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Japan Stocks Jump More Than 1.5% As Other Major Markets Close For Good Friday

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CNBC
 
Key PointsOvernight on Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose more than 1% to close above 4,000 for the first time.Major markets worldwide, including the U.S., UK, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, were closed for the Good Friday holiday. 
Shares in Japan jumped on Friday after the S&P 500 surged to a r...

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Keio University Center For Preventive Medicine To Move To Site Of Toranomon-Azabudai Redevelopment Project

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Keio University, one of Japan’s top private educational institutions, and Mori Building Co Ltd, Japan's leading urban landscape developer, announced Tuesday that they have concluded a basic agreement on the relocation and expansion of the Keio University Center for Preventiv...

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Softbank's Son Considering Bringing Coupang Services To Japan

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BUSINESS STANDARD
 
 [TOKYO] SoftBank Group Corp chief executive officer Masayoshi Son said on Monday the conglomerate is considering bringing services from South Korean e-commerce firm Coupang to Japan.
SoftBank-backed Coupang raised about US$4.6 billion earlier this month in the biggest US init...

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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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