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Messaging App Line to Make IPO in Tokyo, New York

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Messaging app Line said Friday it will make its stock market debut in Tokyo and New York next month, as it looks to expand on booming popularity among smartphone users in Asia.
The Japan-based firm won regulatory approval for the sale with the dual listing expected to raise ...

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Stricter Rules Eyed For Automakers

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The Yomiuri Shimbun
The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry released Friday a draft report that includes plans for harsh punishments on automakers found to have committed wrongdoing in the future. The report describes reforms of the current inspection system for ...

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Toyota Threatens Action Over Brexit Camp Logo Use

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LONDON — Japanese automotive giant Toyota said Thursday it was considering legal action against the official campaign for Britain to leave the EU in the June 23 referendum for using its logo and implying it backs a Brexit.
In a statement, the company said the use of the Toyota logo ...

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Mitsubishi Starts Production of Smaller MRJ Test Model

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The Yomiuri Shimbun
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has started production of a 70-seat test model of its Mitsubishi Regional Jet airplane. This model is smaller than the 90-seat version, for which test flights have already been successfully conducted.
The MRJ is Japan’s first passenge...

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Insurance Gives Pets, Owners More Time Together

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The Yomiuri Shimbun
■ Nobuaki Komori, president of Anicom Holdings Inc.
I joined a leading non-life insurance company immediately after graduating from university. However, I gradually became determined to run my own business.
Then one day, my younger brother, who is a vet, told ...

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MICE master -- Japan Leads Growth in Asia

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Located at opposite ends of the Japanese archipelago, Hokkaido is famous for snow and ice while Okinawa gets plaudits for sun-kissed beaches and water sports. Those very different attributes make both ideal—but contrasting—destinations for meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhi...

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Retailers Hail Postponement Of Hike

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The Yomiuri Shimbun
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to postpone the planned consumption tax hike has been welcomed by some industries —including retailers, which have been suffering from sluggish personal consumption.
However, business groups that pushed for the planned tax ...

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Hurdles to Full-time Employment

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The Yomiuri Shimbun
This is the third and final installment of a series.
At the Co-op Kamobe supermarket in Kochi city, store manager Fumiya Araki, 53, gets behind a cash register in the evenings when the number of shoppers increases. This is necessitated by a chronic labor short...

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Japan's Consumer Prices Down for Second Straight Month in April

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TOKYO —Japan’s core consumer prices fell for a second straight month in April, dealing another blow to Tokyo’s faltering war on deflation, data showed Friday.
The negative reading of minus 0.3% offered fresh evidence of the challenges faced by the government and the Bank of Japan (B...

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G-7 Leaders Put Focus on Boosting Global Economy

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By Ayako Hirayama / Japan News Staff Writer
ISE, Mie — Leaders of the Group of Seven major countries shared their concerns over the risks stemming from the slowdown in emerging economies as they kicked off their Ise-Shima summit meeting in Shima, Mie Prefecture, on Thursday.
Prim...

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