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SpaceX to launch Japanese satellite early Friday INTERNATIONAL

SpaceX to launch Japanese satellite early Friday

SpaceX plans to launch early Friday a Japanese communications satellite into a distant orbit before attempting to land the first stage of its Falcon rocket on a floating platform ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Fuel-cheating scandal wipes $2.5bn off Mitsubishi stock ECONOMY

Fuel-cheating scandal wipes $2.5bn off Mitsubishi stock

Mitsubishi Motors shares nosedived again Thursday as panic selling wiped about $2.5 billion off the automaker's market value in response to its shock admission that it cheated on fuel-efficiency tests.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Automaker Mitsubishi admits manipulating fuel-efficiency tests ECONOMY

Automaker Mitsubishi admits manipulating fuel-efficiency tests

Japanese automaker Mitsubishi on Wednesday admitted it manipulated pollution test data in more than 600,000 vehicles, after reports of misconduct sent its Tokyo-listed shares crashing earlier in the day.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Japan Inc profits heading for biggest Abe-era drop on yen gain ECONOMY

Japan Inc profits heading for biggest Abe-era drop on yen gain

For the past three years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could usually count on surging corporate earnings to back up the case that his policies were turning around Japan.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Scores trapped as Japan quakes toll hits 32 INTERNATIONAL

Scores trapped as Japan quakes toll hits 32

Scores of people were feared buried alive Saturday after two powerful quakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 32 people, and as a forecast storm threatened more devastating landslides.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Tsunami advisory issued after 7.4 quake hits near Japan's Kumamoto INTERNATIONAL

Tsunami advisory issued after 7.4 quake hits near Japan's Kumamoto

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday morning (local time), triggering a tsunami advisory.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Aftershocks rattle southwestern Japan after quake kills nine INTERNATIONAL

Aftershocks rattle southwestern Japan after quake kills nine

Aftershocks rattled southwestern Japan on Friday after a strong quake the night before killed nine, injured at least 1,000 and left thousands without power or water, though nuclear plants in the area avoided damage.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Strong 6.4-magnitude quake hits southwestern Japan INTERNATIONAL

Strong 6.4-magnitude quake hits southwestern Japan

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday, collapsing homes and sparking at least one fire, officials said, but the scale of damage remained unclear.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IMF cuts Japan growth forecasts, warns over deflation ECONOMY

IMF cuts Japan growth forecasts, warns over deflation

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its growth forecast for Japan, saying the economy would shrink next year as a sales tax rise dents consumer spending and warning of a return to deflation.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
China, Syria advance into next round of World Cup qualifying CULTURE

China, Syria advance into next round of World Cup qualifying

China joined Asian heavyweights Australia and Japan in the next round of World Cup qualifying after stunning Qatar 2-0 in their last Group C match in Xi’an yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Japan's radar station in East China Sea in move bound to rile China INTERNATIONAL

Japan's radar station in East China Sea in move bound to rile China

Japan on Monday switched on a radar station in the East China Sea, giving it a permanent intelligence gathering post close to Taiwan and a group of islands disputed by Japan and China, a move bound to rile Beijing.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Runaway zebra dies in Japan after golf course police chase INTERNATIONAL

Runaway zebra dies in Japan after golf course police chase

A runaway zebra led police on a dramatic chase across a golf course in Japan, until its bid for freedom ended in death when it collapsed in a water trap.

4:45 AM November 25 2016