Tokyo - Imported vehicle sales in the past fiscal year plunged 24.8 per cent from the year before to 199,115 units, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Monday.
Sales of vehicles made by foreign manufacturers dropped 22.2 per cent in the year that ended March 31 to 176,723 units while those produced abroad by Japanese makers nosedived 40.3 per cent to 22,392 units.
Volkswagen sold 40,661 units for the year, ranking at the top with a market share of 20.42 per cent, but its sales fell
21.2 per cent year-on-year.
Tokyo - Japan's foreign reserves exceeded 1 trillion dollars in March, thanks to gains in the appraisal values of its US Treasury bond holdings and euro-denominated assets, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
Tokyo - Japan and Indonesia signed an agreement on bilateral currency swap to increase the amount from 6 billion dollars to 12 billion dollars under an initiative to stabilize the financial state of the South-east Asian region, Japanese Finance Ministry said Monday.
The blogging site focusing on video games, Kotaku has reported that Nintendo – the Japan’s leading manufacturer of video games consoles and Capcom – the Japan’s leading developer and publisher of video games, have come together to release the new Premium Edition Nintendo DSi console, called “Premium Edition Ace Attorney” in Japan.
Tokyo - The Japanese government plans to draw up a supplementary budget for fiscal year 2009 with an economic stimulus package of more than 10 trillion yen (100 billion dollars), Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano said Monday.
Tokyo - Japan has gained support from its allies in trying to get a new resolution passed in the United Nations Security Council in response to North Korea's weekend rocket launch but still faces differences with China and Russia, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said Monday.
