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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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Japan’s Nippon Steel Aims To Reach Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2050

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero in 2050 is “one of the most important management issues,” Nippon Steel Corp. President Eiji Hashimoto, 65, said in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun. He indicated that the company would strive to achieve this goal se...

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Uniqlo Owner Fast Retailing's Operating Profit Beats Pre-Pandemic Level

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The owner of Japanese clothing chain Uniqlo said on Thursday its quarterly operating profit beat pre-pandemic levels, boosted by China's resurgence and solid demand for comfortable clothing such as stretchy jogging pants.
Fast Retailing's profit in the three months through November ...

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Mulls Entering Wave-Power Generation Business

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. is considering entering the wave-power generation business, the company has announced.
In a bid to construct power generation facilities in waters near Japan, the company will examine from April appropriate construction areas and the business’ profitabili...

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Can Japan Raise Its Teleworking Game Under The Second COVID-19 Emergency?

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A key measure in the nation’s second state of emergency, declared by the government for Tokyo and neighboring prefectures to curb rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, is preventing workers from congregating at offices, which is thought to make it more likely for them to go out and dine...

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Japan To Halt Business Travel From 11 Countries/Regions

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SWISS INFO
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government will halt entry by business travellers from 11 countries and regions including China and South Korea that are currently still permitted to enter the country, the Nikkei reported on Wednesday, in an aim to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Jap...

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