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Seven-Eleven Japan To Start Home Delivery From Convenience Stores

  • Category:Shopping
NIKKEI ASIAN
 
TOKYO -- Seven-Eleven Japan, operator of the country's biggest convenience store chain, will launch fast home delivery of merchandise from its outlets, as the industry increasingly seeks to capitalize on the growing demand for such services triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Japan's Suga Says Strong Economy Necessary To Pursue Fiscal Reform

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THE CHRONICLE HERALD
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a frontrunner to become next prime minister, said on Wednesday that strong economic growth is necessary to pursue fiscal reform.
"Reviving Japan's economy is our priority ... A strong economy is necessary for...

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Nissan's Carlos Ghosn Gone, American Kelly Faces Japan Trial Alone

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BUSINESS STANDARD
 
 
His boss Carlos Ghosn escaped financial misconduct charges by fleeing the country, but another former Nissan executive is still awaiting trial in Japan: Greg Kelly.
Kelly's trial in Tokyo District Court is to open September 15, nearly two years after his arrest, and the same...

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Eneos To Hasten Refinery Consolidation As Virus Hits Demand At Home

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's biggest oil refiner Eneos Holdings Inc will hasten its transformation into a supplier of low-carbon energy and materials as domestic oil demand drops more than expected due to the COVID-19 pandemic, new President Katsuyuki Ota said.
A quicker timeline comes amid a wider cons...

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Japan's Tuna Market, The World's Largest, Hit Hard By COVID-19 Pandemic

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CNA
 
Japan's tuna market, the world's largest, is taking an outsized hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, pressuring restaurants and wholesalers at Tokyo's sprawling Toyosu fish market to adapt to survive.
Businesses had hoped for more activity after Japan lifted its state of emergency in late May, b...

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Japan’s Convenience Stores Are Told to Stop Pushing 24-Hour Schedules

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NEW YORK TIMES
 
The country’s antimonopoly regulator has warned the powerful industry to improve the treatment of franchisees who have been fighting for shorter opening hours.
Japanese convenience store owners who have been fighting for a break from their grueling 24-hour, 365-day-a-year operati...

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Japan's August Service Sector Activity Worsens As Pandemic Stymies Recovery

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JAKARTA POST
 
Activity in Japan’s services sector contracted at a faster pace in August for the first time in four months, as uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic weighed on sentiment, hurting business at home and from abroad.
The final Jibun Bank Japan Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (...

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Japan’s Honda To Halt Commuting Allowance, Add For Telework

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Honda Motor Co. plans to abolish fixed commuting allowances and instead switch to the reimbursement of actual expenses from October. The move is in response to the increase of teleworkers within the company.
A new ¥250 telecommuting allowance, intended to reduce the employees’ bu...

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Few Signs of Business Upturn to Cheer Japan’s Small and Medium-Sized Companies

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NIPPON.COM
 
The Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan has been conducting a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on small and medium-sized businesses every month since April of this year, targeting 2,000 such businesses.
The results of the July survey ...

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Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Buys Stakes In 5 Japanese Trading Houses

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JAPAN TODAY
 
 
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said Sunday it has acquired slightly more than 5 percent of shares in five major Japanese trading companies, including Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsui & Co.
The company is planning a long-term investment and may increase its ...

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