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Dewine To Join Business Leaders In Trade Trip To Japan

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TOLEDO BLADE
 
 
COLUMBUS — Officials and business leaders from Ohio are headed to Tokyo this weekend for a trade conference, and they’ll be joined by a travel partner who they hope will help open new opportunities in Japan: Gov. Mike DeWine. 
“We will get to the very highest levels of large corp...

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Kon'nichiwa: Big IT Investing In Language, Soft Skills As Japan Emerges Favourite Onsite Market

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MONEY CONTROL
 
 Unlike the West, Japanese culture is different and what is considered normal in India can be construed as offensive and may even result in lost businessAs IT firms turn their focus to the land of the rising sun, IT firms such as Wipro are investing in customer acquisition and sof...

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Japan Business Investment Rises 1.9% In April-June Quarter

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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW
 
Manufacturer capex down 6.9% on year, first drop in 2 years as growth slows
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japanese companies raised spending on plant and equipment in April-June for the 11th straight quarter, with investment led by the service sector and underscoring capital expenditur...

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Japan Has A Plan To Challenge China’s Influence In Africa

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QUARTZ
 
Dozens of African leaders trooped into Yokohama city on Japan’s Pacific coast in late August and heard prime minister Shinzo Abe promise that Japan’s private sector will invest $20 billion over three years in Africa.
What’s more, said Abe, Tokyo would offer “limitless support” for invest...

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Industry Revenues In Japan, World’s Second Biggest Recorded Music Market, Didn’t Grow In H1 2019

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MUSIC BUSINESS WORLD
 
Recorded music trade revenues fell very slightly (-0.25%) in the first half of 2019 in Japan, according to MBW research – but there was brighter news for the business behind the topline numbers.
According to new data published by the Recording Industry Association of Japan ...

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Japan’s Move To Lower South Korea Trade Status Takes Effect

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BUSINESS INQUIRER
 
TOKYO — Japan’s downgrading of South Korea’s trade status took effect Wednesday, a decision that has already set off a series of reactions hurting bilateral relations.
Japanese manufacturers now must apply for approval for each technology-related contract for South Korean expo...

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Japan’s Land Of Dreamers, Robots And Folding Start-Ups

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FINANCIAL TIMES
 
 
Four years ago, a Tokyo-based start-up called Seven Dreamers stole the show at Japan’s biggest technology trade fair with Laundroid — an artificial intelligence robot that could neatly fold clothes.
Despite Laundroid taking well over five minutes to process a single T-shirt, t...

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The Anime Movie ‘Weathering With You’ Is Becoming One Of Japan’s Biggest Hits Of All Time, And Will Compete At Next Year’s Oscars

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BUSINESS INSIDER
 
 
 
·  The anime movie “Weathering with You” has made nearly $100 million in Japan and is the country’s tenth-biggest movie of all time since opening last month.
·  The Japan Motion Picture Producers Association announced on Monday that “Weathering with You” will be Japan’s ent...

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Japanese Utilities Start Selling Uranium Fuel Into Depressed Market

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JAPAN TODAY
 
 
TOKYO - Japan’s nuclear operators are starting to sell some of their huge holdings of uranium fuel, as chances fade of restarting many more reactors eight years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The sales so far have been small, but were made at values well below their purchas...

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BOJ Seen As Likely To Ramp Up Its Stimulus Measures As Early As Sept

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STRAITS TIMES
 
TOKYO • Japan's key consumer prices continued to rise at the same pace last month, hovering at a two-year low amid increasing speculation that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may ramp up its stimulus as early as next month.
Prices excluding that for fresh food rose 0.6 per cent last month...

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