JAPAN TODAY
 
Pop-culture powerhouse Japan wants to expand its overseas market for video games, manga and anime fourfold to $130 billion in about a decade, the government has said.
Japan, the birthplace of comic and cartoon epics such as "Dragon Ball" and game franchises from "Super Mario" to "Fi...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A few days ago, Amazon Japan made an announcement through its Seller Central discussion forum, but it’s one that affects buyers as well. The e-commerce giant will be altering its payment options policy, and shoppers will no longer be able to choose to pay by cash on delivery, or dai...

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FASHION UNITED
 
May same-store sales including online sales at Uniqlo Japan increased by 8.4 percent year on year while total sales including online sales increased by 9.3 percent.
The company part of the Fast Retailing Group attributed the same-store sales growth to buoyant business over the Go...

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REUTER
 
 
A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor (7203.T), opens new tab and Mazda (7261.T)
, opens new tab both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan's transport ministry found irregularities in applications to certify certain models.
The irre...

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KYODO NEWS
 
DMM Bitcoin Co., the operator of a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, said Friday that digital assets worth at least 48.2 billion yen ($300 million) have disappeared for an unknown reason.
The Tokyo-based company under major IT firm DMM.com LLC said it detected the abnormality at arou...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Around the world, railroads, which are environmentally friendly and help alleviate road congestion, are becoming more and more central to mass transportation networks.
Many large cities in Southeast Asia are now working hard to develop urban railways in hopes that this new infrastruc...

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NIPPON
 
Japan's parliament Friday enacted a bill to provide targeted support to midsize companies, including tax benefits for those conducting mergers and acquisitions.
The revised law on strengthening industrial competitiveness defines midsize companies as businesses that are not legally consid...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's industrial output in April fell 0.1 percent from the previous month, weighed down by a decrease in production of airplane parts as well as cars amid a Toyota Motor Corp. worldwide recall, government data showed Friday.
The seasonally-adjusted index of production at factories ...

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ARAB NEWS
 
Tokyo-based Uhuru Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Web Arabia, an IT company operating in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, to promote smart city-related business in the Kingdom.
Web Arabia specializes in smart city solutions and is a subsidiary of Metscco Heavy ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday that it will resume production of its Prius hybrid car at a plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 17 after over two months of suspension due to a recall.
Dealers nationwide will start accepting requests for repairs associated with ...

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