TOKYO: Prospects of Japan and India reaching a free-trade deal in time for a leaders' summit this month have weakened, with a number of areas in dispute, a Japanese negotiator said on Thursday.
"We did not reach an agreement on the deal's outline in the latest round of talks," the Japanese official said on the customary condition of anonymity after four-day negotiations in Tokyo.
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, alarmed by an escalating global financial crisis, called for more action Thursday to bolster the country's faltering economy.
Kosuke Hori, policy chief of Aso's Liberal Democratic Party, said that the prime minister asked ruling coalition leaders to consider crafting an additional emergency package beyond the 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) economic stimulus plan approved by the lower house Wednesday.
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TOKYO (AFP) � Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday ordered the ruling coalition to compile an additional economic package as fears grow of a

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Monday he was not thinking of calling an election now as he was focusing on implementing economic