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Insurance Gives Pets, Owners More Time Together

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
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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JAPAN TODAY
 
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 JAPAN NEWS
 
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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JAPAN TODAY
 
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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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
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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Sony Sees Quakes Impacting Profit

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) — Sony Corp. on Tuesday forecast operating profit to rise just 2 percent this business year, after the electronics maker partially halted production of its cash-cow image sensors last month to assess quake damage at one of its plants.
Sony expects profit of ¥300 b...

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Suntory To Sell Subsidiary First-Kitchen to Wendy's Japan

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TOKYO — Suntory Holdings Ltd has announced plans to sell all its share holdings in its fast-food restaurant subsidiary First-Kitchen, to Wendy’s Japan. The sale price was not disclosed but is estimated to be in the billions of yen.
By selling First-Kitchen to rival hamburger chain W...

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Sales Tax, Election in Focus as Abe Prepares For G-7 Summit

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TOKYO — After hosting a G-7 summit this week and escorting U.S. President Barack Obama on a visit to Hiroshima, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is widely expected to decide on whether or not to postpone an unpopular sales tax hike, call a snap election and seek big wins in both h...

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Japan is Getting Its First Full-scale Legoland Amusement Park

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — On their travels across Japan, many people skip right by Nagoya, which is kind of a shame. Sure, the capital of Aichi Prefecture may not be able to match the limitless variety of Tokyo or the historical pedigree of Kyoto, but Nagoya has its own set of attractions, such as a ...

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