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Japan Third Quarter Corporate Capex Up 4.5% Year-On-Year
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THE STAR ONLINE
TOKYO: Japanese companies raised spending on plant and equipment by 4.5 percent in July-September from the same period a year earlier, Ministry of Finance (MOF) data showed on Monday.
The data will be used to calculate revised gross domestic product figures due on Dec. 10.
A pre...
TOKYO: Japanese companies raised spending on plant and equipment by 4.5 percent in July-September from the same period a year earlier, Ministry of Finance (MOF) data showed on Monday.
The data will be used to calculate revised gross domestic product figures due on Dec. 10.
A pre...
- December 3, 2018
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Japanese Rice Increasingly Shipped Abroad As Domestic Demand Wanes
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japanese rice farmers are seizing on their chance to boost sales for their high-quality product, amid a fall in domestic demand and expected liberalization of trade rules.
Kazuya Terasawa, 66, plans to export about 10 percent of this year's output from his rice field in the...
TOKYO - Japanese rice farmers are seizing on their chance to boost sales for their high-quality product, amid a fall in domestic demand and expected liberalization of trade rules.
Kazuya Terasawa, 66, plans to export about 10 percent of this year's output from his rice field in the...
- November 30, 2018
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Nissan’s Old Guard Struck Back Against Their ‘Gaijin’ Saviour, and Japan Inc May Be The Worse For it
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THE STAR
THE Empire has struck back. Japan Inc and Nissan Motor last week struck back against the French government, carmaker Renault and Carlos Ghosn.
The narrative spun by Nissan and apparently condoned by Japanese authorities is that the former high-flying head of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubis...
THE Empire has struck back. Japan Inc and Nissan Motor last week struck back against the French government, carmaker Renault and Carlos Ghosn.
The narrative spun by Nissan and apparently condoned by Japanese authorities is that the former high-flying head of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubis...
- November 25, 2018
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Raze, Rebuild, Repeat: Why Japan Knocks Down its Houses After 30 Years
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THE GUARDIAN
Unlike in other countries, Japanese homes become valueless over time – but as the population shrinks, can its cities finally learn to slow down and refurb?
In the suburban neighbourhood of Midorigaoka, about an hour by train outside Kobe, Japan, all the houses were built by the sam...
Unlike in other countries, Japanese homes become valueless over time – but as the population shrinks, can its cities finally learn to slow down and refurb?
In the suburban neighbourhood of Midorigaoka, about an hour by train outside Kobe, Japan, all the houses were built by the sam...
- November 22, 2018
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BOJ Assets Larger Than Nation’s GDP
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s central bank has become the first among G7 nations to own assets collectively worth more than the country’s entire economy, following a half-decade spending spree designed to accelerate weak price growth.
The ¥553.6 trillion ($4.87 trillion) of assets th...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s central bank has become the first among G7 nations to own assets collectively worth more than the country’s entire economy, following a half-decade spending spree designed to accelerate weak price growth.
The ¥553.6 trillion ($4.87 trillion) of assets th...
- November 19, 2018
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Japanese Firms See U.S. Trade Talks Boosting Exports Despite Trump Rhetoric
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Half of Japanese companies expect new trade talks with Washington to boost their U.S.-bound exports, a Reuters poll found, despite President Donald Trump’s intensifying drive to cut the trade gap between the two major economies.
There are, however, concerns among more than h...
TOKYO - Half of Japanese companies expect new trade talks with Washington to boost their U.S.-bound exports, a Reuters poll found, despite President Donald Trump’s intensifying drive to cut the trade gap between the two major economies.
There are, however, concerns among more than h...
- November 19, 2018
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SoftBank Unveils US$21b IPO of Japan Mobile Business
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THE STAR
TOKYO: SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking to raise 2.4 trillion yen ($21.1 billion) in the initial public offering of its domestic telecom operations scheduled for Dec. 19.
The Japanese technology conglomerate plans to sell 1.6 billion shares at 1,500 yen apiece, it said in a statement Mo...
TOKYO: SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking to raise 2.4 trillion yen ($21.1 billion) in the initial public offering of its domestic telecom operations scheduled for Dec. 19.
The Japanese technology conglomerate plans to sell 1.6 billion shares at 1,500 yen apiece, it said in a statement Mo...
- November 15, 2018
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Abe orders Cabinet to Mitigate Impact of Coming Consumption Tax Hike
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JAPAN TIMES
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered his Cabinet ministers Monday to make sure domestic demand continues to expand ahead of the consumption tax hike planned for next October.
“While closely monitoring the economic situation at home and abroad, we will respond properly to sustain the ec...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered his Cabinet ministers Monday to make sure domestic demand continues to expand ahead of the consumption tax hike planned for next October.
“While closely monitoring the economic situation at home and abroad, we will respond properly to sustain the ec...
- November 14, 2018
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Suruga Bank Expected To Report Net Loss Of Up To ¥90 bil. For April-Sept.
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Scandal-hit Suruga Bank is seen reporting a net loss of up to ¥90 billion for April-September, against its current projection of a ¥12 billion profit, informed sources said Wednesday.
The expected loss for the first half of fiscal 2018 reflects a sharp increa...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Scandal-hit Suruga Bank is seen reporting a net loss of up to ¥90 billion for April-September, against its current projection of a ¥12 billion profit, informed sources said Wednesday.
The expected loss for the first half of fiscal 2018 reflects a sharp increa...
- November 9, 2018
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Starbucks Plans Expansion in Japan, Adds New Delivery Partnership
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NATION'S RESTAURANT NEWS
The chain launches UberEats delivery and plans 300 new stores in the market
Starbucks is ramping up its growth in Japan with plans for hundreds of new stores as well as delivery and new mobile order and pay technology, the company said Thursday.
Starbucks plans to open ...
The chain launches UberEats delivery and plans 300 new stores in the market
Starbucks is ramping up its growth in Japan with plans for hundreds of new stores as well as delivery and new mobile order and pay technology, the company said Thursday.
Starbucks plans to open ...
- November 9, 2018
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