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KDDI to Deploy 1,000 Drone Hubs, Leveraging Starlink for Nationwide Coverage; To Use in Search after Disaster in Remote Areas

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JAPAN NEWS
 
KDDI Corp. plans to conduct a trial demonstration operating drones through direct communication with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)’s Starlink satellite network by the end of this year.
This initiative, anticipated to be able to aid in disasters such as earthquakes, ai...

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Japan's Toyota To Take Parts-Making Subsidiary Private

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BSS NEWS
 
The world's top-selling carmaker Toyota said Tuesday it would take its auto parts-making subsidiary Toyota Industries private in a deal that reportedly valued the unit at more than $40 billion.
Toyota Industries, which also manufactures forklifts and other industrial vehicles, will go ...

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India-Japan Business Conference 2025 to Convene in Chennai on July 10

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ASIAN COMMUNITY NEWS
 
4th edition of IJBC-led summit to spotlight technology, trade, sustainability, and SME collaboration between the two nations.
In a significant step toward reinforcing bilateral economic cooperation, the Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC) will host the 4th edition of the Ind...

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Ex-Nippon Life Boss Takes Charge At Japan Business Lobby

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INSURANCE BUSINESS
 
 
 
Leadership Shift Comes Amid Insurer Investment Shakeup
Tsutsui Yoshinobu, former chair of Nippon Life Insurance, has been appointed as the new chair of Keidanren, Japan’s most prominent business lobbying organisation.
His appointment marks a shift in the group’s leadershi...

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Bank Of Japan Urged To Keep Or Slow Bond Taper Pace From Fiscal 2026

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BUSINESS TIMES
 
The requests heighten the chance the central bank will proceed slowly in reducing its huge balance sheet
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) received a sizeable number of requests to maintain or slightly slow the pace of tapering in its bond purchases from fiscal year 2026 onward, minutes of...

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Cheaper Stockpiled Rice Starts Hitting Store Shelves In Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government's stockpiled rice released through direct contracts with retailers began hitting store shelves Saturday, with consumers flocking to the cheaper products.
Major supermarket operator Ito-Yokado Co and home appliance company Iris Ohyama Inc were the first to sta...

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Core Consumer Prices In Tokyo Rise At Fastest Pace In Over 2 Years

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Core consumer prices in Tokyo climbed 3.6 percent in May from a year earlier, rising at the fastest pace in over two years, official data showed Friday, as the cost of rice remained on a sharp upward trajectory.
The rise in Tokyo's core consumer price index, excluding volatile fresh...

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Japan Eyes More Rice Exports As Domestic Consumption Set To Decline

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government on Friday vowed to explore new overseas markets and provide support for more efficient production as part of efforts to increase rice exports in response to an envisioned long-term contraction in domestic consumption.
In the annual white paper on food and agri...

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Japan’s Cooperation in Alaska LNG Development Project Emerges in Japan-U.S. Tariff Negotiations; But Industry Concerns Exist

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s cooperation in the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the U.S. state of Alaska has emerged as a bargaining chip in the ongoing Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.
While U.S. President Donald Trump is expecting Japan, South Korea and other countries to participate in th...

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Troubled Automaker Nissan Banks On Hybrid EV Technology

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Money-losing Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Corp is banking on its latest “e-Power” technology for a turnaround.
A kind of hybrid, e-Power comes equipped with both an electric motor and gasoline engine, much like the Toyota Motor Corp Prius. It’s different from a Prius in that it d...

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