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3 blasts in Lahore leave 18 dead, nearly 150 injured - Kyodo News
... blasts Wednesday in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, which occurred amid a procession of Shiite Muslims, senior administration officials said. ...
BOJ likely to hold meeting Mon. to decide on new credit easing steps - Kyodo News
Shirakawa has already returned home from Friday's symposium of world top central bankers in the United States, the sources said.
BOJ likely to hold extra policy meeting early next week - Kyodo News
... meeting early next week to discuss further monetary easing that would help stem the yen's recent sharp rise, sources close to the matter said Saturday. ...
Kan, BOJ chief Shirakawa likely to discuss yen's surge next week - Kyodo News
... Governor Masaaki Shirakawa next week on recent economic developments, including the yen's sharp appreciation, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. ...
URGENT: Japan's economy may be already leveling off: gov't official - Kyodo News
... leveling off as gross domestic product grew only an annualized real 0.4 percent in the April-June quarter, a senior government official said Monday. ...
FOCUS: Fukuoka race characterizes national political landscape - Kyodo News
An official of the DPJ's prefectural chapter, who declined to be named, said, ''Basically speaking, it is natural that (the DPJ's) Okubo and (the LDP's) Oie ...
Top DPJ officials to continue talks as pressure on Hatoyama mounts - Kyodo News
... phone calls to Hatoyama twice late Monday night to tell him that ''nothing will change even if you step down,'' according to sources close to Kamei. ...
FOCUS: Hatoyama in danger of losing power to run Japan - Kyodo News
... if someone asked him where else he could have moved the base if that vessel had not been sunk,'' said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. ...
Japan sounds out US on Camp Schwab inland idea: sources - Kyodo News
The sources said that considering the circumstances, the PNP has decided to propose the inland relocation plan to the government task force aimed at finding ...