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BOJ Warns Japan Faces New Risks as Population Shrinks

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US NEWS
 
TOKYO (AP) — Japan faces unforeseen risks in guiding economic policy as its population of about 126 million ages and declines, the governor of its central bank said Thursday.
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda told fellow financial leaders Thursday that policies must be devised to preve...

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Former Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn Appeals Against Japan Bail Rejection

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TIMES NOW NEWS
 
Lawyers for former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn on Thursday appealed against a decision by a Tokyo court to refuse him bail, as he faces charges on three counts of financial misconduct. Since his stunning arrest on November 19 the auto tycoon has languished in a Tokyo detention centr...

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Japan Sees VN As A Top Investment Destination

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PHNOM PENH POST
 
 
 
JAPANESE firms consider Vietnam the most attractive investment destination in Asia due to the country’s high economic growth, its position as a production hub and its large consumer market, according to an Asia News Network survey conducted from November 26 to December 9, 20...

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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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