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Women at Work / Inspired Intuition For Hit Products
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Lately there has been a trend toward forming women’s groups within companies and designing original products. Even firms that have expanded their businesses by targeting corporations as customers are now making use of female employees’ ideas and turning consumer-aimed products in...
Lately there has been a trend toward forming women’s groups within companies and designing original products. Even firms that have expanded their businesses by targeting corporations as customers are now making use of female employees’ ideas and turning consumer-aimed products in...
- July 13, 2016
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Mitsubishi Signs Potential First European Jet Orders
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JAPAN TODAY
FARNBOROUGH, England — Japan’s Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp on Monday said it had signed a letter of intent for orders of its new regional passenger plane with Swedish leasing company Rockton, in what would be its first European sale.
The deal is for 10 firm orders with an option for an...
FARNBOROUGH, England — Japan’s Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp on Monday said it had signed a letter of intent for orders of its new regional passenger plane with Swedish leasing company Rockton, in what would be its first European sale.
The deal is for 10 firm orders with an option for an...
- July 13, 2016
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Tokyo Leads Surge in Asian Stock Markets
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JAPAN TODAY
HONG KONG — Tokyo led a surge in Asian stock markets Monday as a stronger-than-forecast jump in U.S. jobs provided some much-needed optimism after the hammering caused by Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.
Friday’s data showing the world’s biggest economy saw a surge in new...
HONG KONG — Tokyo led a surge in Asian stock markets Monday as a stronger-than-forecast jump in U.S. jobs provided some much-needed optimism after the hammering caused by Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.
Friday’s data showing the world’s biggest economy saw a surge in new...
- July 13, 2016
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Current Account Surplus Falls On Higher Yen in May
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The nation’s current account surplus in May fell 2.4 percent from a year before to ¥1,809.1 billion, partly because of effects of a higher yen, government data showed Friday.
The balance was in the black for the 23rd straight month, according to the data fr...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The nation’s current account surplus in May fell 2.4 percent from a year before to ¥1,809.1 billion, partly because of effects of a higher yen, government data showed Friday.
The balance was in the black for the 23rd straight month, according to the data fr...
- July 11, 2016
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Firms Accelerate R&D For Self-driving Cars
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Automated cars are classified into four levels based on how much the driver is involved in the operation of the accelerator, brakes and steering. The ranks range from Level 1 — in which one of the operations is automated — to Level 4 — in which a car is fully autonomous and can o...
Automated cars are classified into four levels based on how much the driver is involved in the operation of the accelerator, brakes and steering. The ranks range from Level 1 — in which one of the operations is automated — to Level 4 — in which a car is fully autonomous and can o...
- July 11, 2016
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Airlines, Travel Firms Launch Kyushu Travel Discount Drive
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THE JAPAN NEWS
By Yosuke Higashida / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
Travel agencies and air carriers in Japan have discounted their tour and flight fees for Kyushu as a measure to vitalize local tourism in the region’s seven prefectures, which has slumped since the Kumamoto Earthquake.
Using gove...
By Yosuke Higashida / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
Travel agencies and air carriers in Japan have discounted their tour and flight fees for Kyushu as a measure to vitalize local tourism in the region’s seven prefectures, which has slumped since the Kumamoto Earthquake.
Using gove...
- July 7, 2016
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Japan Clobbered By Weak Inflation, Business Confidence
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JAPAN TODAY
Tokyo (AFP) — Japan was clobbered with a one-two punch Friday as weak data and a lackluster business confidence report underscored the slowdown dragging on the world’s number three economy.
The poor readings will heap pressure on policymakers to unveil more stimulus, after the y...
Tokyo (AFP) — Japan was clobbered with a one-two punch Friday as weak data and a lackluster business confidence report underscored the slowdown dragging on the world’s number three economy.
The poor readings will heap pressure on policymakers to unveil more stimulus, after the y...
- July 4, 2016
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Mitsui Aims To Triple Profit From Energy
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Reuters) — Mitsui & Co plans to invest in natural resource assets, taking advantage of weak commodity prices, with an aim to more than triple its annual profit from the energy and metals segments to around $2 billion by 2020, its chief executive said.
Mitsui’s move is in c...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Mitsui & Co plans to invest in natural resource assets, taking advantage of weak commodity prices, with an aim to more than triple its annual profit from the energy and metals segments to around $2 billion by 2020, its chief executive said.
Mitsui’s move is in c...
- July 4, 2016
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Japan’s Economic Relations With Bangladesh Deepening
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Economic relations between Bangladesh, whose capital Dhaka was the site of a recent terrorist attack, and Japan have been rapidly deepening. An increasing number of Japanese companies choose the country rather than China as a production base due to its low labor costs.
Because Ba...
Economic relations between Bangladesh, whose capital Dhaka was the site of a recent terrorist attack, and Japan have been rapidly deepening. An increasing number of Japanese companies choose the country rather than China as a production base due to its low labor costs.
Because Ba...
- July 4, 2016
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Sony to Relaunch Robot Business
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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sony Corp. has said that it will restart its robot business following a 10-year hiatus after the nation’s electronics maker ended the production of AIBO dog-like robots in 2006.
The company already works on product planning and development of business models ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sony Corp. has said that it will restart its robot business following a 10-year hiatus after the nation’s electronics maker ended the production of AIBO dog-like robots in 2006.
The company already works on product planning and development of business models ...
- July 1, 2016
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