JAPAN TODAY
 
A task force under Japan's financial watchdog has begun discussions to tighten rules on crypto assets, including measures against insider trading and steps to protect users, as authorities seek to crack down on illicit deals amid growing demand for the assets as investment products....

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KYODO NEWS
 
Pretax profits at Japanese companies in the July-September period rose 19.7 percent from a year earlier to 27.54 trillion yen ($177 billion), marking a fourth straight quarterly increase, driven by strong demand in the field of artificial intelligence, the Finance Ministry said Monda...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
All Nippon Airways said Saturday morning that it had canceled 95 domestic flights to update software on 34 of its Airbus A320 aircraft.
About 13,200 people have been affected by the cancellations, which include flights between Haneda Airport and Kansai Airport.
The airline also said ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota Motor Corp said Thursday its global output in October rose 3.8 percent from a year earlier to 926,987 units, hitting a record high for a single month for the first time in nearly two years, driven by robust hybrid sales in North America.
While the world's largest automaker by...

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government adopted on Friday a fiscal 2025 draft supplementary budget with 18,303.4 billion yen in general-account spending to finance an economic package centered on aid for household finances and growth investments.
It is the first draft budget that has been drawn up under...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s industry ministry decided Friday to invest ¥100 billion in Rapidus Corp., which aims to mass-produce cutting-edge chips domestically.
In addition to becoming the chipmaker’s largest stockholder, the government will also hold a so-called golden share that gives it veto rights ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A survey of new condominium transactions in major metropolitan areas showed a rise in buyers with overseas addresses, with Tokyo seeing the share double to 3.0 percent in the January-June period of 2025, the land ministry said.
Speculative purchases that drive up prices without actu...

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JAKARTA GLOBE
 
Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations began.
About 3,000 Chinese tourists visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in a Tokyo alley each year. But some 200 have already canceled bookings for her tea ceremony classes, stretching as far ahead as Ja...

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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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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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