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Japan's Shortage Of Full-Time Workers At Worst Level Since COVID

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese firms are feeling the most acute shortage of full-time workers since the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of firms understaffed, according to a private-sector survey.
Among the around 11,000 companies who responded to the January survey, 53.4 percent said they need mo...

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Majority In Japan Expect Stronger Economic Ties Under Trump

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
A majority of Japanese expect U.S.-Japan economic relations to strengthen under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry survey.
Asked in which area relations are expected to strengthen, with multiple answers allowed, 52.1% of res...

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Indonesia, Japan To Collaborate On Kayan Hydropower Plant

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) have signed a letter of intent (LoI) on cooperation in developing the Kayan hydropower plant in North Kalimantan.
"For Indonesia, the Kayan hydropower plant is not...

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Sony, Suntory Build U.S. Stockpiles As Japan Faces Trump Tariff Threat

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REUTERS
 
Japanese electronics giant Sony and drinks maker Suntory are stockpiling inventory in the United States while their peers shift production or supply chains in efforts to fend off an evolving threat of U.S. tariffs on the export-reliant economy.
In his latest trade salvo this week, Presi...

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GDP Ratio of Defense Costs Not Priority: Japan's Hayashi

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NIPPON
 
Raising the ratio of defense spending to gross domestic product is not a top priority in Japan's efforts to boost its defense expenditures, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.
"What's important is the substance of our defense capabilities," Hayashi told a news confe...

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Japan, U.K. Likely to Reaffirm Energy Cooperation at 2+2 Talks; 1st Economic 2+2 Talks Between the Countries

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Japanese and British governments are arranging to reaffirm the promotion of energy cooperation between the two countries at a ministerial economic dialogue, according to Japanese government sources.
It will be the first time for Japan and the United Kingdom to hold a two-plus-two...

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7-Eleven Shares Plunge On Reported Plan To Reject Takeover

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Shares of the owner of 7-Eleven plunged on Tuesday after a report said the Japanese retailer plans to reject a multibillion-dollar takeover offer by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT).
Seven & i, which operates some 85,000 convenience stores worldwide, last year rebuffed an ACT...

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Bandai Namco Cross Store Opens in New York; Customers Shop for Various Japanese Pop Culture Goods

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. opened a Cross Store, which sells anime goods and other products, in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday.
It is the first Cross Store in North America and one of the largest retail stores in the United States for purchasing such goods.
Fans of Japanese anime were...

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Japan Rice Prices Remain High Despite Government Plans To Release Reserves

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KYODO NEWS
 
Rice prices in Japan have remained high despite hopes that they would normalize after the government announced plans two weeks ago that it would release its stockpiles to curb the surge.
On Feb. 14, the government said it would release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice, to be...

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Fuji Media Tycoon Hieda Quits Adviser Panel Over TV Host Scandal

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Longtime Fuji Media Holdings Inc executive Hisashi Hieda stepped down Thursday from the company's management advisory panel as its broadcasting unit remains under fire for its handling of a sexual misconduct scandal involving former TV host Masahiro Nakai.
The shakeup of the panel, ...

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