Japan has informed the UN of its intention to increase assistance to Afghanistan to $5 billion over the next five years, the UN said.Japan decided to add $2 billion to the current $3 billion it had allocated for assistance to war-torn Afghanistan.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Japan's generosity, calling it a "very positive development". He urged other governments to follow suit."The secretary...
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Japan has informed the UN of its intention to increase assistance to Afghanistan to USD 5 billion over the next five years, the UN said.Japan decided to add $2 billion to the current $3 billion it had allocated for assistance to war-torn Afghanistan.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Japan's generosity, calling it a "very positive development". He urged other governments to follow suit."The...
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Japan has informed the UN of its intention to increase assistance to Afghanistan to $5 billion over the next five years, the UN said.Japan decided to add $2 billion to the current $3 billion it had allocated for assistance to war-torn Afghanistan.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Japan's generosity, calling it a "very positive development". He urged other governments to follow suit."The secretary...
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U.S. President Barack Obama picked Japan as the first country of his Asia visit.U.S. President Barack Obama will embark on Thursday on his first presidential visit to Asia, an eight-day journey that will take him to five cities in four countries, beginning with Japan.Economic issues are expected to dominate discussions throughout the trip, but the White House also must develop a relationship with a...
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President Barack Obama picked Japan as the first country of his Asia visit.U.S. President Barack Obama will embark on Thursday on his first presidential visit to Asia, an eight-day journey that will take him to five cities in four countries, beginning with Japan.Economic issues are expected to dominate discussions throughout the trip, but the White House also must develop a relationship with a new...
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Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks of the need for change, and signals his desire to forge a more robust partnership with China to create a viable East Asian "community", he must remain in close contact with fellow Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) members, other members of his new coalition government and Japan's military - known as the Self-Defense Forces (JSDF).The United States will also...
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-- Japan's unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent in September, the government reported on Friday.Unemployment in Japan had hit 5.7 percent in July, the highest on record since World War II. The announcement this morning was better than expectations -- analysts anticipated unemployment would be 5.6 percent.Joblessness in the world's second largest economy had been rising steadily this year, from 4.8...
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visitTOKYO -- Japan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama vowed Monday to press ahead with efforts to revitalize Japan's stagnant economy by jumpstarting domestic consumption, even as he remained vague on how to pay for them it in the face of Japan's massive public debt.Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama makes his first speech to parliament at its lower house in Japan, October 26, 2009.Speaking at his...
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Government of Japan has committed an amount of 2,606 million yen for the Engineering Services Loan under Dedicated Freight Corridor Project (Phase-I).The objective of the project is to cope with the increase of freight transport demand in India by constructing new dedicated freight railway system, thereby promoting comprehensive regional economic development along the freight corridor, through improvement...
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Japan Government has decided to extend a total grant assistance of Rs 163,79,000 for the proposed social welfare and educational projects to the three different Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).Among the three NGOs, one is based in Maharashtra and others are in Madhya Pradesh. The grant contracts in this regard were signed between Mr Tamon Mochida, the Consul General of Japan, Mumbai, and Heads...
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