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Hit By Tougher Standards And Falling Prices, Japan's Cryptocurrency Players Face A Pivotal 2019

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
 
 
Japanese crypto-exchange operators unexpectedly faced major problems last year due to the unprecedented hack in late January of Tokyo-based Coincheck Inc., which lost digital tokens estimated at the time to be worth ¥58 billion and caused commotion across the industry.
This ha...

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Japan's Nov Current Account Surplus Falls 43% On Higher Oil Imports

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan posted a 43.5 percent drop in the current account surplus from a year earlier in November as goods trade fell into the red on higher oil imports that cut growth in exports, government data showed Friday.
The current account, one of the widest gauges of international tr...

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Business Confidence Among Japanese Hits Six-Year Low: BOJ Survey

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
An index gauging business confidence among people in Japan has fallen to a six-year low, a Bank of Japan quarterly survey for December showed Wednesday.
The diffusion index for business confidence deteriorated to minus 32.0, hitting the lowest level since minus 33.1 logged in the ...

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A U.S.-Japan Bilateral Trade Agreement Is Urgently Needed

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FOOD BUSINESS NEWS
 
KANSAS CITY — The Trump administration’s “America first” doctrine will be put to the test in 2019. In addition to the ongoing trade war with China and questions about the legislative fate of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the United States must work rapidly to rea...

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Leaders / Use 15% Of Work Time For New Business / Time Out From Routine Helps Ideas Develop

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Marubeni Corp., a leading general trading company in Japan, has undertaken a thoroughgoing reexamination of approaches and mind-sets in its businesses, and work-life balance. For this installment of Leaders, a column featuring corporate management and senior executives, President...

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Japanese Stocks Retreat On Growth Worries; Techs Follow U.S. Peers Lower

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - `Japanese stocks retreated on Friday, buffeted on the first trading session of 2019 as Apple Inc's earnings warning hit technology stocks and signs of slowdowns in the U.S. and Chinese economies soured broader sentiment.
The Nikkei share average ended the day down 2.26 perce...

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Japan: E-commerce Giant DMM Shutters Crypto Mining Business Due to Declining Profitability

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COINTELEGRAPH
 
Japanese e-commerce conglomerate DMM.com Ltd. will shut down its crypto mining business, citing deteriorating profitability as the main cause. Local business magazine Toyo Keizai reported the shutdown on Dec. 30.
The decision was reportedly taken in September 2018, and initial ste...

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Business Leaders Want Structural Reform, Innovation To Move Japan Forward

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The Japanese business lobby stressed on Tuesday the importance of structural reforms while pushing for actors in the political and corporate spheres to drive the innovation they say will help overcome the nation's labor and productivity challenges.
In his New Year message, H...

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Japan Stocks Can Be Haven In A Bleak World

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ECONOMICS TIMES
 
Global equity investors have reason to be concerned: The economic outlook is worsening, interest rates are rising and tensions in the U.S.-China relationship could further harm growth. But all is not bleak. Japan provides a measure of certainty and promise, with a stable governm...

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Nomura Aims For Increased Deal-Related Business In U.S. Push: CEO

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Nomura Holdings Inc aims to increase its share of business arranging foreign exchange hedging, acquisition finance and other deal-related services for corporate clients in the United States, the CEO of Japan’s biggest investment bank said.
The bank is in the process of re-al...

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