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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...
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...
- May 3, 2019
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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 ...
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 ...
- May 3, 2019
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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...
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...
- May 1, 2019
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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....
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....
- April 30, 2019
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Reality Check: Trump Claims He Can Strike A Trade Deal With Japan By May
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AXIOS
President Trump says he thinks he could strike a bilateral trade deal with Japan by the time he visits Tokyo in May. (Trump made this prediction during a Friday meeting at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.)
Reality check: Multiple sources close to the U.S.-Japanese ...
President Trump says he thinks he could strike a bilateral trade deal with Japan by the time he visits Tokyo in May. (Trump made this prediction during a Friday meeting at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.)
Reality check: Multiple sources close to the U.S.-Japanese ...
- April 29, 2019
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ANA, JAL Report Soaring Profits
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japanese airlines ANA and JAL said Friday that soaring demand for international travel had boosted their bottom line as the country enjoys a tourism boom ahead of the 2020 Olympics.
ANA booked a record operating profit of 165 billion yen ($1.5 billion), up 0.3 percent on the...
TOKYO - Japanese airlines ANA and JAL said Friday that soaring demand for international travel had boosted their bottom line as the country enjoys a tourism boom ahead of the 2020 Olympics.
ANA booked a record operating profit of 165 billion yen ($1.5 billion), up 0.3 percent on the...
- April 27, 2019
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Japan March Jobless Rate Rises To 2.5%
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THE GUARDIAN
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's jobless rate rose in March while the availability of jobs held steady at a high level, government data showed on Friday, underscoring a tight labor market.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 2.5 percent, against economists' median forecast f...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's jobless rate rose in March while the availability of jobs held steady at a high level, government data showed on Friday, underscoring a tight labor market.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 2.5 percent, against economists' median forecast f...
- April 26, 2019
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Japan Nuclear Plants Threatened With Closure Over Antiterrorism Measures
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Nuclear Regulation Authority has decided to order power companies to shut down nuclear reactors if they have not had certain facilities, legally required as antiterrorism measures, completed by specified deadlines.
Nine reactors are currently online at five nuclear plants acr...
The Nuclear Regulation Authority has decided to order power companies to shut down nuclear reactors if they have not had certain facilities, legally required as antiterrorism measures, completed by specified deadlines.
Nine reactors are currently online at five nuclear plants acr...
- April 26, 2019
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Japanese Minister To Meet U.S. Treasury Secretary, Likely Discuss Currencies
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JOURNAL PIONEER
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso will meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Washington on Thursday, with discussions widely expected to touch on currency issues on the sidelines of trade talks.
Aso will brief reporters after the meeting, at around 4 ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso will meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Washington on Thursday, with discussions widely expected to touch on currency issues on the sidelines of trade talks.
Aso will brief reporters after the meeting, at around 4 ...
- April 25, 2019
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Japan Sterilisation Law Victims Get Compensation And Apology
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BBC
Tens of thousands of victims of forced sterilisation in Japan are now entitled to compensation.
Under a eugenics law which was in effect from 1948 to 1996, people were made to undergo operations to prevent them having children deemed "inferior".
Many of the victims had physical or cognitive...
Tens of thousands of victims of forced sterilisation in Japan are now entitled to compensation.
Under a eugenics law which was in effect from 1948 to 1996, people were made to undergo operations to prevent them having children deemed "inferior".
Many of the victims had physical or cognitive...
- April 25, 2019
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