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KDDI To Raise Stake In Brokerage Kabu.Com Amid Fintech Push

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MAINICHI
 
 
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- KDDI Corp. said Tuesday it will increase its stake in online brokerage kabu.com Securities Co. to 49 percent.
 
The tender offer will be carried out in late April at the earliest, as KDDI, Japan's second-largest mobile carrier, seeks new revenue sources amid fierce c...

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Japan Partners Ghana On Industrialisation Agenda

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GHANA WEB
 
The new Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Tsutomu Himeno, says the Japanese government is ready to partner the Government of Ghana in its industrialisation agenda through investment by the Japanese business community. 
Speaking during a courtesy call on Ghana’s Senior Minis...

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Sony Shares Recover After First-Ever Buyback Announcement

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO  - Sony Corp announced its first-ever share buyback on Friday, worth 100 billion yen ($910 million), helping its stock recover somewhat from the hammering it received earlier in the week when the technology firm reported lackluster earnings.
The announcement marked Japan's sec...

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Japan Finance Minister Aso Sorry for Criticizing Childless

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U.S NEWS
 
 
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso has reluctantly apologized for saying childless people are to blame for the country's rising social security costs and its aging and declining population."If it made some people feel uncomfortable, I apologize," Aso said Tuesday after dr...

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Merkel Says In Japan That Safeguards Needed To Ensure Chinese Firms Don't Hand Data To Beijing

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JAPAN TIMES
 
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Tuesday for safeguards to ensure that Chinese firms don’t hand over private data to Beijing amid mounting security concerns over equipment made by telecom giant Huawei.
Speaking at Keio University in Tokyo, Merkel said there is a “big debate” i...

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Softbank Books Profit Jump, Driven By Heavy Data Users

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) — SoftBank Corp., the nation’s third-largest mobile phone network provider, said Tuesday operating profit rose 24 percent in its third quarter as users switched to data-heavy plans, in its first earnings report as a public company.
With concerns over a changing mo...

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ANA To Acquire 9.5% Stake In PAL

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - ANA Holdings, the parent company of All Nippon Airways, is to invest $95 million in PAL Holdings and acquire 9.5% of PAL Holding’s outstanding shares.
PAL Holdings is the parent of Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL), the Philippine flag carrier.
ANA will acquire the shares from T...

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EU-Japan Trade: Five Things About The World's Biggest Deal

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BBC
 
Cheaper wine and cheese for Japan, cheaper cars for the EU - part of what the EU-Japan trade deal, now in force, means.
The world's biggest such deal, it covers nearly a third of global GDP and 635 million people.
However there are warnings that the UK could lose its benefits if it leaves ...

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Giant Japan Financial Firm Headed To Plano's Legacy West

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DALLAS NEWS
 
Plano's $3 billion Legacy West development has landed another major Japanese company.
The hugely successful real estate project at the southwest corner of the Dallas North Tollway and State Highway 121 is home to Toyota's North American headquarters. NTT Data, a unit of Japan's Nipp...

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Japan's Labor Shortage Hits 45-Year High

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - There were 161 jobs for every 100 jobseekers on average last year in Japan, the highest ratio since 1973, highlighting the labor shortage in the world's third-largest economy and its aging society.
According to labour ministry data released on Friday, the ratio was even high...

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