Tokyo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday told visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that stability in Pakistan is important for stability in south-western Asia.
"The stable development of Pakistan will directly lead to the stability of the entire region," the Kyoto News Agency quoted Aso as telling Zardari during a meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo.
Tokyo-Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pledged his government's full support for Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Games as a delegation from the International Olympics Committee began an inspection Thursday.
"It is my earnest desire to invite young Olympians from around the world to Tokyo to experience what I felt and learned as a young athlete," Aso told the 13-member IOC evaluation team.
Tokyo - Japan's semiconductor industry is to experience a major shake-up, as electronics companies Renesas Technology and NEC Electronics are considering to merge, a news report said Thursday.
The two companies were in talks and a deal is expected by the end of the month, the Nikkei, a business daily, reported. A merger, which is expected to go ahead by April 2010, would create Japan's largest chipmaker.
The move was to to ensure the companies' survival during the global downturn.
Tokyo - Japan's whaling fleet failed to achieve its target but still returned to port with the meat of 680 whales on board.
The fleet's mothership, the Nishin Maru, returned Tuesday to its home port of Shimonoseki in south-western Japan after the close of the Antarctic hunting season, media reports said Wednesday.
The fleet had aimed to kill 900 minke and other whales, but Japan's Fisheries Agency said the militant, US-based environmental group Sea Shepherd hampered the hunt.
Tokyo - Tokyo stocks ended morning trading higher Friday on renewed optimism over the US financial sector and the US dollar's advance against the yen.
Tokyo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday told visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that stability in Pakistan is important for stability in south-western Asia.
Tokyo-Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pledged his government's full support for Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Games as a delegation from the International Olympics Committee began an inspection Thursday.
Tokyo - Japan's semiconductor industry is to experience a major shake-up, as electronics companies Renesas Technology and NEC Electronics are considering to merge, a news report said Thursday.
Tokyo - Japan's whaling fleet failed to achieve its target but still returned to port with the meat of 680 whales on board.
