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Bank of Japan Governor Shirakawa bows to greet reporters after a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo

Japan's industrial production rises in Nov

Industrial production in Japan rose for the first time in six months, indicating that a strong demand in Asia could help the economy recover next year.

Chinese rate hikes could benefit Japan: economist

China’s decision over the weekend to raise interest rates could turn out to be positive development for Japan, according to a Tokyo-based economist.

BoJ board concerned about Fed's QE2

Bank of Japan's board is concerned about the U.S. Federal Reserve's quantitative easing, as Japan continues to bank on the global economic recovery for its own economic growth, minutes from the policy meeting showed.

Nissan delivers first Leaf cars in Portugal

Nissan Motors on Friday has delivered the first 10 units of its 100% electric and zero-emission Nissan LEAF in Portugal.

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Is South Korea's live-fire mega drill a futile exercise?

US diplomats in Washington once dubbed North's Korea's military drills as 'fish-killing' activities. Yet the South, backed by the Obama administration, has been continuously holding live-fire drills in the disputed zone of the Korean Peninsula. With a continual military activity, the coming months could only witness a deteriorating situation in the peninsula, unless both sides are pressured to engage in a dialogue.

Tennessee region gets its first Nissan Leaf

After a San Francisco Bay Area resident became the first in the United States to receive the delivery of all electric Leaf, Nissan Motors on Wednesday carried out its first Leaf delivery in the Tennessee region.

What IHS predicts for global economy in 2011

Contrary to the prevailing view, the U.S. economy will gain growth momentum in the year ahead, while GDP will grow stronger in Europe and Japan, research firm IHS Global Insight has said in its forecast for 2011.

Toyota Motor to recall 51,000 Tundra trucks

Toyota Motor aims 7.7 mln vehicle sales in 2011

Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday said that it expects to sell 7.7 million vehicles worldwide next year, up 3 percent from 2010, by tapping emerging markets Asian markets, such as China and India.

Nissan delivers first LEAF cars in Japan

Nissan Motors on Wednesday delivered the first 10 units of its 100 per cent electric and zero-emission Nissan LEAF in Japan.

Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa enters a room for a news conference at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo

Japan sees bleak export conditions

Japan's economic recovery seems to be pausing, though there are signs of a moderate recovery, the Bank of Japan said in a statement on Wednesday.

Brock O'Kelly, assistant general manager with Molycorp Minerals, surveys the property around the Mountain Pass Mine in Mountain Pass, California in this August 19 2009 photo

Molycorp shares surging on deal to make rare earth magnets with Hitachi

Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) shares are surging 15.62 percent in mid-day trading after it signed an agreement with Hitachi Metls Ltd. of Japan that may lead to the production of rare earth magnets in the U.S. sometime next year.

BoJ continues to keep interest rates at zero

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) continued to keep interest rates steady between zero and 0.1 percent as the economic recovery seems to be faltering in Japan and the yen grows weaker against the U.S. dollar.

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan at a budget committee meeting in the upper house of parliament in Tokyo November 26, 2010.

Japan could slip back into recession in 2011 first quarter

While analysts are almost unanimous that Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) will fall in the current quarter, some economists see the chance of the country slipping into recession in the first quarter of the next year.

Seattle gets its first Nissan Leaf

After a San Francisco Bay Area resident became the first in the United States to receive the delivery of all electric Leaf, Nissan Motors on Saturday carried out its first Leaf delivery in the Seattle region.

Honda starts lease sales of the EV-neo electric scooter on Dec 24

Honda Japan today said that it will start lease sales of the EV-neo electric scooter on December 24, 2010. Designed as urban delivery vehicles, the scooters are seen by Japan's Ministry of Environment as technology development projects for global warming countermeasures.

Nigeria drops bribery charges against Dick Cheney, others

Nigeria has withdrawn charges against former US Vice-President Dick Cheney over a bribery scandal dating from the 1990s when Cheney was chief executive officer of Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL).

Top After-Market NYSE Movers

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Thursday are Office Depot, Accenture, Salesforce.com and American Express. The top after market NYSE most active stocks are Citigroup, Boston Scientific, Sprint Nextel Corporation and Bank of America.

Hero, Honda part ways after 26 years

India's largest two-wheeler maker Hero Group has ended its 26 year old joint venture with the Japanese Honda Motor Co, as the Indian partner agreed to buy out its Japanese counterpart for an undisclosed sum.

Toyota Industries to set up new material handling business

Toyota Industries Corporation (Tico) on Thursday announced that it has established a sales company to cater to the specific market of material handling equipments and components in India.

A bare-knuckle fight looms as big, new arms race unfolds in Asia-Pacific

It's a rather new Cold War. New rhetoric, spiraling conflicts and opposing fronts have returned to the panorama of the World. Posing a threat to the region's still fragile peace, a new arms race has begun in the Asia-Pacific.

Spain, Greece, Ireland were big tax cutters from '07 to '09

While peripheral European countries are forced by the bond market to raise taxes and cut spending in 2010, they were some of the steepest tax cutter among OECD members from 2007 to 2009.

Japan's Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) meets with China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Hanoi

Top political and economic risks for Asia next year

The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be the fastest-growing region of the world in 2011, according to a forecast by IHS Global Insight. However, the report says the region faces significant risks in the backdrop of the fragile state of some of the largest economies in the world, the raging sovereign debt crisis in the European Union and 'deep-seated structural problems facing Japan.

Marrakech tops British Airways’ 2011 top ten destinations

Marrakech, a city in the North African country of Morocco, occupies the top slot of British Airways’ top 10 destinations of 2011, along with other popular places in the US, Caribbean and the Indian Ocean.

Toyota Etois receives 12,000 pre-sales orders in India

Toyota Motors India said on Wednesday that it has received 12,000 orders for its Etios sedan, even as the production of the low-priced car is yet to begin.

Nouriel Roubini, New York University Professor of Economics and co-founder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics.

What Roubini predicts for major global economies in 2011

Roubini Global Economics (RGE) has predicted that global economy's growth next year will be marginally weaker than this year, with eurozone holding the biggest risk to global growth, and that the U.S. will not emerge any time soon from the worst unemployment crisis it has faced in decades.