KYODO NEWS
 
Sony Group Corp. said Thursday it will boost its animation business by utilizing its leading-edge technologies, aiming to make it a major revenue source after games, music and movies.
The electronics and entertainment conglomerate said it will introduce newly-developed animation-crea...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A pair of melons grown in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetched 3 million yen at the first auction of the season in Sapporo on Friday.
The auction was held at at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market from 7 a.m., Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported. The buyer was Hokuyupack Co, a melon pa...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Dealing with irate customers can be extremely stressful for call center workers but Japan's SoftBank Corp thinks it has a solution: artificial intelligence-enabled software that softens the tone of customers' voices.
The country's third-largest telecoms provider aims to begin testin...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toshiba Corp said Thursday it will slash up to 6 percent of its workforce in Japan by offering staff early retirement packages and reduce redundant operations by integrating key subsidiaries, in its first major revamp plan for turning its business around after going private late las...

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BUSINESS TIMES
 
BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank has no immediate plan to sell its huge holdings of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which is drawing increased attention as a potential source of revenue to fund government initiatives.
“We must spend some time in decidin...

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CNN
 
Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter, squeezed by weaker consumption and external demand and throwing a fresh challenge to policymakers as the central bank looks to lift interest rates away from near-zero levels.
Preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) data from the Cabinet Offi...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Over 80,000 foreign nationals work part-time in Japan's three major convenience store chains, data collected by Kyodo News showed Wednesday, in a trend likely to continue amid labor shortages from an aging population.
Foreign workers now represent around 10 percent of the part-time ...

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MARINE NEWS BUSINESS
 
Kenta Inaba, GMBA Japan, provides an update on the Japanese superyacht sector at the recent GMBA conference Singapore.
Japan, with its vast coastline and abundant maritime resources, is becoming a prime destination for Superyachts. Japan has often been referred to as an Oce...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese and South Korean shareholders of LY Corp, the Tokyo-based operator of the popular Line messaging app, may conclude talks on reviewing their capital relationship without any plan to change their equal stakes, a South Korean government source said Tuesday.
Japan's SoftBank Co...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Sony said Tuesday that annual net profit dipped 3.5 percent on-year but beat its forecast as takings in games and music offset losses in the financial and chip sectors.
The entertainment and electronics behemoth has been in the spotlight after reports said it was working with Apollo...

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