Japan prosecutors raid Olympus, former exec's home
December 21, 2011
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese prosecutors raided the headquarters of Olympus Corp. and the home of its former president Wednesday as part of an investigation into the cover-up of massive...
Japan revises down July- September GDP
December 08, 2011
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's government says the economy grew slightly less than its initial estimate in the July-September period as business investment wilted in the face of growing...
Japan's Darvish says he plans to head to majors
December 08, 2011
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish says he intends to move to Major League Baseball, ending months of speculation about the pitcher considered to be the best in...
Former Olympus CEO returning to Japan: report
December 13, 2011
Former Olympus chief Michael Woodford will return to Japan on Tuesday, according to a report, on the eve of the deadline for the scandal-hit firm to file its accounts or risk a...
US steel industry wins trade case against China
December 20, 2011
Since joining the World Trade Organization in 2001, China has boosted steel-making to the point where by some estimates it has more production capacity than the United States, Japan ...
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Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's...
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