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Japan's Travel Ban Has Hit 85% Of European Businesses There

  • Category:Tourism
BUSINESS WORLD
 
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to comment on the EBC's claims. Immigration officials have said previously that they are considering ways to ease the ban but are prioritizing contagion controls.
Japan's travel ban to stop the spread of the coronavirus has hit a major...

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With Shift Toward Merit-Based Pay, Japan's Hitachi To Drop Old Ways

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REUTERS
 
Hitachi Ltd (6501.T) is moving to scrap a remnant of one of Japan Inc’s most famous practices: seniority-based pay.
The change reflects Hitachi’s transformation from a hardware-focused manufacturer into a services business and highlights the realisation that for many Japanese firms old-...

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UK Asks Japan For Huawei Alternatives In 5G Networks

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THE CHRONICLES
 
The British government asked Japan to help build its 5G wireless networks without Huawei Technologies, the Nikkei said on Sunday, a further step in a global technology and security war between the United States and China.
Britain named NEC Corp <6701.T> and Fujitsu Ltd <6702.T> a...

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Japan to Pay at Least $536 Million for Companies to Leave China

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BLOOMBERG
 
Japan’s government will start paying its companies to move factories out of China and back home or to Southeast Asia, part of a new program to secure supply chains and reduce dependence on manufacturing in China.
  Fifty-seven companies including privately-held facemask-maker Iris Ohy...

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Fujitsu to Launch New Company "Fujitsu Japan Ltd."

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YAHOO FINANCE
 
TOKYO, Jul 17, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced that it will commence operations for Fujitsu Japan Ltd. on October 1st, aiming to further expand business in the Japan services market, in which Fujitsu boasts the top share(1).
From April 2021, Fujitsu will gradually ...

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Japan’s $2.2 Trillion Cost Of Befriending Donald Trump

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FORBES
 
As political bets go, the one Japan’s Shinzo Abe made on Donald Trump in 2016 is proving to be a mistake of historic proportions.
No world leader was quicker in getting to Trump Tower in New York to congratulate the U.S. president-elect on a victory few saw coming. Nine days after Trump’...

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Yahoo Japan To Hire 100 Moonlighters For Strategic Planning

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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW
 
TOKYO -- Yahoo Japan, a subsidiary of Z Holdings, announced Wednesday that it will conclude work contracts by the end of September with more than 100 people employed by other companies but are allowed to hold side jobs.
The move is aimed at hiring workers of various backgrou...

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Indonesia Seeks To Renegotiate Trade, Investment Deal With Japan

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JAKARTA POST
 
The government is seeking to expand access to the Japanese market, reduce tariffs and liberalize the movement of workers in tourism through Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJEPA) renegotiations.
According to the Trade Ministry's bilateral negotiations director Ni Ma...

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Japan's Economy To Shrink 4.7% In 2020/21: BOJ

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's economy will contract 4.7 percent in the year to March 2021, the central bank said Wednesday, projecting a recovery the following year but warning that deep uncertainty remains.
The fresh outlook, with policymakers giving a range of contraction from 5.7 to 4.5 percen...

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Japan's MUFG To Expand Lending Business In Thailand With Grab's Big Data

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REUTERS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (8306.T) will start lending to Grab users and drivers in Thailand to monetise its $706 million investment in the ride-hailing firm as growth in its home market slumps, its chief executive said.
MUFG agreed to invest in Grab in...

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