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5 Power Firms Slapped with Biz Improvement Orders
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The industry ministry issued business improvement orders on Monday to five power companies, including Kansai Electric Power Co., over unauthorized access to customer information of rival companies.
The ministry has found that the scandal could undermine the purpose of the liber...
The industry ministry issued business improvement orders on Monday to five power companies, including Kansai Electric Power Co., over unauthorized access to customer information of rival companies.
The ministry has found that the scandal could undermine the purpose of the liber...
- April 18, 2023
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Sega To Buy Angry Birds Maker Rovio
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JAPAN TODAY
Japanese gaming group Sega has offered to buy the creator of the popular Angry Birds franchise, Finland's Rovio, in a deal worth more than 700 million euros ($770 million), the companies said Monday.
The deal would mark the end the independence of Finnish mobile game makers, which b...
Japanese gaming group Sega has offered to buy the creator of the popular Angry Birds franchise, Finland's Rovio, in a deal worth more than 700 million euros ($770 million), the companies said Monday.
The deal would mark the end the independence of Finnish mobile game makers, which b...
- April 18, 2023
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Japan’s Palm Oil Power Push Is Faltering
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ECO-BUSINESS
Local resistance and high palm oil prices have slowed huge expansion plans for power plants fired by palm oil.
In 2011, Japan faced an unprecedented energy crisis after the Tohoku earthquake had devastated the country and badly damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
The...
Local resistance and high palm oil prices have slowed huge expansion plans for power plants fired by palm oil.
In 2011, Japan faced an unprecedented energy crisis after the Tohoku earthquake had devastated the country and badly damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
The...
- April 13, 2023
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Gov't To Approve Plan For Japan's 1st Casino Resort In Osaka
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JAPAN TODAY
The government is set to approve a plan by Osaka Prefecture and city to open what will be Japan's first casino resort in 2029, government sources said Wednesday.
The development comes as movement restrictions introduced during the coronavirus pandemic are removed, leading some local...
The government is set to approve a plan by Osaka Prefecture and city to open what will be Japan's first casino resort in 2029, government sources said Wednesday.
The development comes as movement restrictions introduced during the coronavirus pandemic are removed, leading some local...
- April 12, 2023
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Tokyo-Based Space Startup Plans World-First Moon Landing
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THE JAPAN NEWS
A moon lander operated by Tokyo-based ispace Inc. will attempt to land on the moon at around 1:40 a.m. Japan Time on April 26 at the earliest, the startup has announced.
If successful, the space company’s lander would become the world’s first private sector lunar module to land o...
A moon lander operated by Tokyo-based ispace Inc. will attempt to land on the moon at around 1:40 a.m. Japan Time on April 26 at the earliest, the startup has announced.
If successful, the space company’s lander would become the world’s first private sector lunar module to land o...
- April 12, 2023
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Virgin Orbit Bankruptcy Casts Shadow Over Japan's Space Dreams
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JAPAN TODAY
The bankruptcy filing by Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc has dealt a blow to Japan's hopes of building a domestic space industry, with plans for a Kyushu-based spaceport designed to attract tourism on hold for lack of funding.
Oita prefecture, home to Japan's largest num...
The bankruptcy filing by Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc has dealt a blow to Japan's hopes of building a domestic space industry, with plans for a Kyushu-based spaceport designed to attract tourism on hold for lack of funding.
Oita prefecture, home to Japan's largest num...
- April 11, 2023
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Japan’s New Central Bank Chief Vows To Guide Policy ‘Flexibly’
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CNBC
Key PointsJapan’s new central bank governor Kazuo Ueda on Monday said on Monday he will guide monetary policy flexibly, amid high economic outlook uncertainty.Ueda added there was no immediate need to revise a statement under which the central bank targets a 2% inflation target at the ea...
Key PointsJapan’s new central bank governor Kazuo Ueda on Monday said on Monday he will guide monetary policy flexibly, amid high economic outlook uncertainty.Ueda added there was no immediate need to revise a statement under which the central bank targets a 2% inflation target at the ea...
- April 11, 2023
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Japan's Crackdown On Truck Driver Overtime Raises Fears Of Economic Breakdown
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JAPAN TODAY
Truck driver Yuichi Tomita has been delivering packages all over Japan for two decades, often clocking 40 straight hours on the road. He says the work is tough but a source of pride, and one he's never thought of quitting - until now.
On April 1, 2024, the government will limit truc...
Truck driver Yuichi Tomita has been delivering packages all over Japan for two decades, often clocking 40 straight hours on the road. He says the work is tough but a source of pride, and one he's never thought of quitting - until now.
On April 1, 2024, the government will limit truc...
- April 10, 2023
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Japan Inc. Sells Record Short Bonds Amid BOJ Tightening Bets
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YAHOO FINANCE
Japanese companies are selling record amounts of short-term bonds, a sign they’re bracing for the likelihood that the central bank will dismantle its ultra-low interest rate policy.
Issuance of yen corporate notes due in five years or less reached an unprecedented 7.4 trillion yen...
Japanese companies are selling record amounts of short-term bonds, a sign they’re bracing for the likelihood that the central bank will dismantle its ultra-low interest rate policy.
Issuance of yen corporate notes due in five years or less reached an unprecedented 7.4 trillion yen...
- April 10, 2023
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Japan February Real Wages Fall For Eleventh Month But At Slower Pace
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CNA
Japan's real wages fell in February for an eleventh month, labour ministry data showed on Friday, although the rate of the decrease slowed thanks to government energy subsidies aimed at curbing consumer inflation.
While major Japanese firms concluded annual labour talks with the largest pay...
Japan's real wages fell in February for an eleventh month, labour ministry data showed on Friday, although the rate of the decrease slowed thanks to government energy subsidies aimed at curbing consumer inflation.
While major Japanese firms concluded annual labour talks with the largest pay...
- April 7, 2023
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