CNBC
 
Jeffrey Ubben’s ValueAct will soon have a representative on camera company Olympus and Daniel Loeb’s Third Point is reportedly reinvested at entertainment giant Sony.While Fir Tree Partners more often keeps its investments private, it has taken its campaign at one of Japan’s largest railwa...

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ASIA NIKKEI REVIEW
 
TOKYO -- The decline of Japan's audiovisual industry shows no sign of stopping, with Onkyo preparing to sell off its flagship audiovisual business to a U.S. peer and concentrate on contract manufacturing.
Once upon a time, audiovisual was at the forefront of Japan's electroni...

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FINANCIAL TIMES
 
Japanese manufacturing activity swung back into contraction in May, a private survey confirmed on Monday, as exports from the world’s third-largest economy continued their slump amid global trade tensions. 
The latest Nikkei-Markit PMI manufacturing purchasing managers’ index sl...

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EURO NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese business investment rose in January-March, continuing the run of growth seen over the past two years although signs of slowing momentum have raised concerns about the strength of business activity amid mounting global economic risks.
Ministry of Finance (MOF...

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QUARTZ
 
American individualism is infecting Japan, it seems.
Japanese tech companies are having trouble competing with companies like Apple and Google for talent, and they are being forced to rethink traditional approaches to corporate pay by offering more money, faster promotions, and merit-bas...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO
Shares of major Asian automakers and suppliers tumbled on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on imports from Mexico from next month, potentially upending a decades-old business model of global manufacturers.
Railing against a surge of illegal i...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
How will Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. deal with the proposed merger between their alliance partner Renault SA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA)?
Puzzlement is spreading among Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors over the proposal that Renault formally conveyed to the...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Japan Display Inc. said Thursday it will secure a capital injection from a Chinese-Taiwanese consortium next month.
The struggling display-maker, which is a supplier to Apple Inc., has been told by the consortium that a formal decision on the financial aid will be reached by June ...

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REUTERS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s industrial output rebounded in April, though retail sales grew at a slower pace, suggesting that both domestic and external demand could come under severe pressure in a blow to the economy as a Sino-U.S. trade war intensifies.
Analysts caution that it is too ea...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
SoftBank Group Corp.’s Japanese telecom unit has selected Nokia Oyj and Ericsson AB as vendors for its next-generation wireless network, excluding longtime supplier Huawei Technologies Co.
SoftBank Corp. named Nokia as a strategic partner for its 5G rollout and Ericsson as a supplie...

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