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Meiji to Support Mexico With White Cacao Saplings

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Meiji Holdings Co. will provide farmers in southern Mexico with saplings of rare white cacao, which is grown in the region and used to make high-end chocolate, officials have said.
The holding company for the confectionery and dairy product group hopes to sup...

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Japan Opens Up to Foreign Direct Investors

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO  - Businesses of the world: Japan wants you. With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledging to make Japan “the world’s easiest country for companies to do business in,” US and other foreign businesses of all sizes can now tap into a raft of incentives to set up shop in the w...

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Global Economy / Japan a Lap Behind in Using Renewable Energy

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Power generation amounts (see below) created through renewable energy sources are growing rapidly around the world, largely due to international efforts to combat global warming and a dramatic reduction in power generation costs. Urgent action is needed in Japan, where delays in ...

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China's Didi Chuxing Takes Aim at Japan's Taxi Market

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO  - Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing announced a deal with Japanese telecom firm SoftBank on Friday to develop a taxi app in Japan, where services like Uber have struggled to make inroads.
SoftBank and Didi Chuxing announced a "partnership to provide platform services fo...

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Japan Warns May: Firms Will Leave U.K. If Profits Threatened

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
LONDON (Reuters) — Japan warned Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday that its companies would have to leave Britain if trade barriers after Brexit made them unprofitable.
Japanese firms have spent more than £40 billion ($56 billion) in Britain, encouraged by successive governme...

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Nissan To Invest $9.5 Billion in China

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JAPAN TODAY
 
BEIJING - Japanese automaker Nissan Motor and its Chinese joint venture partner announced on Monday a $9.5 billion investment plan in China to increase annual sales by one million vehicles and boost electric car production.
Dongfeng Motor Company is the latest Sino-foreign car compa...

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Toyota Forecasts Record Net Profit For Full Fiscal Year

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japanese car giant Toyota on Tuesday revised its earnings forecast, saying it expected to see a record annual net profit thanks to a weaker yen and U.S. tax cuts.
Japan's top carmaker expects to bank a net profit of 2.4 trillion yen ($22 billion) for the fiscal year to March...

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Nikkei Ends at Largest Loss Since 2016 After Dow's Record Point Fall

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Tokyo stocks tumbled on Tuesday in a global stock rout with the Nikkei index posting its biggest decline since June 2016, on panic selling after the steepest single-day point drop on Wall Street overnight.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 1,071.84 points, or 4.7...

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TEPCO Battles On To Supply Power

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Tokyo and the surrounding area has been experiencing tight power supply conditions after record-breaking cold weather. In addition to the cold weather, there have been problems at thermal power plants and a reduction in solar power generation due to the solar panels being covered...

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Imported White-meat Fish Hooks Bigger Slice of Market

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Following historically poor domestic catches of salmon and walleye pollack, supermarkets and other retailers in Japan are increasingly turning to imported white-meat fish to fill the void on their shelves.
Walleye pollack is a leading variety of white-meat fish, and salmon is ver...

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