Tokyo - Two reactors at the Mihama Nuclear Plant in north-central Japan automatically shut down on Thursday after lightning struck an electric power cable.

Tokyo  - Japan posted a trade deficit of 63.9 billion yen (661 million dollars) in October as Japanese exports fell with the global financial crisis and the yen's continued strength against other cur

Tokyo - Mazda Motor Corp bought back 6.87-per-cent of its outstanding shares for 17.8 billion yen (184.26 million dollars) through off-hours trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, it said.

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks opened modestly higher Monday as investors bought back battered shares, but gains were capped due to anxiety over the slowdown of Japan's economic growth.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average edged up 98.8 points, or 1.17 per cent, to 8,561.19. 

Japanese electronics companies Panasonic Corp and Sanyo Electric Co began negotiations Friday on a capital and business partnership.

Japan Airlines Corp saw its operating profit and revenues fall in the July-September quarter on high fuel prices and slowing demand for air travel amid the global economic downturn and lowered its earnings projections for the year.

The Tokyo market extended its recent losses Friday after Toyota Motor Corp announced a sharp cut in it earnings forecast for the current fiscal year.

Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average extended losses in early trading Friday on prolonged economic concerns and the yen's strength against other currencies, with the benchmark index down 423.18 points, or 4.76 per cent, to 8,475.96.