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Toyota China sales cut in half by island row: Report

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Sales of Toyota cars in China plunged by 50 per cent on-month in September amid an anti-Japan backlash over disputed islands, a report said on Friday.

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Japan PM reshuffles cabinet, names new finance minister

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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his cabinet on Monday, naming Koriki Jojima, a senior member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), as new finance minister.

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Japan economy stuttering ahead of China crisis

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Japan released yet more worrying figures Friday showing the world's third largest economy was already stuttering before a damaging territorial dispute erupted with its largest trading partner.

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Euro remains weak amid Spanish worries

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The euro remained weak in Asia on Thursday with investors seeking refuge in the safe-haven yen as anti-austerity protests in Spain and Greece raised fresh concerns over the eurozone debt crisis.

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Japan mulls deporting pro-China island activists

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Japan was Thursday considering whether to prosecute or deport 14 people it arrested after pro-China activists landed on a disputed island, as Beijing angrily demanded their immediate release.

Toyota says quarterly profit skyrockets to $3.71 bn

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Toyota said Friday that its quarterly net profit skyrocketed to $3.71 billion and it upped sales targets, as the Japanese auto giant recovered from last year's quake-tsunami disaster.

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TEPCO chief vows cost cuts amid $3.68 bn loss

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Tokyo Electric Power's chief on Wednesday vowed 'nothing was sacred' in his bid to chop costs as the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant posted a $3.68 billion quarterly loss.

Toyota making eight new models for emerging markets

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Toyota said on Friday it will roll out a number of new compact cars priced around $12,500 in developing nations, targeting sales of more than one million of the models annually in emerging markets by

Dollar holds firm ahead of Fed chief speech

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The dollar held firm against other major currencies in Asia on Monday as market players awaited speeches by US central bankers for clues on the health of the world's biggest economy.

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Euro holds firm as market awaits data

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The euro held firm against the dollar in Asia on Monday as investors opted to sit and wait for upcoming data.

The single currency, which lost ground Friday on weak European economic figures, stood at

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