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Asahi To Take Months To Restore System After Cyberattack

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese brewing giant Asahi aims to restore its systems after a major cyberattack that disrupted its operations by February, media reports said on Friday.
The maker of Asahi Super Dry, one of Japan's most popular beers, started experiencing system troubles on September 29, stopping...

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Japan Lower House Passes Bill to Scrap Add-On Gasoline Tax

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NIPPON
 
Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Tuesday passed legislation to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge of 25.1 yen per liter, effective Dec. 31.
The legislation, adopted at a Lower House plenary meeting, also states that the provisional gas oil d...

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Japan's High-Stakes Gamble To Turn Island Of Flowers Into Global Chip Hub

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BBC
 
The island of Hokkaido has long been an agricultural powerhouse – now Japan is investing billions to turn it into a global hub for advanced semiconductors.
More than half of Japan's dairy produce comes from Hokkaido, the northernmost of its main islands. In winter, it's a wonderland of ski ...

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Three Major Japan Life Insurers See Revenue Growth In April-September

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Three of japan's four major life insurance companies enjoyed insurance premium income growth in april-september, their earnings reports have shown.
All the four — nippon life insurance, meiji yasuda life insurance, sumitomo life insurance and dai-ichi life holdings — saw their singl...

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Japan’s Hopes for Seafood Exports Shot Down in China Spat

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Exports of Japanese marine products to China have hit another snag, just days after they resumed this month for the first time in about two years.
Apparently, this is a response to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Diet remark about a Taiwan contingency and looks to deal a blow to the ...

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Japan's Exports To The World Rise But Drop To U.S. Due To Tariffs

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan’s global exports rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier while imports from the world edged up 0.6%, according to government data released Friday.
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Exports to the U.S. dipped 3.1%, marking the seventh straight month of year-on-year declines mainly due to higher U.S. tariffs,...

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Niigata Gov. to OK Restart of N-Plant; Kashiwazaki-Kariwa May Be Tepco’s 1st Restarted Plant Since 2011

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Niigata Prefecture Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi has told relevant parties that he intends to approve the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in the prefecture, according to sources.
He will announce his final decision soon.
The governor will sub...

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Essential Services Shortage to Hit Japan’s GDP By Up to ¥76 Tril. By 2040

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JAPAN NEWS
 
A projection estimates that if shortages persist in essential services such as caregiving, transportation, and logistics, Japan’s real GDP, adjusted for price fluctuations, could decline by up to ¥76 trillion by 2040.
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry compiled the projection, ...

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Japan Prime Minister Takaichi Vows to Have Country Exit Deflation, Closely Monitor Economic Indicators

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed her strong intention to closely watch economic indicators to eventually declare that Japan has exited deflation, at a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on Tuesday.
Takaichi defined an exit from deflation as a situation in which ...

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Japan's Economy Contracts As Exports Get Hit By U.S. Tariffs

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JAPAN TODAY
 
apan’s economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in July-September as President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit exports and private residential investment plunged.
Data released by the government Monday showed that on a quarter-by-quarter basis, Japan’s gross domestic product, the sum val...

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