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TOTO To Build Faucet Factory In Vietnam

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
FUKUOKA — Toto Ltd. will build a new factory for faucets in northern Vietnam to meet growing global demand, the company has announced.
Toto will invest about ¥10 billion in the new plant, as awareness of hygiene has been increasing worldwide with the spread of the novel coronavir...

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Japan’s New Prime Minister Takes On Abenomics’ Legacy

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FOREIGN POLICY
 
 Fumio Kishida’s New Populist Measures Look To Shrink Inequality And Stir A Sluggish Economy.Abenomics was supposed to be the magic toolkit that revitalized the Japanese economy. But nine years and a couple of prime ministers later, growth remains sluggish, and wealth disparity h...

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Luhut Offers Investment to Japan in Hydropower Plant

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TEMPO.CO
 
 
Jakarta - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan offered investment opportunities to Japan to build hydroelectric power plants in a green industrial area in North Kalimantan.
The offer was made during his meeting with the Japanese Minister o...

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Japan Toaster Startup Smartphone Foray Craters Stock Price

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
A foray into smartphones by Japan's Balmuda Inc, best known for its high-end toasters, has cratered its stock price with the firm announcing this week it has halted sales of its poorly received handset.
Shares in Balmuda, which listed on Tokyo's start-up index in December 2020...

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Tokyo Pushes To Reform Its $6.5 Trillion Stock Market

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s largest exchange operator disclosed the components of three new market sections on Tuesday, but the long-awaited shake-up of the country’s sluggish stock market is attracting more skepticism than excitement.
Japan Exchange Group Inc. said 1,841 constituents would make up the...

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Softbank Offshoot To Help Boost Decarbonization Of Regional Govts

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Agoop Corp. plans to help regional governments and corporations decarbonize by analyzing information on the location of vehicles.
The SoftBank subsidiary — which uses mobile phone location data to analyze human behaviors — will propose initiatives to reduce carbon dioxide emissio...

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Tokyo Stocks Sink After Hawkish Fed Minutes

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Tokyo stocks tumbled Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s hawkish policy meeting minutes sent their peers on Wall Street tumbling.
The Nikkei average of 225 selected issues listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunged 844.29 points, or 2.88%, to end at 28,...

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Domestic Flyers Surge During Year-End, New Year Holidays In Japan

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The number of passengers on domestic flights offered by Japanese airlines during the year-end and New Year’s holiday period jumped 91.4% from a year before to 3,159,000.
During the period between Dec. 25 and Tuesday, the number of passengers on international flights also increase...

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Sony To Launch Firm To Explore Making Electric Cars

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Electronics giant Sony has unveiled a new prototype of its Vision-S electric vehicle and announced the founding of a company to explore jumping into the rapidly growing market.
The Japanese firm, better known for its TVs and video game consoles, will create the Sony Mobility subsidi...

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Japanese Apparel-Makers Increasingly Conscious Of Human Rights

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japanese apparel companies are strengthening their efforts to give due consideration to human rights when manufacturing clothes and other products, against the backdrop of forced labor allegations in China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region.
The use of cotton made in the region has...

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