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BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2008

Forex reserves pass $1 trillion milestone

Japan's foreign-exchange reserves rose to a record high $1.01 trillion at the end of February, reaching 13 figures for the first time, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 4, 2008

Politics in game of never-ending musical chairs

A nearly unbroken line of Liberal Democratic Party politicians has headed the government since the party's 1955 formation. This dominance, however, was shaken by the stunning victory of the Democratic Party of Japan in the July 2007 House of Councilors election. In this reshaped political landscape,...
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2008

Miura's lawyer says U.S. transfer would constitute double jeopardy

SAIPAN (Kyodo ) Kazuyoshi Miura's lawyer told a Saipan court Monday that his client should not be transferred to California to stand trial for the 1981 fatal shooting of his wife and instead should be freed immediately because his detention is illegal.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2008

JAL to raise ¥151 billion by selling preferred shares

Japan Airlines Corp. said Friday it plans to raise ¥151.5 billion in capital by selling preferred shares to 14 creditors and business partners to reinforce its financial strength and further improve profitability.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past