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Japan Asks Taiwan To Produce More Semiconductors

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The government has asked authorities in Taiwan, the world’s largest production base for semiconductor products, to increase output because semiconductor chips for automobiles are in short supply all over the world.
If the negative effects spread in the automobile industry, on which a...

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Restaurant Sales Fall Record 15.1 % In Japan In 2020

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Restaurant sales in Japan in 2020 plunged 15.1% from the previous year on an all-store basis, the steepest fall since statistics began in 1994, due to the fallout from the new coronavirus epidemic, the Japan Food Service Association said Monday.
The number of customers at pubs and o...

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Honda To Use Cruise Autonomous Vehicles In Japan Taxi Service

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FOX BUSINESS
 
Japanese automaker is a stakeholder in the General Motors-controlled startup
Honda will begin testing Cruise autonomous vehicles in Japan this year with an eye on launching a driverless ride-hailing service in the coming years.
Honda is a stakeholder General Motors-controlled Cruis...

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Japan's Consumer Prices Fall At Decade-Fast Pace, Adding To Deflation Fears

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's core consumer prices slumped in December at the fastest annual pace in a decade, a sign of intensifying deflationary pressures that sharpen the case for the central bank to come up with better ways to combat the deepening impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday's weak data u...

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Maxon Acquires Japanese Distributor Business, Establishes First Office in Japan

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SPORTS VIDEO
 
Maxon has completed the transaction to acquire the business segment of its Japanese distributor that services Maxon’s community and business concerns, and the formation of the first official office in Japan: Maxon Computer KK.
For the last 10 years, Maxon’s Japan Representative off...

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Japan Business Leaders Welcome Biden's Multilateral Push

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Business leaders in Japan on Thursday welcomed the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, expecting his administration to take a multilateral approach to trade policy while cooperating closely with other countries.
"We have high hopes for the new U.S. administration as it focuses...

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Japan Shares Fall On Pandemic Worries As Rest Of Asia Rises

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INDIAN EXPRESS
 
Asian markets today: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 lost early gains to slip 0.4% in morning trading to 28,515.21. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 added 0.6% to 6,783.20, while South Korea's Kospi edged up 0.5% to 3,109.21. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.9% to 29,921.79, while the Shanghai ...

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All Nippon Helicopters’ Airbus H160 Performs Maiden Flight

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JAPAN TODAY
 
All Nippon Helicopters’ (ANH) Airbus H160 has performed its first flight test, a 95-minute flight from Marseille Provence Airport.
This successful maiden flight paves the way for the aircraft’s entry into service in Japan.
ANH deploys a helicopter fleet comprising six AS365s and fiv...

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Pandemic Reveals Hidden Poverty In Wealthy Japan

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JAKARTA POST
 
Yuichiro welled up as he collected a food parcel at a Tokyo outreach event offering help to the growing number of Japanese pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic.
"There is no work. Absolutely none," said the 46-year-old, until recently a construction worker, while clutchi...

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Nippon Life's Stable Business To Continue To Support Core Operating Profit

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ASIA INSURANCE REVIEW
 
The new-sales performance of Nippon Life Insurance Company (Nissay) is likely to be affected negatively over the near term by the COVID-19 pandemic and the low foreign interest rate environment, says AM Best.
Nevertheless, the global credit rating agency expects that the c...

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