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(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, July 29 -- (Kyodo) _ ---------- Panasonic says Sanyo, Panasonic Electric Works to be 100% owned units
OSAKA - Panasonic Corp. said Thursday it has decided to make Sanyo Electric Co. and Panasonic Electric Works Co. wholly owned units next April in a bid to bolster its environmental and energy-related businesses amid a globally competitive market.
By unifying management and resources, Panasonic aims to tap into the strengths of each company -- Sanyo in solar batteries and Panasonic Electric Works in household equipment -- to create synergy effects, the three firms said.
---------- U.S. envoy Roos to attend A-bomb ceremony in Hiroshima: State Dept.
WASHINGTON - The State Department said Wednesday that U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos will attend an annual ceremony in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of the city, becoming the first U.S. government representative to be sent to the event.
The Japanese government and people in Hiroshima on Thursday hailed the decision, expressing their hope that the United States will correctly understand Japan's desire that there should be no more victims of nuclear attacks.
---------- Daihatsu to recall 70,000 Hijet pickup trucks, vans
TOKYO - Daihatsu Motor Co. said Thursday it will recall a total of 70,411 Hijet pickup trucks and vans to prevent a possible engine oil shortage from causing the burning-out of a key engine part.
In a report filed with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Daihatsu said it will recall the Hijet pickup trucks and Hijet Deck Vans manufactured between December 2007 and April 2010 for free repairs.
---------- Ex-Malaysian minister charged with graft in port scandal
KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian government on Thursday charged a former senior Cabinet minister with graft in a land deal linked to a scandal involving a free-trade zone that has become a major embarrassment to the government.
Former Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik was charged with two counts of misleading the Cabinet in 2002 into approving the purchase of land at an inflated price.
---------- Kan to seek reelection as DPJ chief amid some intraparty opposition
TOKYO - Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday expressed his eagerness to remain as leader of the Democratic Party of Japan during a meeting of all its Diet members, while facing pressure from some of them to step down after apologizing for the ruling coalition's defeat in the recent upper house election.
Kan said he felt responsible for the party's loss of several seats in the July 11 House of Councillors election because of his "abrupt" remarks on the consumption tax, which were widely interpreted as signaling a hike in the years ahead.
---------- Tanegashima, Uchinoura centers to open for year-round rocket launches
TOKYO - Year-round rocket launches at two space centers in Kagoshima Prefecture will become possible from the next fiscal year as local fishermen's associations have agreed to lift a 190-day limit, the science ministry and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday.
The agreement is "highly appreciated," Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., which markets commercial rocket launches, said in a statement.
---------- IMF releases policy recommendations for China for 1st time in 4 yrs
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund released Thursday its first policy recommendation report on China in four years following strained ties with China over the IMF's assessment of the exchange rate of the yuan.
In the report, the IMF urged China to allow more appreciation of its currency, saying that the exchange rate of the yuan "remains substantially below the level that is consistent with the medium-term fundamentals."
---------- Pakistan says Karzai remark 'incomprehensible'
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani Foreign Ministry on Thursday said a remark by Afghan President Hamid Karzai earlier in the day urging his Western allies to strike insurgent bases in Pakistan is "incomprehensible."
Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit told a weekly briefing that Pakistan has asked its ambassador in Kabul to seek clarification about the remark and an earlier statement by Karzai's national security adviser, Rangeen Dadfar Spanta, about terrorist hideouts in Pakistan.
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