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Western Digital Calls Off Integration Talks With Japan’s Kioxia

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JAPAN NEWS
 
U.S. semiconductor giant Western Digital Corp. has ditched business integration talks with Japanese counterpart Kioxia Holdings Corp., The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
According to sources, Western Digital and Kioxia aimed to reach a final agreement on the planned merger by the end o...

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Japan To Boost Business Ties With Global South

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NHK
 
The Japanese government is aiming to help businesses gain a foothold in developing and emerging economies known as the Global South.
NHK has learned that officials are planning 140 billion yen or over 930 million dollars in support for companies entering the markets.
Japan's economy ministr...

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Japan’s Factory, Service Sector Activity Under Pressure In Oct – PMI

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BUSINESS INQUERER
 
Japan’s factory activity shrank for a fifth straight month in October while the service sector saw its weakest growth this year, a survey showed on Tuesday, amid growing uncertainty over the outlook for the world’s third-largest economy.
The au Jibun Bank flash Japan manufactu...

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Japan To Extend Gasoline, Energy Subsidies Through April

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government is planning to extend subsidies aimed at curbing gasoline and other fuel prices as well as utility bills from the end of this year to the end of April, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
The government will consider phasing out gasoline subsidies...

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Papua's Four Districts To Export Fish To Japan At 2023 STC

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Four districts in Papua Province will simultaneously export fishery products to Japan while hosting the 2023 Sail Teluk Cenderawasih (STC) national tourism event through the Frans Kaisiepo International Airport in Biak Numfor District.
Biak Numfor District, Sarmi District, Waropen D...

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Toyota to Reopen Plants in Japan Thurs.

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NIPPON
 
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that operations will be resumed Thursday morning at remaining plants it shut due to a fire at a parts supplier Oct. 16.
The fire broke out at Chuo Spring Co.'s plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Production resumed at the spring plant Saturday...

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Japan Beverage Company Uses AI-Generated ‘Actor’ in TV Ad

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Beverage company Ito En, Ltd. has put a character generated by artificial intelligence in a TV commercial for its Oi Ocha Katekin Ryokucha green tea drink.
According to the company that produced the commercial AI model Inc., it is the first TV ad in Japan to use an AI-generated “acto...

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Japan Must Carefully Watch Markets Due To Mideast Conflict: Finance Minister

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CNN
 
Japan must carefully monitor financial markets, including oil and stocks, with a sense of urgency as uncertainties are rising for global economies due to the conflict in the Middle East, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday.
Suzuki was speaking to reporters after a cabinet meetin...

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Japan's Inflation Slows To 2.8% In Sept As Energy Impact Lessens

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.8 percent in September, the slowest pace in about a year, amid the moderating effects of fuel price rises, though the increase was still well above the Bank of Japan's inflation target, government data showed Friday.
The pace of increase in the na...

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Japan Government Considering Income Tax Cut To Ease Blow From Inflation

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CNA
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering a temporary income tax cut as part of a package of measures to cushion the economic blow from rising living costs, public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday (Oct 19).
Any such move could add to Japan's already ballooning public debt and...

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