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Takeda Shareholders Agree To $60 Bil Shire Acquisition
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Shareholders at Japanese drug giant Takeda on Wednesday approved a plan to buy Irish pharmaceuticals firm Shire in a deal worth around $60 billion, the biggest foreign takeover ever by a Japanese firm.
A group of rebel investors, including members of the founding family, t...
TOKYO - Shareholders at Japanese drug giant Takeda on Wednesday approved a plan to buy Irish pharmaceuticals firm Shire in a deal worth around $60 billion, the biggest foreign takeover ever by a Japanese firm.
A group of rebel investors, including members of the founding family, t...
- December 6, 2018
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Takeda Sets Vote Date, Aims to Close US$62 Billion Shire Deal Jan. 8
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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical will hold an investor vote on its US$62 billion acquisition of Shire next month and aims to close the deal on Jan. 8, signaling its confidence in securing the required support.
LONDON: Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical will hold an investor vote on it...
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical will hold an investor vote on its US$62 billion acquisition of Shire next month and aims to close the deal on Jan. 8, signaling its confidence in securing the required support.
LONDON: Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical will hold an investor vote on it...
- November 13, 2018
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Japan to Provide Loan to Help Malaysia Battle Debt Problem
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WASHINGTON POST
TOKYO — The leaders of Malaysia and Japan agreed Tuesday that Japan will issue yen-denominated bonds of up to 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) to help the Southeast Asian country battle its large government debt.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan also will provide loan...
TOKYO — The leaders of Malaysia and Japan agreed Tuesday that Japan will issue yen-denominated bonds of up to 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) to help the Southeast Asian country battle its large government debt.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan also will provide loan...
- November 7, 2018
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Panasonic To Move UK Headquarters On Brexit fears
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Panasonic plans to move its European headquarters from Britain to the Netherlands later this year over concerns about potential tax issues related to Brexit, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.
"We will move our European headquarters to the Netherlands," the spokeswoman tol...
TOKYO - Panasonic plans to move its European headquarters from Britain to the Netherlands later this year over concerns about potential tax issues related to Brexit, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.
"We will move our European headquarters to the Netherlands," the spokeswoman tol...
- August 30, 2018
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Will Japan’s Epic Tourism Boom Go Bust in the Coming Years?
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TOKYO BUSINESS TODAY
As anyone who is even remotely paying attention is already well aware, Japan is a nation that is currently experiencing an unprecedented tourism boom. Since about 2013, the annual total number of foreign visitors has continued to smash the record set just the previous year....
As anyone who is even remotely paying attention is already well aware, Japan is a nation that is currently experiencing an unprecedented tourism boom. Since about 2013, the annual total number of foreign visitors has continued to smash the record set just the previous year....
- August 13, 2018
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Global Economy / Japan Competing With Asia For Labor
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THE JAPAN NEWS
How should Japan respond to labor shortages resulting from a declining population and graying society? Utilizing foreign workers is one of the government’s strategies. However, economic growth and declining populations are also expected throughout Asia. It appears doubtful that t...
How should Japan respond to labor shortages resulting from a declining population and graying society? Utilizing foreign workers is one of the government’s strategies. However, economic growth and declining populations are also expected throughout Asia. It appears doubtful that t...
- July 30, 2018
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Climate Change Threat Sends Key Coffee on Bean Hunt
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO/JAKARTA (Bloomberg) — Coffee lovers beware. Climate change is threatening supplies of high-quality beans with one Japanese coffee house hunting for the perfect bean to withstand the warmer conditions.
Tokyo’s Key Coffee Inc. is testing 35 varieties of Arabica trees in Indon...
TOKYO/JAKARTA (Bloomberg) — Coffee lovers beware. Climate change is threatening supplies of high-quality beans with one Japanese coffee house hunting for the perfect bean to withstand the warmer conditions.
Tokyo’s Key Coffee Inc. is testing 35 varieties of Arabica trees in Indon...
- July 13, 2018
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Japan Logs Largest Current Account Surplus in Decade in FY 2017
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japan ran its largest current account surplus in a decade in fiscal 2017 on the back of increasing overseas earnings, government data showed Thursday.
The country logged a surplus of 21.74 trillion yen ($198 billion), up 3.4 percent from a year earlier, despite the rising co...
TOKYO - Japan ran its largest current account surplus in a decade in fiscal 2017 on the back of increasing overseas earnings, government data showed Thursday.
The country logged a surplus of 21.74 trillion yen ($198 billion), up 3.4 percent from a year earlier, despite the rising co...
- May 11, 2018
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Toyota Launches Mobility Service Alliance and Autonomous e-Palette Concept Vehicle
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JAPAN TRENDS
Toyota has partnered with Amazon, DiDi, Mazda, Pizza Hut and Uber to form the e-Palette Alliance, forming a broad hardware and software ecosystem for utilizing advanced mobility technology to better serve customers in the future.
As a first step, Toyota has announced a new concept ...
Toyota has partnered with Amazon, DiDi, Mazda, Pizza Hut and Uber to form the e-Palette Alliance, forming a broad hardware and software ecosystem for utilizing advanced mobility technology to better serve customers in the future.
As a first step, Toyota has announced a new concept ...
- January 24, 2018
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Foreign Visitors to USJ in 2017 Reach 2 Million
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THE JAPAN NEWS
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — The number of nonresident foreign visitors to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka Prefecture this year reached 2 million on Tuesday, its operator, USJ Co., said the same day.
The figure doubled in three years, after reaching 1 million in 2014.
Attraction areas “...
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — The number of nonresident foreign visitors to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka Prefecture this year reached 2 million on Tuesday, its operator, USJ Co., said the same day.
The figure doubled in three years, after reaching 1 million in 2014.
Attraction areas “...
- December 20, 2017
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