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Tokyo Pushes To Reform Its $6.5 Trillion Stock Market

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s largest exchange operator disclosed the components of three new market sections on Tuesday, but the long-awaited shake-up of the country’s sluggish stock market is attracting more skepticism than excitement.
Japan Exchange Group Inc. said 1,841 constituents would make up the...

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Softbank Offshoot To Help Boost Decarbonization Of Regional Govts

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Agoop Corp. plans to help regional governments and corporations decarbonize by analyzing information on the location of vehicles.
The SoftBank subsidiary — which uses mobile phone location data to analyze human behaviors — will propose initiatives to reduce carbon dioxide emissio...

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Tokyo Stocks Sink After Hawkish Fed Minutes

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Tokyo stocks tumbled Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s hawkish policy meeting minutes sent their peers on Wall Street tumbling.
The Nikkei average of 225 selected issues listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunged 844.29 points, or 2.88%, to end at 28,...

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Domestic Flyers Surge During Year-End, New Year Holidays In Japan

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The number of passengers on domestic flights offered by Japanese airlines during the year-end and New Year’s holiday period jumped 91.4% from a year before to 3,159,000.
During the period between Dec. 25 and Tuesday, the number of passengers on international flights also increase...

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Sony To Launch Firm To Explore Making Electric Cars

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Electronics giant Sony has unveiled a new prototype of its Vision-S electric vehicle and announced the founding of a company to explore jumping into the rapidly growing market.
The Japanese firm, better known for its TVs and video game consoles, will create the Sony Mobility subsidi...

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Japanese Apparel-Makers Increasingly Conscious Of Human Rights

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japanese apparel companies are strengthening their efforts to give due consideration to human rights when manufacturing clothes and other products, against the backdrop of forced labor allegations in China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region.
The use of cotton made in the region has...

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84% Of Firms In Japan See Economic Growth In 2022

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JAPAN TIMES
 
About 84% of major companies in Japan expect the country's economy to grow in 2022, driven by recovering personal consumption amid hopes that the COVID-19 pandemic will subside, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.
In the survey of 106 companies, including Toyota Motor Corp. and SoftB...

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Pandemic-Hit Airlines Expand Horizons In Search Of Profit

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
With their flight operations suffering losses amid the pandemic, airlines are finding creative ways to branch into new businesses or wring the last drops of value out of retiring aircraft.
With the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus compounding their worries, airlines are a...

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Japan Business Leaders Voice Resolve To Tackle Key Growth Challenges

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KYODO NEWS
 
The leaders of Japan's major business organizations on Saturday expressed their resolve to address pressing challenges facing the country to support growth in 2022, ranging from digitalization and decarbonization to regional revitalization and deregulation.
"We will aim to establish ...

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Major Retailers In Japan Pin Hopes On New Year Sales

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Major retailers are pinning their hopes on New Year’s shopping with some shops planning to resume sales of fukubukuro lucky bags and in-person events as the number of coronavirus infections has decreased.
However, with an outbreak of the omicron variant, the retailers are likely ...

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