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Domestic Firms Eye Africa’s Geothermal Power Sector

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Japanese electronics manufacturers are increasing their presence in Africa’s geothermal power generation sector, amid sluggish growth in orders for equipment for thermal power generation, which emits large amounts of greenhouse gasses.
Toshiba Corp., Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Syst...

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Coca-Cola To Raise Prices In Japan For First Time In 27 Years

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Since 1993, Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan has held prices steady on its products, with the only increases coming in the form of additional sales tax when the Japanese government has increased rates.
That amazing streak is about to end, though. On Jan 1, Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan r...

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Japan Is A Proving Ground For The Senior Market

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C & EN BUSINESS
 
With the world’s grayest society, the country is becoming a preferred location to test new materials addressing the needs of the elderly
Toromi could well be the next Japanese word, like sushi or tsunami, to migrate into the English language. It basically means smoothness.
At a ...

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Hit By Tougher Standards And Falling Prices, Japan's Cryptocurrency Players Face A Pivotal 2019

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
 
 
Japanese crypto-exchange operators unexpectedly faced major problems last year due to the unprecedented hack in late January of Tokyo-based Coincheck Inc., which lost digital tokens estimated at the time to be worth ¥58 billion and caused commotion across the industry.
This ha...

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Japan's Nov Current Account Surplus Falls 43% On Higher Oil Imports

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan posted a 43.5 percent drop in the current account surplus from a year earlier in November as goods trade fell into the red on higher oil imports that cut growth in exports, government data showed Friday.
The current account, one of the widest gauges of international tr...

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Japan To Charge International Visitors A Departure Tax

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USA TODAY
 
Leaving Japan will get a little costlier for travelers starting this week.
Japan’s National Tax Agency Ministry in Finance on Monday instituted the “International Tourist Tax” on most international travelers leaving Japan. It is widely known as the “sayonara tax.”
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Business Confidence Among Japanese Hits Six-Year Low: BOJ Survey

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
An index gauging business confidence among people in Japan has fallen to a six-year low, a Bank of Japan quarterly survey for December showed Wednesday.
The diffusion index for business confidence deteriorated to minus 32.0, hitting the lowest level since minus 33.1 logged in the ...

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A U.S.-Japan Bilateral Trade Agreement Is Urgently Needed

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FOOD BUSINESS NEWS
 
KANSAS CITY — The Trump administration’s “America first” doctrine will be put to the test in 2019. In addition to the ongoing trade war with China and questions about the legislative fate of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the United States must work rapidly to rea...

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Leaders / Use 15% Of Work Time For New Business / Time Out From Routine Helps Ideas Develop

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Marubeni Corp., a leading general trading company in Japan, has undertaken a thoroughgoing reexamination of approaches and mind-sets in its businesses, and work-life balance. For this installment of Leaders, a column featuring corporate management and senior executives, President...

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Japanese Stocks Retreat On Growth Worries; Techs Follow U.S. Peers Lower

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - `Japanese stocks retreated on Friday, buffeted on the first trading session of 2019 as Apple Inc's earnings warning hit technology stocks and signs of slowdowns in the U.S. and Chinese economies soured broader sentiment.
The Nikkei share average ended the day down 2.26 perce...

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