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Heat wave continues to bake Japan
2013-08-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: The severe heat wave continued Tuesday to engulf wide areas of Japan, with temperatures in one western city reaching 40 degrees for the fourth day in a row, the Meteorological Agency said. The city of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, which on Monday logged the countrys highest temperature ever at 41.0, continued to swelter with a high of 40.0. The agency said Shimanto was the first observation point to reach 40 degrees four days in a row since it started monitoring such statistics in 1875. The city...
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Japan: Kochi city bakes in record-setting 41-degree heat
2013-08-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: The heat reached a national record of 41.0 degrees Monday in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, as Japan remained in the grip of a severe heat wave, the Meteorological Agency said. The new high, logged at 1:42 p.m., topped the previous record of 40.9 set in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, and Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, in August 2007, the agency said. The heat is expected to continue for about a week amid sunny weather, officials said. Among the Meteorological Agencys 927 observation points across Japan,...
VIDEO: Japan GDP 'not a bad number at all'
2013-08-12 14:08:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Japan's economy expanded at a slower pace than most analysts expected in the second quarter. However, Mizuho International Director Dr Seijiro Takeshita said GDP of 2.6% was "not a bad number at all".
Honeywell's UOP Technology To Improve Operational Flexibility At Key Petrochemical Plant In Japan
2013-08-12 06:00:49| chemicalonline News Articles
UOP LLC, a HoneywellHON-0.23%company, announced today that it has been selected by Taiyo Oil Co. Ltd. to supply technology and catalysts to improve operational flexibility and increase petrochemical production at Taiyo's Shikoku Operations in Ehime, Japan
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Japan Inc. Earnings Double to Give Momentum to Economic Recovery
2013-08-12 05:51:46| Automakers - Topix.net
Japan's top listed companies doubled earnings last quarter from a year earlier, exceeding already high forecasts and generating momentum for the economic recovery effort of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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