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Seven-Eleven To Test Shorter Hours In Labor-Short Japan

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NIKKEI ASIA
 
McDonald's and other stores also move away from 24-hour operations.
TOKYO -- Seven-Eleven Japan is reassessing its mainstay 24-hour business model as franchise owners grapple with severe personnel shortages, testing shorter store hours at select locations to gauge the impact on earn...

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Japan Jan Industrial Output Falls 3.7% Month-On-Month

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THE STAR
 
TOKYO: Japan's industrial output fell 3.7 percent in January, posting a third straight month of declines in a sign slowing external demand is taking its tolls on factory activity, government data showed on Thursday.
The fall in output compared with a median market forecast for a 2.5 pe...

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It’s Not Just The EU That Is Alienated By Brexit. It’s Japan Too

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Nissan, Honda and Hitachi were the pillars of an Anglo-Japanese accord dating back to the 1980s. That deal is now in ruins
The damage becomes more palpable by the day. So, far from winning a £350m-a-week boost to the NHS, we find that the mere prospect of Brexit is costing the econ...

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R&D Means Good Medicine At Low Prices / Focus On Strength Of Expertise

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
While large-scale corporate acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry have taken place globally one after another, Osaka city-based Shionogi & Co., Ltd. has pursued a different path by focusing on research and development — rather than on expanding its business scale — and enjo...

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Nissan Governance Committee To Propose Limits On Chairman Post

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Nissan Motor Co's third-party governance committee will propose reducing the power of the chairman's post following the dismissal of Carlos Ghosn, who exercised strong influence over the alliance with Renault SA, people familiar with the matter said.
The committee was set up...

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Global Coal Phase-Out Raises Difficult Questions For Nuclear-Averse Post-Fukushima Japan

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Concern about climate change has led to a global shift away from using carbon-emitting coal for electricity, but in post-Fukushima Japan, where nuclear remains a dirty word, coal has become king.
When it accepted the Paris Climate Accord in late 2016, Japan — the world’s fifth-lar...

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Japan's GDP Rebounds From Quake, Floods But Trade War Hangs Over 2019

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan’s economy bounced back in the fourth quarter as business and consumer spending recovered from the impact of natural disasters but trade frictions and a proposed sales tax hike are expected to hinder growth in 2019.
The 1.4 percent annualised expansion in October-Decemb...

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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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