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Japan Factory Output Falls For 2nd Month In A Row Amid Trade War Worries

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STRAITS TIMES
 
TOKYO 9REUTERS) - Japan's factory output fell for a second straight month in December, in the latest sign slowing global growth and the US-China trade war weighed on exports and curbed manufacturing activity.
The 0.1 per cent decline in factory output was less than a median market...

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JAL Establishes Corporate Venture Capital Fund

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan Airlines has established a corporate venture capital fund (CVC) firm, it has called Japan Airlines Innovation Fund.
The company will look to invest in startup companies around the globe that will help JAL "to create new values that are one step ahead of its competitors...

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Japanese Firms See Opportunity In S.E. Asia Garbage

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
JAKARTA — The rapid economic development experienced across Southeast Asia has created a serious garbage problem, as growing volumes of rubbish highlight a shortage of disposal sites.
But in this problem lies an opportunity for Japanese companies with incineration expertise to be...

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Travel Agent Plans To Be Big In Japan For Rugby World Cup

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INDEPENDENT.IE
 
Rugby's Six Nations may not have even started, but one Irish travel agency is already looking further ahead and preparing for the thousands of Irish rugby fans set to travel to Japan later this year to follow their team at the Rugby World Cup.
Players in next month's Six Nations ...

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Japanese Firms Wary Of Boosting Investment Amid Intensifying Trade War

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Over a third of Japanese firms aim to raise capital expenditure in the fiscal year starting April, with many others worried about the impact on spending plans of a trade war between major markets China and the United States, a Reuters survey showed.
Tit-for-tat import tariff...

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Japan Business Chief: We're Building Society 5.0 With Israeli Tech

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GLOBES
 
 
 
Hiromichi Shinohara: We put the biggest emphasis on the combination of Japanese and Israeli technologies. In the framework of a delegation of Japanese businesspeople visiting Israel last week, a meeting took place between the Israel Manufacturers Association and Keidanren (Japanese B...

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Japan's Top Business Lobby Encourages Diverse Ways To Raise Pay

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THE MAINICHI
 
 
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's most powerful business lobby on Tuesday called on member companies to consider improving labor conditions "comprehensively" ahead of the annual management-labor wage talks as more companies face a labor crunch.
The Japan Business Federation has in recent ...

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Student Entrepreneurs In Japan To Be Eligible For 1-Yr Visa Extension

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The government is launching a new initiative aimed at growing the number of foreigners who want to use their experience studying in Japan to start businesses here.
The program would grant budding entrepreneurs “designated activities” (see below) visas that would allow them to ext...

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Japan Manufacturers' Mood Slips To 2-Year Low - Reuters Tankan

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THE STAR
 
TOKYO: Confidence among Japanese manufacturers dropped for a third straight month in January to a two-year low, a Reuters monthly poll showed, as worries over the health of the global economy and trade tensions take a toll on the corporate sector.
The monthly poll, which tracks the Ban...

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Foreign Visitors Go On Record Shopping Spree

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A record-high ¥4.5 trillion was spent in Japan in 2018 by foreign visitors, according to the Japan Tourism Agency on Wednesday. The consumption per visitor, however, has continued to decline in recent years.
The government is looking at ways to stimulate visitors’ consumption in ...

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