JAPAN TIMES
 
Coca-Cola (Japan) Co. is preparing for its official entry into the nation’s alcoholic beverage market, company sources said Monday.
In May last year, the company launched a canned chūhai spirit-based product in the Kyushu region on a trial basis.
Coca-Cola (Japan) plans to sell the ...

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CNBC
 
Key PointsJapanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Wednesday urged his G-7 counterparts to make a comprehensive assessment of Facebook’s Libra digital currency for any fresh challenges that could be overlooked by existing regulations.Facebook’s plan to launch a digital coin has met with criti...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The government has decided to roll out a paid service that will send notifications of nationwide damage estimates to companies soon after major earthquakes in the Nankai Trough and elsewhere.
The National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) will us...

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NIPPON
 
The financial instability of post-retirement life has become a central issue in the upcoming House of Councillors election in Japan. Around half of the country’s senior households describe their own living conditions as “difficult.”
More than a quarter of Japanese households are headed b...

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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW
 
Apple's largest display supplier inches closer to reaching bailout goal
TOKYO -- Cash-strapped LCD maker Japan Display said Friday it will turn the company's smartphone panel business into a separate subsidiary and seek infusions of outside capital as the company scrambles t...

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JAKARTA POST
 
A Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange said Friday it had halted all services after losing cryptocurrency worth more than $32 million in the latest apparent hack involving virtual money.
Remixpoint said its subsidiary BITPoint Japan discovered overnight that about 3.5 billion yen ($...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The Bank of Yokohama and Chiba Bank, two of the country’s top regional banks, said Wednesday they have agreed to a business tie-up in a move that could trigger further realignment in the industry.
The move by the biggest and third-biggest regional lenders by assets comes as domestic...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
One of Japan’s biggest regional banks is resuming an expansion overseas, 20 years after the country’s financial crisis forced it to retreat.
Concordia Financial Group Ltd. plans to expand in Asia to offer cash management services to its Japanese corporate clients and infrastructure ...

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CNN
 
Hong Kong (CNN Business)Japan's taxi drivers will no longer have to remove their white gloves to accept rides booked on Didi Chuxing.
The Chinese ride hailing giant rolled out a hands-free feature on Wednesday as part of its strategy to win over Japan. It allows drivers to accept rides by g...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO
Inflation-adjusted real wages in Japan fell in May from a year earlier, a fifth straight month of decline that raises worries about the strength of consumer spending.
Real wages fell 1.0% in May, labor ministry data showed on Tuesday, after a downwardly revised 1.4% annual dec...

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