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Japanese Automakers' Domestic Output Falls Nearly 50% In Sept

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Total domestic output by eight major Japanese automakers fell 49.7 percent in September from a year earlier to 398,075 units amid an ongoing global chip shortage and delays in procuring parts from Southeast Asia due to the COVID-19 resurgence this summer, data showed Thursday.
The d...

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Amari: Japan To Focus On Supply Chain Chokepoints In Security Push

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s economic security strategy will focus on two pillars of “strategic autonomy and indispensability,” a top ruling party official said on Saturday, as the nation faces an increasingly assertive China.
Akira Amari, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has ...

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Japan Aims For 36-38% Of Energy To Come From Renewables By 2030

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REUTERS
 
Japan has set an ambitious target for renewable energy in the nation's electricity mix by 2030 as it aims to tackle climate change and achieve its 2050 carbon neutral goal.
Under the plan, put forward in July and approved by Japan's cabinet on Friday, renewables should account for 36-38...

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Avolon And Japan Airlines Partner To Form eVTOL Ride Sharing Business

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INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REVIEW
 
Japan Airlines and Avolon have signed a partnership agreement to form an eVTOL ride sharing business, to continue the commercialisation of zero-emissions aircrafts in Japan.
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, and Japan Airlines (JAL), have announced...

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Pandemic Opens Doors To Switch Jobs In Japan, But Pay Not Rising Much

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REUTERS
 
The COVID-19 pandemic has unexpectedly helped Japan's nursing homes and information technology (IT) companies overcome years of labour shortages, as job cuts at restaurants and hotels have prompted workers to look for new careers.
This newfound job mobility marks a shift in a country wh...

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Japanese Firms In China Worry Most About Power Shortage

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JAPAN TODAY
 
What Japanese companies operating in China are most worried about is not a potential default of debt-laden property developer China Evergrande Group but a supply shortage that could be triggered by electricity insufficiency.
Should industrial production become sluggish in China agai...

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Japan’s Economic Security Minister Warns On Chip Industry Survival

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FINANCIAL TIMES
 
Takayuki Kobayashi says country needs a strategic vision that matches US and China approaches
 
Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko, wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, turned 87 on Wednesday.
She continued to avoid outings and refrain from inviting guests in the last year amid the C...

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Fisheries Aid Sought After Red Tide Kills Hokkaido Sea Urchins, Salmon

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki asked Japanese fisheries minister Genjiro Kaneko on Tuesday to strengthen support for fisheries operators hit hard by the massive deaths of sea urchins and autumn salmon off the northernmost Japan prefecture.
“Devastating damage has occurred,” Suzuki...

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Toyota To Invest $3.4 Bil In U.S. Battery Production

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The world's biggest carmaker, Toyota, unveiled plans on Monday to invest $3.4 billion in automotive batteries in the United States and build a factory in the country for their production.
The 10-year investment is part of a project announced last month by the Japanese firm to pour 1...

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Japan To Urge Oil Producers To Boost Output Amid Price Surge

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that Japan is keeping an eye on the recent surge in oil prices and will urge major producers to boost output to quell concerns of a supply deficit.
“We are closely watching movements in the crude oil market as well as the impact on domestic i...

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