Japan stressed on Saturday the development needs of the resource-rich Mekong River region where Japan, China and the United States are competing for influence in an area seen as a last frontier of emerging Asia.
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TOKYO - Japan's government plans to introduce legislation early next year to forcibly cut pension payouts for Japan Airlines Corp retirees and make the cuts a condition for a state bailout of the troubled carrier, the Nikkei business daily said.
THE government yesterday fired a clear signal that it intends to keep private homes affordable by announcing its land sales programme for the first half of 2010 earlier than expected.
THE economy must be recovering - booming even. In fact, any time now, we will hear of bankers again being able to make the payments on their Ferraris and redeem their Pradas from the pawnbroker.
THE Range Rover Sport was launched in 2005 in response to the rapid build-up of luxury sport utility vehicles (SUVs) that were being developed and sold by car manufacturers across the continent.
