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Japan security relationship is the cornerstone of our national security policy, but based on that foundation we need to improve relations with China, Yasuo Ichikawa said Monday in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, his first with a foreign media organization since taking office Sept. 2.

Japan Defense Chief Urges China Ties Chester Dawson 2011

One of the outside directors at Olympus, Dr. Yasuo Hayashida, has said his expertise was limited solely to medical matters.

Japan Can Learn From Olympus Ills James Simms 2011

The head of the squad, Yasuo Sato, said at a news conference that his wife sent him a one-line email as the firefighters headed to the scene: "Please be the savior of Japan."

Japan Makes Gains in Its Nuclear Fight Norihiko Shirouzu 2011

"We have absolutely no plans to change the existing policy based on the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, so that's the way we'll deal with things going forward," Minister of Defense Yasuo Ichikawa said in an interview last month.

In Japan, Provocative Case for Staying Nuclear Chester Dawson 2011

"The result underscores the blow that the March 11 disaster dealt to corporate profits early on in the period, and how that affected production and investment," said Yasuo Yamamoto, senior economist at Mizuho Research Institute.

Japan Business Investment Falls Takashi Mochizuki 2011

TOKYO—Just about four years ago, Yasuo Fukuda was settling in as Japan's prime minister and Honda Motor Co. was planning for a world where a dollar could be worth ¥116.

Japan Inc. Girds for Even-Stronger Yen Kenneth Maxwell 2011

"The levels of radiation people are exposed to are not going to change just because the government issued a new estimate," said Yasuo Kosaku, a NISA official involved in writing the report.

Japan Raises Estimate of Initial Radiation Release Mitsuru Obe 2011

Those outside directors are Yasuo Hayashida , a respected doctor who is a visiting professor at Juntendo University, and Hiroshi Kuruma , a former executive at the Nikkei business daily.

Ex-CEO Assails Olympus Kana Inagaki 2011

Founded by Yasuo Takei in 1966, Takefuji became the country's top consumer finance firm about eight years ago.

Takefuji Mulls Revamp as Shares Go Ask-Only Atsuko Fukase 2010

"The result underscores the blow that the March 11 disaster dealt to corporate profits early on in the period, and how that affected production and investment," said Yasuo Yamamoto, senior economist at Mizuho Research Institute.

Asia Markets Mostly Lower Leslie Shaffer 2011