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Telework Test Held to Prepare for Olympics

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The government held a teleworking campaign day on Monday, with about 60,000 people from about 1,000 companies mainly based in the Tokyo metropolitan area working outside their regular workplaces.
The opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics is scheduled for July 24, 2020, and traf...

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Japan Trade Balance Returns to Surplus in June

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan logged a trade surplus of nearly $4 billion in June, rebounding from a deficit the previous month, but its politically sensitive surplus with the United States slipped, government data showed Thursday.
The world's third-largest economy logged a surplus of 439.9 billion...

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BOJ’s Dovish Bent Reinforces Policy Divergence Across Asia

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
HONG KONG/TOKYO (Bloomberg) — The Bank of Japan’s determination to press on with its unprecedented monetary stimulus leaves it out of step with developed world peers, which are either raising rates or debating how to start normalizing policy.
Yet in its own region — Asia — the BO...

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Kanebo Remnant Still Faces Issues Decade After Scandal

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
This July marks 10 years since Kracie Holdings Ltd. was established to take over the business operations of Kanebo Ltd.’s failed daily products and other divisions.
Kracie’s results have been improving thanks to the release of hit hair care products and other items. However, for ...

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SoftBank Founder Son to Stay at Helm as Company's Firepower Grows

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son, Japan's richest man, says he will spend the next decade identifying a successor to drive his rapidly growing technology empire, which has amassed an unprecedented investment war chest over the past year.
Since the departure of former chi...

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Toshiba Chip Unit Deal Hits Roadblock / Hynix Searching For a Way to Gain Say Over Management

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Toshiba Corp. is struggling to finalize negotiations to sell off its memory chip unit, Toshiba Memory Corp.
The sale is on shaky footing because SK Hynix Inc., a major South Korean chipmaker that is part of a Japan-U.S.-South Korean consortium Toshiba chose as the preferred bidde...

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Japan Seen Boosting Support to Dairy Farms After EPA Deal

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan is seen boosting subsidies and other assistance to dairy farmers after the country reached a broad accord on its envisioned economic partnership agreement with the European Union, informed sources have said.
The two sides struck the deal at bilateral mi...

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Japan, EU Conclude Talks on Free Trade Agreement

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Japan and the European Union agreed on Thursday to a free trade pact, signaling their opposition to what they see as U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist turn.
Signed in Brussels on the eve of meetings with Trump at a G-20 summit in Hamburg, the “polit...

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Japan Inc Scrambles for Job-hoppers to Cope with Labor Shortages

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's labor shortage has pushed job-hopping to its highest since the global financial crisis, as companies scramble for workers with experience in the rapidly-ageing economy.
Job-hopping goes against the grain of Japan's work culture, where many companies hire graduates an...

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Japan's Inflation Ticks Up Again, But Spending Remains Weak

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's consumer prices rose for the fifth straight month in May, government data showed on Friday, but weak household spending underlined the challenges facing Tokyo's fight to rid the world's number three economy of deflation.
The country's prospects have been improving on...

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