YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer TOKYO-Sony Corp. shares jumped 9.1 percent in Thursday morning trading, a day after the Japanese electronics and entertainment company released upbeat earnings that included a record fiscal year profit.
San Diego, California, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. ('Brandes') announces that, on May 13th, 2008, it submitted a letter to Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
TOKYO, May 15-(Kyodo), The Japanese government had confirmed the safety of 285 of about 300 Japanese residents of quake-hit Sichuan Province in China as of 9 a.m. Thursday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said.
TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japanese government bonds ended Thursday morning lower, continuing the declines seen Wednesday when bonds plunged on fears about rising inflation and amid fading appetite for low-risk instruments recently.
AFPTOKYO -- A Japanese city has been forced to destroy thousands of flowers grown for a local festival after a police officer noticed they were illegal opium poppies, an official said Wednesday.
TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - The benchmark Nikkei average .N225 rose 1.4 percent and the broader TOPIX gained 1.9 percent as of 0430 GMT on Thursday. The following stocks were on the move: **TOYO SUISAN (2875.