JAPAN NEWS
 
Amid nationwide high rice prices, Aichi Prefecture is striving to increase rice production. The prefecture, though, faces a formidable threat from pests, whose damage is intensified by global warming, making it more difficult to combat them.
The prefecture has set its production targ...

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GMK CENTER
 
The decision was made due to a slowdown in the global emissions reduction trend
Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced some changes to its investment plans for the three-year financial period between 2024 and 2026 due to rising global uncertainty. In this way, the company aims ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government on Thursday started a revamped gasoline subsidy designed to cut prices by 10 yen ($0.07) per liter to help ease cost-of-living pressures for consumers ahead of an upcoming parliamentary election.
Under the previous scheme introduced in January 2022, the gover...

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REUTERS
 
Four decades ago, Hiroko Suzuki's father threaded the needle of a U.S. trade war by pushing the family auto-parts business into newer niche products.
Now, tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are so sweeping they threaten her own attempt to diversify the 78-year-old company into ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota Motor Corp on Wednesday unveiled its new RAV4 to the world, with plans to launch the model in Japan before the end of FY2025.
The RAV4 had its beginnings in 1994, when sport utility vehicles (SUVs) were positioned as off-road vehicles. It pioneered the crossover SUV genre for...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wages fell 0.5 pct in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, from the previous year, down for the third straight year, the labor ministry said Thursday.
Although historic pay increases were achieved in this year’s “shunto” spring wage negotiations in the c...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Nissan Motor Co on Monday told employees at its signature Oppama plant in Kanagawa Prefecture that reports of its planned closure were not definitive, according to some workers at the factory.
The struggling Japanese automaker was reported on Saturday to be considering shuttering th...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry will from fiscal 2028 introduce a car fuel partly mixed with biofuels made from corn, sugarcane and other biomass.
The fuel, which would mix gasoline with up to 10% biofuels, will be available in selected areas and is expected to be introduced...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese automakers have few immediate options to offset the impact of the additional U.S. tariff on cars. Toyota Motor Corp, Honda Motor Co and other domestic manufacturers will likely rely on strong sales of their popular fuel-efficient models in the key market, potentially couple...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Finance Ministry is considering imposing the consumption tax on low-cost imported goods priced at ¥10,000 or less that are currently exempted under the de minimis rule, according to sources.
The ministry is set to revise the rule, which also exempts such goods from tariffs.
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