Tokyo - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara on Wednesday expressed confidence in winning the bid to host the 2016 Olympics and said that North Korea's recent rocket launch was no security threat.
"I am confident in the race to host the Olympics," the controversial governor said at a press conference in Tokyo.
"Of the four candidate cities, Tokyo is the most appropriate place for it."
Tokyo - Sharp Corp on Wednesday enlarged its expected losses for the fiscal year that ended March 31 in its third downward earnings revision.
The Japanese electronics company said it expected its net loss to expand to 130 billion yen (1.3 billion dollars) from a February forecast of 100 billion yen and its operating loss to worsen to 60 billion yen from 30 billion yen.
Sharp was to suffer its first annual operating loss since 1977 as demand for digital products dwindled amid harsh price competition and the global economic downturn, it said.
Tokyo - Japan's current account balance was cut more than in half in February compared with the same month a year ago but returned to the black after posting a deficit in January, government officials said Wednesday.
The nation's current account surplus narrowed 55.6 per cent in February to 1.12 trillion yen (11.14 billion dollars) on declining exports, the Finance Ministry said.
The trade surplus in goods and services fell 94.3 per cent from a year before to 53 billion yen.
The income surplus fell 34.1 per cent to 1.1 trillion yen, the biggest fall in almost three years.
Tokyo - The Japanese Parliament on Tuesday condemned what it regards as a ballistic missile test by North Korea over the weekend.
The lower House called on the government to implement further sanctions against the Stalinist state and urged the UN Security Council to pass a resolution against North Korea.
Meanwhile, the five permanent members of the Security Council in New York continued their tug-of-war over a resolution on what North Korea claimed was the launch of a communications satellite.
Tokyo - Japan's parliament on Tuesday condemned what it regards a ballistic missile test by North Korea over the weekend.
The lower house also called on the government implement further sanctions against the Stalinist state and urged the UN Security Council to pass a resolution against North Korea.
Meanwhile the five permanent members of the Security Council in New York continued their tug-of-war over a resolution on what North Korea claimed was the launch of a communications satellite.
Tokyo - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara on Wednesday expressed confidence in winning the bid to host the 2016 Olympics and said that North Korea's recent rocket launch was no security threat.
Tokyo - Sharp Corp on Wednesday enlarged its expected losses for the fiscal year that ended March 31 in its third downward earnings revision.
Tokyo - Japan's current account balance was cut more than in half in February compared with the same month a year ago but returned to the black after posting a deficit in January, government officials said Wednesday.
Tokyo - The Tokyo market fell Wednesday after concerns over US firms' earnings reports led Wall Street to overnight losses.
Tokyo - The Japanese Parliament on Tuesday condemned what it regards as a ballistic missile test by North Korea over the weekend.
Tokyo - Japan's parliament on Tuesday condemned what it regards a ballistic missile test by North Korea over the weekend.
