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Japan needs positive loop driven by higher wages

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ASIA NIKKEI
 
The negative impact from Japan's consumption tax hike in April has lingered longer than expected, with real gross domestic product contracting for the second straight quarter in July-September.
 
     But the economy may now be looking up. With a delay in the second tax hike becomin...

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Toyota targets collision-free cars

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ASIA NIKKEI
 
Toyota Motor is experimenting with driverless car technology at its research centers in the U.S. Its focus is on developing what it calls "self-judging" cars that can avoid traffic accidents. Other major auto and information technology companies, meanwhile, are rushing to develop se...

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Two nations lead Southeast Asia's motorization

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ASIA NIKKEI
 
For automakers, Southeast Asia means Indonesia and Thailand.
 
     Impending Thai auto subsidies have manufacturers from across the globe scrambling to set up shop. Indonesia, meanwhile, is a huge market with plenty of room to grow.
 
     The entire region has promise. But capturi...

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Southeast Asia's auto industry maturing

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ASIA NIKKEI
 
Competition is growing in Southeast Asia's car market. Japanese automakers began setting up factories in the region in the 1960s. The head start is one reason why Japanese cars enjoy 80% market share in Southeast Asia.
 
European and U.S. automakers are trying to catch up. Manufactu...

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Beef bowl chains struggling to survive

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THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
 
Gyudon beef bowl chains, which once saw rapid growth amid the nation’s prolonged deflation, are now struggling to survive amid a labor shortage and soaring beef prices.
 
Two of the three major gyudon chain operators in the nation posted consolidated net losses in their firs...

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Japan Inc plans big trade mission to Philippines next year

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INTERAKSYON
 
The Japanese business community will field early next year its biggest trade delegation to the Philippines to date to explore more opportunities in one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies.
 
In a statement, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the Japan Chamber of Commerc...

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Japan business delegation due in early 2015

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BWORLD ONLINE
 
A MAJOR Japanese business delegation will visit the country in February, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the DTI said that the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), the central organization of all Japanese regional chambers of...

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SoftBank to release ‘personal use’ robots by 2015

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JAPAN DAILY EXPRESS
 
Not having enough manpower will soon be a thing of the past with robots hitting the market to assist people in their daily tasks. Japanese phone and Internet company SoftBank Corp. is set to sell human-like robots beginning February next year to address the problem with labo...

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Japanese firms begin to join the crowdfunding fever

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JAPAN DAILY EXPRESS
 
Many business ideas looking for capital have now switched from big banking institutions to crowdfunding in hopes of turning their ideas into actual ventures. Crowdfunding derives its name from the practice of getting funds or finances to support a project from numerous small...

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In wake of meat scandal, McDonald’s Japan losing not only customers, but employees, too

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ROCKET NEWS
 
t’s been a pretty rough year for McDonald’s in Japan, in the same way that getting hit by a bus on your way to work would make for a rough morning. Following a widely reported scandal in which the chain had been supplied with expired chicken by a meat processing facility in China, M...

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