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Japan Asks Taiwan Manufacturers To Cooperate In Chip Production

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan has asked some Taiwanese manufacturers to cooperate in alternative production of semiconductors, industry minister Hiroshi Kajiyama said Tuesday, after a chip plant owned by Renesas Electronic Corp. was hit by a fire earlier this month.
“We are in communication with several ma...

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COVID-19 Cuts Jobs, Boosts Stocks, Widening Economic Gap In Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The coronavirus pandemic has brought significant economic impacts in Japan, with the widening gap between the rich and the poor being a prime example.
The pandemic has cost many jobs, especially in the dining and travel industries, while stock and other asset markets are boo...

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The Business Case For Vaccine Passports

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Once people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, they’re safer to dine out, fly on airplanes, attend concerts and movies, work out at the gym, go to the office, cross borders and otherwise move about — as long as they wear masks around other people indoors, avoid large groups and ...

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Post-Emergency Precautions Expected To Slow Economic Recovery

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The nation moved a step toward the normalization of economic activities when the state of emergency for Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures was lifted on March 21.
However, full-fledged economic recovery is likely to take time, as many restaurants and retail stores are planni...

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Post-Emergency Precautions Expected To Slow Economic Recovery

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The nation moved a step toward the normalization of economic activities when the state of emergency for Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures was lifted on March 21.
However, full-fledged economic recovery is likely to take time, as many restaurants and retail stores are planni...

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Japan Biopharma Firm Looks To Ship Astrazeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine It Is Producing Within 1 Month

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JAPAN NEWS
 
JCR Pharmaceuticals Co. is planning to ship undiluted solution of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca PLC within a month, the biopharmaceutical firm’s Chairman and President Shin Ashida said Wednesday.
“Nearly 100 employees have been assigned to...

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Japan's Car Makers Assess Impact Of Renesas Auto Chip Plant Fire

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota, Nissan, Honda and other Japanese carmakers scrambled on Monday to assess the impact on their production of a fire at a Renesas Electronics chip plant that could aggravate a global semiconductor shortage.
Renesas has said it will take at least a month to resume production at ...

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Japan Spends Millions On Technology For Absent Olympic Fans

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RUTLAND HERALD
 
 
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting 7.3 billion yen — about $67 million — in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking software to curb the spread of coronavirus infections during the Tokyo Olympics.
There's one catch: Few Olympic fans from abroad will...

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Japan's Malls And Restaurants Brace For Olympics Without Foreign Visitors

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Shopping malls and restaurants in Japan will miss out on a business boom, as Tokyo expects to hold the Olympics without overseas spectators, dealing another blow to industries already on the ropes from the coronavirus.
In the years leading up to the Games, developers have poured ten...

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Japan Temporarily Sets Higher Tariffs On U.S. Beef Imports

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan is temporarily raising tariffs on U.S. beef imports as volumes have exceeded levels agreed to between the two nations for the fiscal year ending on March 31, Japan's agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.
From Thursday, the tariff will rise to 38.5% from 25.8% for 30 days thr...

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