JAPAN NEWS
 
The Azabudai Hills building complex, which features Japan’s tallest habitable building, was shown to the press by Mori Building Co. on Monday in Minato Ward, Tokyo.
The 64-story, 330-meter-tall Mori JP Tower, the centerpiece of the complex, rises higher than Osaka’s Abeno Harukas in ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Trading house Itochu Corp. is considering the acquisition of scandal-plagued Bigmotor Co., a major used car dealer, it was learned Friday.
Itochu is expected to team up with J-Will Partners, a domestic corporate revitalization fund, and sign an exclusive agreement for the asset valua...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's trade deficit in October shrank 70.0 percent from a year earlier to 662.5 billion yen as imports continued to drop sharply and exports grew for the second straight month, government data showed Thursday.
It was the first red ink in two months, as exports increased 1.6 percen...

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CNA
 
Japanese and Chinese trade ministers have agreed to establish a framework to discuss export controls, Japanese media reported on Wednesday (Nov 15), indicating steps on economic cooperation after a period of strained ties between the neighbours.
Japanese Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura s...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's economy contracted by a worse-than-expected 0.5 percent in the third quarter, government data showed Wednesday, in a further blow to struggling Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The shrinking of the world's number three economy, following two consecutive quarters of growth, was ...

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ANTARA
 
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, and Japanese Minister of Economics, Trade, and Industry, Nishimura Yasutoshi, discussed opportunities for economic cooperation and accelerating energy transition between both nations.
The discussion took place on ...

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NIPPON
 
Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp. will open a business base in Silicon Valley by the end of March, its chief executive officer said Monday, as it seeks to expand its sales network in the United States in anticipation of demand growth.
Rapidus CEO Atsuyoshi Koike said Silicon Valley is cri...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's Cosmo Energy Holdings could struggle to win shareholder backing for a revised "poison pill" strategy, its chief executive says, as the company seeks to defend itself from activist investors pursuing a hostile takeover.
Japan's third-biggest oil refiner is calling another sha...

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TEMPO
 
 
The Indonesian government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed the Minutes of Discussion (MoD) of appraisal mission for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) East-West Line Phase 1 Project.
The signing was carried out at the Ministry of Transportation Building, here on Sa...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
French automaker Renault and Japanese partner Nissan officially launched their "rebalanced" alliance on Wednesday as they seek to reset a rocky 24-year-old partnership.
The companies announced an agreement in February to put their partnership, which also includes Japanese automaker ...

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