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Nippon Steel Sues Japan Business Partner Toyota Over Patent

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AP NEWS
 
Nippon Steel Corp. is suing Toyota Motor Corp. over a patent for a technology used in electric motors in a rare case of legal wrangling between Japan’s top steelmaker and top automaker over intellectual property.
Tokyo-based Nippon Steel filed the lawsuit Thursday in Tokyo District Cour...

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Average Gasoline Price In Japan Rises To 7-Year High

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The average retail gasoline price in Japan climbed to its highest level in seven years earlier this week, reflecting a recent global surge in crude oil prices, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Wednesday.
The average price for regular gasoline stood at 162.10 yen per ...

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KFC Japan Suspends French Fry Sales After Running Out Of Potatoes

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JAPAN TODAY
 
There’s nothing wrong with indulging in a little comfort food after a hard week at work or school, and no doubt the mouths of KFC fans were watering as they made their way to the chain’s branches in Japan last weekend.
Unfortunately, many of them had to walk away with less than the ...

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Japan Confronts Rising Inequality After Abenomics

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REUTERS
 
Japan's stock market has surged and luxury cars are selling fast in Tokyo after eight years of economic stimulus under Abenomics, but that new wealth is concentrated in a small slice of society rather than broadly distributed, data show.
Addressing that divide has become a high priority...

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Efforts Underway To Commercialize ‘Flying Cars’

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Flying cars are expected to be used as a means of transportation to the site of the Osaka-Kansai Japan Expo 2025.
Yet many problems remain to be solved before the technology can come to a street — or a sky — near you. It is not yet clear when these futuristic vehicles will be int...

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Report Touts Benefits Of Second Jobs For Workers, Firms

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's largest business lobby recently released a report it says shows the benefits that can come from allowing people to take on secondary employment, with the arrangement delivering a happier and more productive workforce while addressing some of the nation's demographic challeng...

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Gov't To Sell ¥1 Tril Tranche Of Japan Post Shares

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government plans to sell by early November a 1 trillion yen tranche of shares in Japan Post Holdings Co, a postal and financial services group privatized 14 years ago.
The Finance Ministry said the proceeds from the share sale, which will lower the government's stake fr...

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Japan PM Kishida Says Has No Plan To Alter Capital-Gains, Dividend Taxes

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REUTERS
 
Japan's new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, said on Sunday he won't seek to change the country's taxes on capital gains and dividends for now as he intends to pursue other steps for better wealth distribution, such as raising wages of medical workers.
Kishida, who has vowed to rectify we...

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Eneos To Buy Japan Renewable Energy For $1.8 Bln

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REUTERS
 
Japanese oil company Eneos Holdings Inc (5020.T) plans to buy Japan Renewable Energy for about 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) from Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday.
The deal would mark the first major purchase...

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Hybrid Wooden High-Rise Hotel Opens In Sapporo

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A high-rise hotel with upper levels made of wood has opened in Sapporo, and operator Mitsubishi Estate Co. said most of the lumber used to construct the 11-story building was sourced from Hokkaido.
The top three stories of the Royal Park Canvas Sapporo Odori Park hotel are made o...

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