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Japan Big Manufacturers' Mood Hits Near 3-Year Low As Trade War Bites

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THE GUARDIAN
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese big manufacturers' business confidence worsened to a nearly three-year low in the quarter to June, a central bank survey showed, in yet another sign of the growing economic toll exerted by slowing global demand and the U.S.-China trade war.
But service-se...

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Japan Is Leading On Business Climate Engagement. Will Ambitious Policies Follow?

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ECO BUSINESS
 
Japan is the first country where the government is explicitly providing support for companies to set science-based targets, placing companies in a central position to help the country reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
The Japanese government has announced its long-term climate a...

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Japan's Jobless Rate Steady, Tokyo June Core CPI Rises 0.9%

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THE STAR ONLINE
 
TOKYO: Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 0.9 percent in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.
The core consumer price index for Japan’s capital, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists' median estimate for a 0.9...

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Kumamon, Japan’s Billion-Dollar Bear, Ventures Abroad

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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW
 
Watch out Mickey Mouse, Kumamoto's popular mascot is going global KUMAMOTO, Japan / BANGKOK -- A small prefecture in western Japan is taking its bear mascot global, in a challenge to entertainment juggernauts like Walt Disney who dominate the world’s $123 billion character l...

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Kansai Manufacturers Aim To Solve Global Issues With Homegrown Tech

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
In the Kansai region, where the Group of 20 summit meeting will be held, there are a large number of manufacturing companies with unique technologies that can contribute to solving global issues.
The combined gross regional product of Osaka Prefecture and seven nearby prefectures...

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Walmart Considers Reducing Its Holdings In Japan, Public Listing For Seiyu

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TALK BUSINESS
 
Walmart has struggled to grow share in Japan since entering that market in 2002. Walmart increased its stake in Seiyu in 2008 becoming the sole owner of the retail business. There has been speculation Walmart was considering a sale of Seiyu to focus more on growth in India and Chi...

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Japan And China Look To Strengthen Ties At G-20 Summit, Even As Trump Looms Large

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CNBC
 
Key PointsXi Jinping will be visiting Japan for the first visit since becoming China’s president, when he heads to Osaka this weekend to attend the Group of 20 summit.While Xi got off to a strained start with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the two have made significant progress in tur...

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Japan Is Taking Extreme Measures To Defuse Its Demographic Time Bomb

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BUSINESS INSIDER
 
 In Japan, people aren’t having sex.That means they’re not having babies either, and the declining fertility rate is creating a demographic time bomb.The Japanese government is going to all sorts of lengths to defuse it, from offering free childcare to organizing speed-dating e...

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Building Enduring Ties With Customers

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The banking sector’s business environment has seen fundamental changes. What is the plan for Resona Holdings, Inc. — managing the group’s four consolidated subsidiary banks mainly operating in the Tokyo metropolitan and Kansai areas — to survive? For this installment of Leaders, ...

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Japanese Businesses See Economy Peaking Out, Want More Stimulus

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's economy is likely to stop expanding this year and into next with the Sino-U.S. trade war and a planned sales tax hike expected to crimp activity, a Reuters poll of Japanese companies found, with most calling for fresh stimulus to prop up growth.
The gloomy outlook su...

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