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- National Palace Museum plans UK, Japan exhibits
The National Palace Museum, holder of the worlds largest collection of Chinese artifacts, plans to hold an exhibition in the UK and Japan, the museum said yesterday. We are negotiating with the British Museum for an exchange of exhibitions X we will hold
- Nov. U.S. new car sales off 36.7% to 26-year lownull
New car sales in the United States in November plummeted to the lowest level in 26 years, with all six major U.S. and Japanese makers suffering falls of around at least 30 percent, a U.S. research firm said in a monthly report released Tuesday. Car sales
- Sanyo to launch new electric hybrid bicycle
Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. on Monday unveiled a new electric hybrid bicycle that can triple the user's pedal power to make it easier to climb hills. Equipped with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, the 'eneloop bike' takes the crossover between a normal
- BFH-Japan bank sign tenancy deal
MANAMA: Bahrain Financial Harbour (BFH) has signed a tenancy agreement with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU). BTMU is a group company of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, one of the world's largest and most diversified financial groups. The tenancy
- Weather delays Japanese climbers' rescue
Two Japanese climbers remain stranded 3,700 metres up New Zealand's highest mountain as police wait for the weather to lift before launching a rescue attempt. The pair have been holed up in a tent near the summit of Mount Cook in the Southern Alps for
- Asian stocks tumble as economic fears deepen
dragged down by heavy losses on Wall Street after the United States confirmed it was in recession and a raft of grim data suggested worse is yet to come. A steep interest rate cut by Australia's central bank and fresh steps by Japan to tackle the credit
- Brazil makes strong showing at Pack Expo
PLASTICS NEWS STAFF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (December 2, 2008) -- In addition to the U.S., Canadian, German, Italian and Japanese mainstays among the packaging and machinery booths at Pack Expo 2008, there were among the aisles a smattering of firms from
- Lime Persian variety from Mexico by Ctricos Cadillo
Ctricos Cadillo S.A de C.V. was established in 2000 and specializes in seedless lime of the Persian variety with approximately 15,000 tons per year which are totally exported to US (13000 tons), Europe (2750 tons) and Japan (500 tons). In US, they have a
- Fed officials play down risk of US deflation
ROCHESTER, N.Y -- The United States does not face a high risk of Japan-style deflation and ought to spell out a target for prices to keep this threat at bay, two top Federal Reserve policy-makers said. With the United States already in recession for a
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While retaining its time-honored culture, Japan rapidly absorbed Western technology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After its devastating defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become the second most powerful economy in the world and a staunch ally of the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, actual power rests in networks of powerful politicians, bureaucrats, and business executives. The economy experienced a major slowdown in the 1990s following three decades of unprecedented growth.
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