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Japan Display Hopes To Secure Financial Aid From China-Taiwan Group In June

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Japan Display Inc. said Thursday it will secure a capital injection from a Chinese-Taiwanese consortium next month.
The struggling display-maker, which is a supplier to Apple Inc., has been told by the consortium that a formal decision on the financial aid will be reached by June ...

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PH, Japan Sign $5.5B Business Deals

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MANILA BULLETIN
 
PRRD Thanks Japan For Expanding Business In PH
TOKYO, Japan — President Duterte thanked Japanese businessmen for their intention to expand operations in the Philippines as the two countries inked 26 business deals worth $5.5 billion Wednesday.
TALKING BUSINESS – President Dutert...

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Japan's Factory Output Rebounds, But Retail Sales Slow As Trade War Risks Grow

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REUTERS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s industrial output rebounded in April, though retail sales grew at a slower pace, suggesting that both domestic and external demand could come under severe pressure in a blow to the economy as a Sino-U.S. trade war intensifies.
Analysts caution that it is too ea...

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In Latest Snub For Huawei, Japan's Softbank Chooses Nokia And Ericsson For 5G Network

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JAPAN TIMES
 
SoftBank Group Corp.’s Japanese telecom unit has selected Nokia Oyj and Ericsson AB as vendors for its next-generation wireless network, excluding longtime supplier Huawei Technologies Co.
SoftBank Corp. named Nokia as a strategic partner for its 5G rollout and Ericsson as a supplie...

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Japan Business Lobby Urges Sales Tax Hike To Proceed As Planned

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REUTERS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of a Japanese business lobby said a planned sales tax hike should proceed in October to sustain the social security system for a rapidly ageing population, despite calls from elsewhere to postpone it given growing economic challenges.
The intensifying Sino-U.S...

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Nissan CEO Sees No Big Downside To FCA-Renault Merger

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Nissan sees no major downside to partnering with a combined Renault and Fiat Chrysler (FCA), it said on Wednesday in a lukewarm endorsement of the proposed $35 billion tie-up, which would complicate an already uneasy alliance.
The leaders of Nissan Motor Co, France's Renault...

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Mcdonald's Japan Ordered To Pay ¥21 Mil Over Improper Labeling

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JAPAN TODAY
 
McDonald's Co (Japan) has been ordered to pay 21.7 million yen for improperly labeling ingredients for a burger and a muffin, the Consumer Affairs Agency said.
When the fast-food chain sold its Tokyo Roast Beef Burger and Tokyo Roast Beef Muffin products for two months from August 2...

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Malaysia Airlines, JAL Ink Joint Business Agreement

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THE STAR ONLINE
 
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) and Japan Airlines (JAL) have inked a MoU to pursue a joint business agreement to enhance the quality of services provided by both carriers on flights between Malaysia and Japan.
MAB said on Monday both carriers would also seek to cooper...

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In Japan, Trump Pushes A Hard Line On Trade — And A Soft Line On North Korea

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VOX
 
Trump said recent North Korean missile tests are nothing to worry about, and that he wants “fairness and reciprocity” in a US-Japan trade deal.
President Donald Trump arrived in Japan Saturday for a state visit with the country’s leaders, including its new emperor, but launched his trip wit...

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Few Japanese Firms Plan To Hire Foreign Workers Under New Immigration Law, Poll Suggests

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Only 1 in 4 Japanese companies plan to actively employ foreign workers under a new government immigration program, a poll has found, complicating Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to ease the country’s tightest job market in decades.
Also, the bulk of the firms that may hire imm...

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