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Japan Needs More Foreign Workers, Abe Aide Tells Investors

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CNBC
 
Key PointsWith a rapidly declining and aging population, means it needs to accept more foreign workers, Tomomi Inada, a Japanese politician and close confidante of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told foreign investors.“This is going to put a huge burden on the economy,” Inada said of estimates ...

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SMBC Nikko To Offer Customers AI-Based Advice On Japanese Stocks

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THE JAPAN TIMES
 
SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. said it will launch a service Friday to advise individual customers on investment in Japanese stocks utilizing artificial intelligence.
The unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. hopes to gain a wide range of customers, including novice investors...

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Nikkei Posts Biggest Daily Drop In 3 Months On Renewed Fears Of Global Slowdown

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) — Nikkei posted the biggest daily drop in three months on Monday as investors moved into bonds and other assets perceived as safe amid renewed fears of a global economic slowdown.
The Nikkei share average stumbled 3 percent to 20,977.11, the lowest since mid-Febru...

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Apple's Iphone Struggles Unravel Ambitions Of Japan Display

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THE JAPAN TIMES
 
When Japan Display Inc. broke ground on a new factory in central Japan in 2015, the future looked bright for one of the world’s top vendors of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels.
The plant would strengthen the company’s position as the primary screen supplier for Apple Inc. as ...

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Suzuki, Toyota Plan Tie-Up On EV Production

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
NAGOYA (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. on Wednesday said they planned to produce electric vehicles (EVs) and compact cars for each other to better compete with fast-changing technologies in the global auto industry.
The agreement follows an initial R&D tie-u...

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Closing Time? Japan's Convenience Stores Pressed To End 24-7 Model Amid Labor Crunch

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's 24-hour convenience stores are struggling to stay open around the clock as an industry that has continually expanded now finds itself at the sharp end of a labour shortage.
Franchise owners, some of whom were forced to work amid massive snowstorms or in the wake of a...

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Japan A Key Market For ICT Sector

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THE DAILY STAR
 
Japan holds great potential for Bangladesh's ICT sector, with the Fareast nation on course to generating a lion's share of the government's export target of $5 billion by 2021, said entrepreneurs yesterday.
Within the next five to 10 years Bangladesh might be the main driver of J...

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Mitsubishi Heavy Says MRJ Passenger Plane Set For Mid-2020 Delivery

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) — Japan’s first domestically produced passenger jet — will be delivered as per its revised schedule, according to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Delivery of the MRJ has been postponed five times due to design changes, so there has been concern...

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Walmart Japan's New CEO: Seiyu 'Absolutely' Not For Sale

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
The newly appointed chief executive of Walmart Inc's Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu on Monday denied the business was up for sale, following reports last year that the U.S. retail giant was looking for a buyer.
TOKYO: The newly appointed chief executive of Walmart Inc's Japa...

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Era Change Brings Y2K-Like Computer Dilemma To Japan

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THE JAPAN TIMES
 
Companies in Japan have a little more than six weeks to revamp their computer software to respond to the country’s first era change in the digital age when a new Emperor is enthroned on May 1.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, or METI, is calling on companies to check...

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