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Japan's Sharp To Return To U.S. TV Market, Regains Brand License

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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
 
TOKYO — Sharp Corp. will re-enter the U.S. TV market later this year, the Japanese electronics company said on Wednesday, adding it had effectively regained the license for its own TV brand sold to China's Hisense Group four years ago.
The move is part of Sharp's growth ...

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Back To The Grind: Workers In Japan Return After Extended Golden Week Holiday

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The nation went back to work following this year’s unprecedented 10-day Golden Week holiday on Tuesday — the first working day of the Reiwa Era.
Naoto Tokunaga, 24, showed up at his office near Tokyo Station 30 minutes earlier than usual because he was impatient to get there.
“Due t...

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Softbank Expects Q4 Profit Rise; Vision Fund IPO Eyed

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) — SoftBank Group Corp. is expected to report a small rise in its fourth-quarter profit, while investors look for details on whether the conglomerate plans to monetize its almost $100 billion Vision Fund through an IPO.
SoftBank is considering taking the Saudi-back...

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Japan Has a New Emperor. Now It Needs a Software Update.

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NEW YORK TIMES
 
 
It isn’t exactly Y2K, but the country is scrambling to reconcile its systems with the ancient demands of an imperial calendar.
TOKYO — Lost data. Emails that disappear into the ether. Servers that never connect.
All thanks to the ascension of a new emperor to the Chrysanthemum ...

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Japanese Banks To Boost Fight Against Money Laundering

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The banking industry will strengthen efforts to prevent money laundering in preparation for the planned review of industry efforts by an international organization in the autumn.
Next month, MUFG Bank, a core unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., plans to terminate overseas r...

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Fashion Tycoon Maezawa Says He Is Selling Valuable Paintings Because He Has No Money

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japanese fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa said he plans to auction off artworks worth millions of dollars because he has no money.
Maezawa, the founder and CEO of online fashion retailer Zozo, said in a Twitter post that he plans to sell several items at a Sotheby's auction in ...

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Retailers Embark On Sales Drive Amid Reiwa Festivities

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Sales competitions marking the start of the Reiwa era have intensified as department stores and leisure facilities attract young people and other consumers.
Manufacturers have also released various Reiwa-related products, with business operators hoping that the sales drive will c...

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Japan Looks To Drones, Self-Driving Tractors To Lift Rice Exports

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NIKKEI ASIAN
 
TOKYO -- Japan has fought long and hard in trade talks to protect its rice growers from foreign competition. Now the government wants to help them go global.
The agriculture ministry plans to develop new technology to lower cultivation costs in a push to boost exports. It aims to ...

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Japan Electronics Industry Hit Hard In Heisei Era

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
In the three decades of the Heisei era, major Japanese electronics companies, the mainstays of Japanese industry, were beaten in global competition in many fields, including semiconductors, TVs, mobile phones and computers. What lessons did the Heisei era leave for the electronic...

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Toyota To Assemble Lexus In Canada: Trudeau

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JAPAN TODAY
 
CAMBRIDGE, Canada
Japanese automaker Toyota will assemble two models of its Lexus in Canada starting in 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday.
It will be the first time that the Lexus NX and NX hybrid sport utility vehicles are produced outside of Japan, Trudeau said....

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