JAPAN TIMES
 
Business sentiment among major Japanese companies was positive for the third successive quarter in October to December, led by a continued improvement in automobile-related industries, a government survey showed Monday.
The business sentiment index for companies with capital of ¥1 b...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
KDDI Corp said Monday its "au" mobile phone services experienced technical difficulties across Japan, causing disruptions to calls and internet connections for about three hours.
The service disruption, which began at 7:18 a.m., initially affected 31 prefectures in western Japan, in...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Major alcoholic beverage companies have strengthened their focus on sales of non-sweetened canned chuhai, a type of shochu-based beverage that is usually sweet.
The tax rate for dai-san-no-biiru quasi-beer was raised when the Liquor Tax Law was revised in October, while the rate for ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s Dai-Ichi Life Holdings said on Thursday that it plans to launch a tender offer for Benefit One shares in a competing bid against M3 Inc.
Benefit One’s parent company Pasona Group had already agreed to tender all of its 51.16% stake in Benefit One to M3, which launched tender ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday began discussions on its future response over Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, which has been effectively banned from operation following a series of problems.
At the day’s regular meeti...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota Motor Corp said Monday it will increase the percentage of zero-emission vehicles in its European sales to over 20 percent by 2026, offering at least 15 electric and fuel-cell models.
The plan comes as the European Union is set to ban sales of gasoline-powered cars in 2035, pr...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's unemployment rate fell to 2.5 percent in October from 2.6 percent a month earlier, improving for the second consecutive month, as the number of job seekers declined with more people finding employment or giving up looking for work, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.
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JAPAN NEWS
 
Itochu Corp. will set up a public-private fund within the fiscal year to support the spread of energy storage facilities, the company said Monday.
The facilities connect storage batteries directly to the power grid and enable the charging and discharging of electricity according to s...

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NIKKEI ASIA
 
Executive seeks to catch up to rivals in wholesale as he takes bank's reins
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has named Deputy President Toru Nakashima as its next president and group CEO, choosing a manager with extensive political and government connections to succeed Jun Ohta, who ...

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REUTERS
 
Japanese retail conglomerate Seven & i Holdings (3382.T) said on Thursday it has agreed to purchase the 7-Eleven convenience store chain in Australia for A$1.71 billion ($1.1 billion), further expanding its ownership of the brand.
The Australian convenience and petrol retailer, owned by...

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