THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — An inexorable decline in spot market prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is pushing utilities in Japan to be more aggressive in price reviews built into traditional long-term contracts linked to oil prices, lawyers and analysts said.
The utilities a...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's economy grew at a faster-than-expected clip in the second quarter, official data showed on Friday, helped by celebrations to usher in a new imperial era.
Gross domestic product (GDP) in the world's third-biggest economy grew 0.4 percent from the previous quarter, the...

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US NEWS
 
Japan's government spokesman says downgrading of South Korea's trade status is not intended as retaliation for disputes over court rulings ordering Japanese companies pay compensation for their treatment of Korean laborers during World War II.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government spokesman s...

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NIKKEI ASIA REVIEW
 
Move comes a month after Tokyo tightened controls on chip components
TOKYO -- The Japanese government is set to greenlight some exports of semiconductor manufacturing materials to South Korea, the first such approvals since Tokyo tightened export controls on the products in J...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
TORONTO – It’s a challenging time in the digital media industry. BuzzFeed Inc. and Vice Media Inc., which defined a generation of news startups, dismissed hundreds of employees this year in cost-cutting maneuvers. But a glimmer of hope is coming from a software company in Tokyo.
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BBC
 
Japan will remove South Korea from its list of trusted trade partners, deepening a bitter row between the two countries.
The decision to strike South Korea off its so-called "white list" puts fresh trading restrictions on the country.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday condemned T...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it has revised down its group earnings projections for fiscal 2019, due partly to the yen’s strength against other major currencies.
For the year to March 2020, Toyota now expects to log a net profit of ¥2.15 trillion, down from...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan Post Holdings Co said Wednesday it mis-sold around 183,000 insurance policies to customers over the past five years, double the number previously announced.
The postal and financial services group pledged to investigate all 30 million of its insurance policies after ca...

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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW
 
TOKYO -- Japanese developer Mitsubishi Estate and its partners are planning to set up phone booth-sized offices at airports and train stations to provide work space to the country's growing legions of remote workers.
The property developer will start a new company as early a...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A government panel proposed Wednesday that the average hourly minimum wage in Japan should be raised to ¥901 ($8.30) in fiscal 2019, exceeding ¥900 for the first time ever, as the consumption tax will be increased in October.
In its guideline on minimum wages, the labor ministry’s a...

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