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Major Mobile Carriers Moving Into Budget Market

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Major mobile phone carriers KDDI Corp., which operates the au brand service, and SoftBank Group Corp. are increasingly expanding into the budget market. This is because independent carriers are attracting more users by offering reasonable services under brands such as IIJmio and ...

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SoftBank to Sell 25% Stake in ARM to Vision Fund: Sources

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JAPAN TIMES
 
SoftBank Group Corp. plans to sell a 25 percent stake in ARM Holdings PLC to a technology fund it is creating with Saudi Arabia after lead investors expressed a desire to include the chip-maker in their portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter.
The company will receiv...

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Aeon to Launch Tourism Venture Aimed at Helping Japan’s Quake-hit Tohoku Region

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JAPAN TIMES
 
In a bid to boost the Tohoku region’s recovery from damage caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, retail giant Aeon Co. will launch a venture offering tourism and other activities in affected areas.
The major supermarket and shopping mall chain has already been ...

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One Indonesian Woman's Road to a Successful Business In Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — A few years ago, Erdina Oudang was just a financial professional who loved traveling to Japan. She would frequently tour Tokyo on seasonal breaks from her work at a bank in Singapore, exploring the country’s cuisine and culture. Today, she is the owner of two flourishing bus...

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Sompo Japan Offers nation’s First Online 'Flaming Insurance'

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Insurance provider Sompo Japan on Monday will begin offering Enjo Insurance (“Flaming Insurance”) to websites and companies. This insurance will offer coverage to recover from unflattering information going viral on websites or social media.
More specifically “enjo” refers t...

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Gov't Pension Fund Logs Record Y10 Tril Investment Profit in Oct-Dec

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — The Japanese government pension fund said Friday it posted a record investment profit of 10.50 trillion yen ($91.90 billion) in the October-December period, boosted by a rally in stocks at home and abroad following Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election las...

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Rocky Path Awaits Kuroda in His Next BOJ Term

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda may have little to cheer about despite landing another five-year term for one of the most influential jobs in the country, if not the world.
For one thing, the 73-year-old Kuroda faces a grueling job: frequent overseas trips and grilling...

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Yamato Transport Workers Demand Volume Limit Amid Labor Shortage

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Workers at Yamato Transport Co have asked the delivery service firm to limit the volume of packages accepted from clients amid labor shortages, sources close to negotiations between management and labor said Thursday.
The two sides will negotiate ways to deal with tough work...

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Weekly Shonen Jump Manga Magazine Sales Decline 10 Percent In a Year

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
The Japan Magazine Publishers Association (JMPA) has released new data of magazine sales for October-December 2016 that reveal a major decline for Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump, one of Japan’s biggest manga titles.
Jump has apparently lost some 10% of sales in the past year, from a...

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Companies Showcase Ideas on How to Spend 'Premium Friday'

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO —Companies on Tuesday showcased various ways for workers to spend their “Premium Friday,” with the rollout approaching of the government-business initiative to get workers to leave the office early on the last Friday of each month in a bid to curb long working hours and spur c...

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