...Tags: Ben Bernanke, European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, S&P 500, Shinzo Abe
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Nikkei set to rebound from Thursday's 7.3 pct plunge
ReutersTOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to rebound on Friday after a 7.3-percent dive in the previous session, its biggest one-day percentage drop in two years after weak Chinese factory data rattled investors. Despite Thursday'...Tags: China, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Shinzo Abe, Mining, Japan
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks steadier, Nikkei bounces back
Reuters* Nikkei up 3 pct in early trade, following 7.3 pct fall * Asian stocks outside Japan steadier after drop * Yen softer, reversing Thursday's gains * MSCI ex-Japan edges up By Ian Chua SYDNEY, May 24 (Reuters) - Asian shares opened cautiously higher...Tags: BNP Paribas, Ben Bernanke, Market and Exchange, Shinzo Abe, Economy, Business and Finance
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Dollar recovers from two-week low versus yen, focus on Nikkei
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar recovered from two-week lows against the yen on Friday as a safety-bid for the Japanese currency ebbed after the Nikkei share average rebounded from the previous day's 7.3-percent plunge and Wall Street regained some stability...Tags: Boris (music group), Land Price, Economic Indicator, European Debt Crisis, Gymnastics
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COLUMN: Revenge of the markets: James Saft
ReutersBy James Saft May 23 (Reuters) - For months, markets have been dancing to central bankers' tune, but that may now be changing. It must have been fun to be a central banker in the early part of 2013: You say "jump" and Mr. Market says "how high?" That...Tags: European Central Bank, Ben Bernanke, S&P 500, Shinzo Abe, Finance
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Japan vice econmin: Thursday Nikkei plunge a 'temporary adjustment'
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Thursday's plunge in Tokyo stock prices represents a short-term pullback from recent gains, not a sign of doubt in Japan's economic policies, a senior government official said. "It's a temporary adjustment after the rapid gains seen...Tags: Shinzo Abe, Japan, Government, Politics, Nikkei
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Japan government: Nikkei plunge temporary, won't derail Abenomics
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The biggest plunge in Japanese stock prices since a 2011 earthquake and tsunami was a temporary pullback that will not derail the government's "Abenomics" policy of loose money and fiscal stimulus, officials said on Thursday. "It's a...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Home Products, Shinzo Abe, Japan, Home and Garden Products
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GLOBAL MARKETS-JGBs dive, dollar index hits 3-yr high on Bernanke comment
Reuters* Dollar index hits highest level since July 2010 * Bernanke QE comments lift U.S. bond yields and dollar * MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan falls but Nikkei climbs * JGB dive, 10-year JGB yield hits highest since April 2012 By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE,...Tags: UBS AG, U.S. Congress, Central Bank, Japan, Asia
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