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The falling-out between Las Vegas magnate Steve Wynn and Japan’s pachinko king, Kazuo Okada, burst into the open earlier this year. But company documents, court filings and interviews reveal a struggle over money and power that was years in the making.

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The Unraveling of a Casino Marriage

A year after a powerful earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan’s northeast and set off the worst nuclear accident in a quarter century, many Japanese will spend Sunday mourning, while others will join anti-nuclear rallies.

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Japan Marks Anniversary of Disaster

In the face of tragedy, Japan has rediscovered a resiliency and inner strength reminiscent of the post-war age. Social media has transformed the suffering of many into a new network of community activism and volunteerism.

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A Year After Tsunami’s Wrath, Searching for Hope and Resilience

A year after Sendai, in Japan’s northeast, was slammed by a gigantic earthquake and tsunami, the city is experiencing a boom reminiscent of the country’s bubble economy a quarter century ago.

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One Year Later, Sendai Sees Light

Chip maker Elpida Memory filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court, in the largest corporate failure among Japan’s manufacturers since the end of World War II.

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Elpida Files for Bankruptcy Protection

The U.S. surprised the world by ordering a 50-mile evacuation zone for U.S.

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Bad Data Guided U.S. Fukushima Call

Irresistible rise of China , ineluctable decline of Japan? Asia's future is not yet mapped out: Japan still maintains its economic supremacy but is deprived of China's strategic advantages, so that future leadership in Asia will …

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The rivalry China-Japan for economic and strategic supremacy in Asia

The Bank of Japan will likely review the way it communicates its inflation target when the policy board meets Monday, amid growing political and market pressure to combat deflation, according to people familiar with the central bank’s thinking.

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BOJ May Review How it Explains Inflation Goals

Jitters from Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis are now touching Japan, which has fiscal deficits far larger than those of Greece or Italy. The cost of insuring against default on Japanese debt, while still low, has jumped in recent weeks.

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Concerns Are Rising on Japan’s Debt

After being scared off by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, Chinese tourists are visiting Japan in record numbers again, generating much-needed business and optimism for the nation’s struggling retail and tourism sectors.

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Chinese Tourists Return to Japan