THE STAR
 
TOKYO: Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko said on Tuesday it was "regrettable" that the South Korean government had made what he said was an erroneous explanation after the two sides sat down for a working-level meeting over Japan's export controls.
The feud between the two deepene...

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NIKKEI ASIA
 
Airlines and trading houses to tap Asian VIPs as government adds airport facilities
TOKYO -- Public and private efforts are underway in Japan to promote the use of business jets ahead of the Summer Olympics, which Tokyo will host in 2020.
Trading house Sojitz plans to triple the siz...

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CNBC
 
Key PointsXi Jinping will be visiting Japan for the first visit since becoming China’s president, when he heads to Osaka this weekend to attend the Group of 20 summit.While Xi got off to a strained start with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the two have made significant progress in tur...

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THE STAR
 
TOKYO: Japan's machinery orders unexpectedly rose for a third straight month in April, in a sign business investment is holding up even as an intensifying Sino-U.S. trade war and global slowdown pile pressure on the country's export sector.
Cabinet Office data released on Wednesday sho...

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REUTERS
 
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit said on Thursday it plans to bring its satellite launch system to Japan in partnership with airline operator ANA Holdings Inc, which will provide maintenance and possibly aircraft.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system is undergoing tes...

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MANILA BULLETIN
 
PRRD Thanks Japan For Expanding Business In PH
TOKYO, Japan — President Duterte thanked Japanese businessmen for their intention to expand operations in the Philippines as the two countries inked 26 business deals worth $5.5 billion Wednesday.
TALKING BUSINESS – President Dutert...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
McDonald's Co (Japan) has been ordered to pay 21.7 million yen for improperly labeling ingredients for a burger and a muffin, the Consumer Affairs Agency said.
When the fast-food chain sold its Tokyo Roast Beef Burger and Tokyo Roast Beef Muffin products for two months from August 2...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Toyota Motor's Japan Taxi, born in a government committee and designed to be an all-things-to-all-people cab, has become a high-priced icon of Tokyo's budget-busting 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Launched in 2017, the indigo car is the realization of a government projec...

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THE JOURNAL PIONEER
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue urged Japan on Monday to move swiftly to clinch a trade deal with Washington on farm products and other goods, in a way that would treat his country fairly as "premier customer."
"President (Donald) Trump is really...

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THE STAR
 
TOKYO: Japan may already be in recession, a government assessment of its own economic indicators showed on Monday, as the U.S.-China trade war and weak external demand hurt activity and pose fresh challenges for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies.
The country's indexes on leading and...

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