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Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007.
Currency   Export   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Germany   		 The New York Times 
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial robots are a common s... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius is on display at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. Toyota said on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 it has received 77 complaints in Japan over brake problems with its popular hybrid.
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| TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | With the yen at 15-year highs a... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Hitoya Yaguchi, who heads a support group for victims of poison gas produced by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shows photos of the latest poison gas victims in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar after drums of mustard gas dumped by Imperial Japanese soldiers decade ago were dug up last week, sickened at least 34 people, during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003.  Asia Times 
Hiroshima's poisonous past
|      Sep 3, 2010 Hiroshima's poisonous past | By Peter J Brown | In late August, several historians and others from South Korea, China and Japan announced the joint publication o... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
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Delta Airlines: Strong Yen Brings More Passengers
By YOSHIO TAKAHASHI | TOKYO–The president of Delta Air Lines Inc. Ed Bastian said Thursday that the strong yen is helping to boost passenger demand from Japan. | "We are seeing significant impro... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Southeast Asia drinks sector sparkles
* Kirin says now is time to focus on SEAsia, not China * Coke, Pepsi, Danone could step up in SEAsia after quiet yr * Analysts say more mergers, regional tie-ups likely *... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Motorcycles being showcased outside Honda Motors branch sales office along Commonwealth Avenue , Quezon City , Philippines , October 18 , 2008. The Times Of India
Nikkei up 1.1 pct, climbs further above 16-mth low
TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.1 per cent on Thursday, moving further away from a 16-month low touched the previous day, after U.S. and Chinese manufacturing data e... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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First Air France A380 Flight to Japan
| 1 September 2010 -- Today, Air France's Airbus A380 served the Paris-Tokyo route for the very first time, making Tokyo the first destination in Asia to be served by the... (photo: Creative Commons / happyrelm)
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A businessman looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, showing the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average surged 413.14 points, or 5.22 percent, to 8,323.93 Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. Breitbart
LEAD: Tokyo stocks rise as U.S. manufacturing data eases economic worries+
worries+ (AP) - TOKYO, Sept. 2 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS AND PRICES) | Tokyo stocks rose Thursday morning, bolstered by an overnight jump on Wall Street, as stron... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
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A man walks past an electronic stock board in downtown Tokyo Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gained 207.75 points, or 2.7 percent, to close at 7,910.79 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, after losing nearly 7 percent the day before. Breitbart
Tokyo stocks rise as U.S. manufacturing data eases economic worries+
TOKYO, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Tokyo stocks rose Thursday morning, bolstered by an overnight jump on Wall Street, as stronger-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data ea... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
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