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Eager to Employ Former 2025 Osaka Expo Staff, Competition Heats Up Among Firms

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Staff at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo who honed their customer service skills and language abilities are highly sought after as ready-to-work talent.
A joint corporate job fair targeting staff working at the Expo venue was held in Osaka on Sept. 14 and 15, introducing employment opport...

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BOJ Seeks To Remove Stocks Overhang With Slow Sell-Down Of Etfs

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A large overhang that threatened the Japanese equity market is being removed with the Bank of Japan laying out a century-long plan to offload its massive holdings of exchange-traded funds.
While benchmark stock gauges fell Friday in a knee-jerk reaction when the central bank said it...

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40 Years After Plaza Accord, U.S.-Japan Exchange Rate Risks Remain

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the Plaza Accord, under which the Group of Five countries — Japan, the United States, Britan, France and then West Germany — decided to correct the excessive appreciation of the dollar through currency adjustments.
The accord was led by the United...

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Harley-Davidson Japan Faces ¥211 Mil Fine Over Heavy Sales Quotas

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's antitrust watchdog on Thursday ordered the domestic unit of motorcycle company Harley-Davidson Inc to pay about 211 million yen in fines for imposing excessive sales quotas on dealers in violation of the antimonopoly law.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission also issued a cease-a...

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Rifts Open Over Axing of Environmental Vehicle Tax as Japan’s Auto Industry Grapples with U.S. Tariffs

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Calls for abolishing an environmental performance-based tax paid when a vehicle is purchased have pitted a major automobile industry group against the government, but also caused divisions between government ministries.
As Japan’s auto industry grapples with the ramifications of tari...

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Brewer Eyes Global Sales Boost Using Popular Sake Dassai's Brand Power

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The brewer of popular Japanese sake Dassai recently changed its company name to match its signature label, in a move aimed at boosting global brand recognition to expand sales abroad.
"The entire globe is our market," Dassai Inc CEO Kazuhiro Sakurai said, with the company aiming for...

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Farm Minister Koizumi Joins LDP Leadership Race, Focuses On Japan Economy

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KYODO NEWS
 
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Saturday he will run in the presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party next month, pledging to boost Japan's economy and revitalize the ruling party after its poor performance in recent national elections.
The 44-year-old son of former P...

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Japanese Household Financial Assets Hit Record 2,239 T. Yen

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NIPPON
 
Financial assets held by households in Japan as of the end of June stood at a record high of 2,239 trillion yen as the balance of stocks and investment trust funds grew because of higher stock prices, the Bank of Japan said Thursday.
Of the total, shareholdings climbed 4.9 pct from a yea...

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Trump's Lowered 15% Tariff On Cars From Japan To Take Effect Tuesday

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JAPAN TODAY
 
U.S. President Donald Trump's lowered tariff of 15 percent on automobiles from Japan will take effect Tuesday, the Commerce Department said, about five months after his aggressive trade agenda began to heavily impact the industrial backbone of one of Washington's key allies.
The dep...

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Japan, EU to Boost Economic Security Cooperation

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NIPPON
 
Japan and the European Union agreed Tuesday to strengthen cooperation on economic security and free trade in response to challenges such as the high tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and their dependence on critical minerals from China.
The policy was affirm...

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