THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Yahoo Japan Corp.’s parent, Z Holdings Corp., and free messaging app provider Line Corp. said Monday they have agreed to integrate their business operations in a deal that will create Japan’s biggest internet service group with about 100 million users.
The tw...

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JAKARTA POST
 
Almost a fifth of Japanese households use electronic money for small purchases, a survey by a central bank-affilated research institute showed, up from a year ago and a sign the country's cash-hoarding culture is changing.
In the survey published on Monday and conducted between Jun...

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BBC
 
Japan's biggest search engine and messaging app are set to merge under a deal agreed by their parent companies.
Yahoo Japan is the country's biggest search engine, and has e-commerce and online banking subsidiaries.
Line is the country's dominant messaging app, and is also popular in Southe...

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SINGAPORE BUSINESS REVIEW
 
Japanese firms will have access to IPOS International’s patent search and analysis services.
Japan’s Industrial Property Cooperation Centre (IPCC) and IPOS International, the expertise and enterprise engagement arm of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. said Thursday it will allow its franchise owners across Japan to shorten operating hours from March in a bid to address a severe labor shortage during late-night hours.
Under the new policy covering nearly 16,000 stores, franchise owners can...

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WASHINGTON TIMES
 
Few, if any, NBA mock drafts last summer correctly predicted the Washington Wizards‘ selection at No. 9 overall, but Wizards general manager Tommy Sheppard said the night of the draft that “we knew it was going to be” Rui Hachimura all along.
The decision is paying dividends fo...

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FOREIGN POLICY
 
The Japanese economy has been living in a fantasy world for decades, and the U.S. economy could soon be joining it there.
Nobody has ever mistaken U.S. President Donald Trump for an academic economist, but when it comes to monetary policy his views are consistent: The United Stat...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Nissan Motor Co. has reported a massive 85 percent decline in operating profits — an area that indicates the strength or weakness of a company’s main business — in its midterm consolidated financial report for the half fiscal year ending in September.
The pursuit of increased sal...

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BUSINESS STANDARD
 
The company will now focus on specialty products in Japan; it is open to inorganic opportunities, especially in India
Pharma major Lupin has divested its entire stake in its Japanese subsidiary, Kyowa Pharmaceutical Industry Co Ltd, to private equity firm Unison for an enterpr...

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BRAND SOUTH AFRICA
 
Japan – South Africa Business Council launches at second SA Investment Conference (SAIC 2019)
JOHANNESBURG, 6 NOVEMBER 2019: The establishment of a Japan-South African Business Council, announced at the second South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC 2019), will help strength...

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