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Japan Manufacturers Turn Cautious About Business Outlook Due To Trump Tariffs: Reuters Poll

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REUTERS
 
Japanese manufacturers expressed improved business sentiment in April versus March though are bearish about their outlook over the next three months as they brace for the impact of sweeping U.S. import tariffs, a Reuters Tankan poll found.
The poll, which tracks the Bank of Japan quarte...

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Honda Says Shifting Hybrid Civic Production From Japan To US

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BSS NEWS
 
Automaker Honda said Wednesday it will shift production of its hybrid Civic model from Japan to the United States in June or July, but stopped short of saying the reason was US tariffs.
The rationale behind the decision "is not a single issue", a spokesman for the Japanese firm said. "...

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Japan's FY 2025 Defense-Related Outlay To Total 1.8% Of FY 2022 GDP

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's defense-related spending for fiscal 2025 is expected to total about 9.9 trillion yen ($70 billion), equivalent to 1.8 percent of gross domestic product three years earlier, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday.
Nakatani told a press conference that the government will a...

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Japan Won’t Use US Treasury Holdings In Tariff Talks

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TECH IN ASIA
 
Japan will not use its US Treasury holdings as leverage in upcoming trade talks with the US, scheduled for April 17.
Itsunori Onodera, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, emphasized that Japan, as a US ally, wants to avoid actions that could disrupt financial markets. “Ca...

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World Expo Opens In Japan In Rocky Times In Global Economy

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HURRIYET DAILY NEWS
 
World Expo opened on Sunday with 160 countries and regions showcasing their technology, culture and food, with host Japan hoping to provide the world with some much-needed hope.
Expo 2025 opened with the theme of life, world and the future, and Japan hopes to bring unity and...

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JR East Plans Facial Recognition System Experiment at Joetsu Shinkansen Ticket Gates

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced Tuesday it plans to experimentally deploy a system that will use facial recognition technology to allow passengers to move through ticket gates for the Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train line at Niigata and Nagaoka stations.
The company will...

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Ishiba And NATO Chief Vow To Deepen Security Ties As Regional Threats Rise

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and NATO chief Mark Rutte vowed Wednesday to further deepen military ties while stressing the need to tackle together growing threats from China, North Korea and Russia.
Japan, which has stepped up defense ties with the United States, its key a...

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Japan To Sell More Rice Reserves As Prices Soar

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FRANCE 24
 
Japan will sell more rice from its emergency stockpile through July in an attempt to stabilise soaring prices, the agricultural minister said Wednesday.
After rice prices nearly doubled year-on-year, the government began auctioning its stockpile last month -- the first time since it w...

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Fujifilm 'Instax' Camera Series Unit Sales Top 100 Million Worldwide

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Unit sales of Fujifilm Corp's "instax" instant camera series have exceeded 100 million, the company said Tuesday, with the brand's roughly 30-year run continuing to draw interest both in Japan and abroad as new models go into production.
The first-generation instax camera debuted in...

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Japanese Regional Business Cite Concern over U.S. Tariffs in BOJ Report; Personal Consumption Viewed Positively

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Anxiety over tariff policies announced by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is spreading throughout Japan.
Regional economic assessments remained unchanged in all nine regions of the country in the Bank of Japan’s April Regional Economic Report released on Monday. How...

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