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(Full text of a statement. Contact details below.)( BW)(CA-WELLS-FARGO)(WFC.NYSE) Wells Fargo Relocates to New Branch in TokyoCompany plans to expand Global Financial Institutions business in JapanBusiness EditorsTOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE) - Feb. [...]

TOKYO, Dec 8 Asia Pulse - The vacancy rate for office buildings in central Tokyo rose for the second consecutive month in November, according to data released Wednesday by Building [...]

(Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) (BW)(CO-MOLYCORP)(MCP.NYSE) Molycorp To Open Office in Tokyo Mining Writers/Business Editors GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE) - Aug. 21, 2011-- Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP), [...]

TOKYO, Aug 22 Asia Pulse - Leading hotels in Tokyo continued to lose business in July, while their counterparts in Osaka marked the first year-on-year rise in occupancy rates since [...]

(Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) (BW)(MA-AVEDRO) Avedro and Japan's Shinagawa LASIK Centers Announce Their Expanded Commercial Relationship - The Shinagawa LASIK Center in Tokyo has performed more [...]

TOKYO, Aug 7 Asia Pulse - Gashu Enterprise, which operates the luxury Tokyo hotel and wedding reception hall Meguro Gajoen, filed for bankruptcy protection under the Civil Rehabilitation Law on [...]

TOKYO, July 9 Asia Pulse - Japan Airlines Co. (TSE:9201) is to offer business-class passengers on international flights a more comfortable reclining seat that opens to a 170-degree angle, wider [...]

TOKYO, July 8 Asia Pulse - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Friday named Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TSE:9501) and others as partners in its project to operate the nation's largest [...]

TOKYO, July 5 Asia Pulse - Ford, VW and other auto importers are rushing to reorganize their dealership networks. As imported car sales stall, competition over the Japanese market is [...]

TOKYO, June 28 Asia Pulse - Major headlines from the June 28 evening edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei): - G-8 Ends Summit With Resolve To Fight Terrorism - [...]

TOKYO, June 28 Asia Pulse - The June consumer price index, excluding perishables, for Tokyo's 23 wards was down 1 per cent from a year earlier for the 33rd straight [...]

TOKYO, June 27 Asia Pulse - Department store operator Marui Co. (TSE:8252) has announced plans to open a store in front of Tokyo's JR Yurakucho Station, a bustling shopping district, [...]

TOKYO, June 26 Asia Pulse - Clothing prices are lower in Tokyo than in New York City, but golf green fees are nearly 6 times that are charged in New [...]

TOKYO, June 24 Asia Pulse - Airline newcomer SkynetAsia Airways Co. officially announced plans to begin flights between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and the city of Miyazaki in southwestern Kyushu starting [...]

An executive briefing on information technology for June 19, 2002, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. TAIWAN'S SIX-YEAR ECONOMIC [...]

HANOI, June 13 Asia Pulse - A twice-weekly direct air service between Hanoi and Tokyo is expected to start on June 29, according to sources at the national flag carrier [...]

TOKYO, June 3 Asia Pulse - In a bid to avert a further rise in the yen, Japan's monetary authorities intervened in the currency market Friday for the third time [...]

************************************************ A PROFILE OF JAPAN'S PERSONAL COMPUTER INDUSTRY PREPARED BY ASIA PULSE ANALYSTS (MAY 2002) ************************************************ OVERVIEW: The fiscal year ended March 2002 proved to be unprecedentedly tough for the [...]

TOKYO, May 24 Asia Pulse - Highlights of the morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) today: - Japan To Hand Over H-IIA Rocket Business To M'bishi Heavy - [...]

TOKYO, May 23 Asia Pulse - Major headlines from the May 23 evening edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei): - Brisk Shipments To China Push Up Japan's Total Exports [...]

TOKYO, May 22 Asia Pulse - The dollar lost major ground against the yen Wednesday morning in Tokyo, at one point plunging to 123.50 yen, the lowest level since December [...]

TOKYO, May 21 Asia Pulse - The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc will open its eighth international exchange forum, the two-day The Future of Asia, in Tokyo today. Guest speakers will [...]

TOKYO, May 20 Asia Pulse - Major headlines from the May 20 issue of the Nikkei Weekly: FRONT --McDonald's looking for new business model --Anti-deflation debate heats up --NEC plans [...]

TOKYO, May 20 Asia Pulse - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Friday decided to launch a special examination next week of Mizuho Bank, which suffered a series of glitches in [...]

******************************************* PROFILE OF JAPAN'S BANKING INDUSTRY PREPARED BY ASIA PULSE ANALYSTS (MAY 2002) ******************************************* OVERVIEW: Japan's seven major banking groups all recorded red ink in the fiscal year ended March [...]

TOKYO, May 16 Asia Pulse - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara proposed Wednesday that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decide whether the seat of the national government be moved away from Tokyo. [...]

TOKYO, May 16 Asia Pulse - Same-store sales at department stores in the Tokyo area fell 4.8 per cent in April from year-earlier levels, the fifth straight month of decline, [...]

TOKYO, May 14 Asia Pulse - Japan Telecom Co. (TSE: 9434) and East Japan Railway Co. (TSE:9020), or JR East, announced Monday that they intend to broaden the tests of [...]

TOKYO, April 26 Asia Pulse - NTT Communications Corp. will start a service on May 15 allowing people to use wireless LANs to gain high-speed access to the Internet in [...]

Business Class for April 24, 2002. A weekly summary of news for business travellers in Asia and the Pacific, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive [...]

An executive briefing on aviation for April 24, 2002, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. HO CHI MINH CITY-TOKYO [...]

HANOI, April 24 Asia Pulse - Vietnam Airlines's first direct flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Tokyo ended in Narita airport yesterday, and the national flag carrier will officially [...]

TOKYO, April 23 Asia Pulse - Major Japanese banks have started a money exchange service for the Korean won ahead of the 2002 World Cup finals, financial sources said Tuesday. [...]

TOKYO, April 22 Asia Pulse - Highlights of the April 22 issue of the Nikkei Weekly: FRONT - Foreign hotels test brands in Tokyo - Accounting standards to get tougher [...]

TOKYO, April 19 Asia Pulse - E-mail advertising and flier inserts are roughly equal in effectiveness, according to a survey by Dai Nippon Printing Co (TSE:7912). Dai Nippon Printing asked [...]

TAIPEI, April 19 Asia Pulse - U.S.-based United Airlines inaugurated its Taipei-Tokyo flight service Thursday. The U.S.-based carrier is using a Boeing 777 jetliner, capable of carrying 275 passengers, to [...]

TOKYO, April 18 Asia Pulse - East Japan Railway Co. (TSE:9020) will on April 21 place in operation on Tokyo's Yamanote line a new type of rail car that makes [...]

TAIPEI, April 15 Asia Pulse - Several airlines, including Taiwan's China Airlines (TAIEX:2610) and EVA Airways (TAIEX:2618), will increase their flights on the Taipei-Tokyo air route from April 18. It [...]

SEOUL, April 11 Asia Pulse - Northwest Airlines Korea will offer a special round trip fare of 190,000 won (US$142.98) for travel to Tokyo from Busan to celebrate the next [...]

TOKYO, April 5 Asia Pulse - Sumitomo Corp. (TSE:8053) announced Thursday that it plans to start retailing electricity in greater Tokyo as early as the fall of 2004. The trading [...]

TOKYO, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Yokohama city government will cancel the issue of 25 billion yen ($US188.02 million) worth of publicly offered bonds in April, government sources said [...]

TOKYO, March 27 Asia Pulse - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said it would draft a bill as early as fiscal year 2002 to promote wide-area urban redevelopment in Tokyo, it [...]

TOKYO, March 26 Asia Pulse - The Tokyo District Court has struck down a city ordinance to levy a 3 per cent tax on major banks operating in the capital [...]

TOKYO, March 25 Asia Pulse - The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday decided to give the green light to a hotel tax that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is planning [...]

TOKYO, March 22 Asia Pulse - The Japanese government on Wednesday filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization about U.S. emergency tariffs on imported steel products, charging that the [...]

TAIPEI, March 22 Asia Pulse - The number of Taipei-Tokyo flights will increase after the inauguration of the second runway at Tokyo's Narita International Airport April 18, sources from airlines [...]

TOKYO, March 19 Asia Pulse - The population of Tokyo stood at 11,907,350 as of January 1, the third consecutive record high and sixth straight year of increase, according to [...]

TOKYO, March 19 Asia Pulse - Sumitomo Corp. (TSE:8053) has spent about 300 million yen ($US2.29 million) to boost its stake in 'bento' lunch box delivery firm X-ViNN by 29.45 [...]

TOKYO, March 18 Asia Pulse - Tokyo's Suginami Ward assembly approved at its select budget committee session Friday a proposal for imposing a 5 yen tax on each shopping bag [...]

TOKYO, March 14 Asia Pulse - The University of Tokyo has developed a powerful suite of simulation software for computer-intensive projects such as structural analysis of large buildings and strength [...]