News Headlines - 14 September 2010

▼Yen hits 15-year high after Naoto Kan wins Japan leadership challenge - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/8002915/Yen-hits-15-year-high-after-Naoto-Kan-wins-Japan-leadership-challenge.html
The Japanese yen surged to its highest level in 15 years after premier Naoto Kan survived a leadership challenge, reducing the likelihood of intervention in the exchange markets or a fresh stimulus package to support the slowing economy.

▼US urges China-Japan dialogue after boat captain arrest - AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jBVEV8QkqEPxwenvlnFhxSKEENlA
The United States called Tuesday for China and Japan to open a dialogue on their diplomatic rift that escalated after the arrest of a Chinese boat captain, while reaffirming the importance of the US-Japanese alliance.

▼Japan foreign minister apologizes to US POWs - The Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iuBwtvy47KVelLmXUEBnbGmkAUZAD9I7C5B00
Japan's foreign minister apologized for the suffering of a group of former World War II prisoners of war visiting from the United States and said they were treated inhumanely.

▼Schwarzenegger rides Japan's newest bullet train - AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5icRSx4sM2tKlJrrFF1B9QmgE9vnQ
California's governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday took a ride on Japan's latest model of its high-speed bullet train as his US home state looks to modernise its rail system.

▼Apple: Steve Jobs is no ninja star smuggler - CNET
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20016360-71.html
An Apple representative, however, has issued a statement denying such claims: "Steve did visit Japan this summer for a vacation in Kyoto, but the incidents described at the airport are pure fiction. Steve had a great time and hopes to visit Japan again soon."