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Kanagawa Companies to Organize Job Fair for Foreign Students

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Kanagawa Prefecture will hold “Job Fair,” a joint company information session for foreign students, at Shinjuku Mitsui Building near Shinjuku Station from 1 p.m. on Monday, July 30.
Kanagawa-based companies and those already doing business abroad will participate in the even...

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Export Growth Likely in June

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) — The nation is expected to report a third month of solid export growth in June, thanks to global demand for semiconductors and electronic parts, a Reuters poll showed, supporting views the economy is recovering from a first-quarter contraction.
Both exports and i...

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Climate Change Threat Sends Key Coffee on Bean Hunt

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO/JAKARTA (Bloomberg) — Coffee lovers beware. Climate change is threatening supplies of high-quality beans with one Japanese coffee house hunting for the perfect bean to withstand the warmer conditions.
Tokyo’s Key Coffee Inc. is testing 35 varieties of Arabica trees in Indon...

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Walmart Reportedly Looking to Sell Seiyu Supermarket Chain

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - U.S. retailer Walmart Inc has decided to sell Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu and has already approached major retailers and private equity funds, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday.
If realized, the sale could amount to around 300 billion to 500 billion yen ($2...

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Subaru To Invest ¥150 Billion to Improve Quality of Vehicles

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Subaru Corp. said Tuesday it will invest ¥150 billion over the next five years to improve vehicle quality.
The investment is designed to help the automaker restore customer trust after a string of scandals, including vehicle inspections by unqualified workers...

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Major Japan Firms Dish Out 2.53 Percent Wage Hike on Average During Spring Labor Talks

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Major companies agreed to raise monthly employee pay by ¥8,539, or 2.53 percent, on average for unionized workers in this year’s shunto spring labor-management talks, a survey showed Tuesday.
The average pay hike topped 2 percent for five years in a row and exceeded ¥8,000 for the f...

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Nissan Admits Tampering with Data

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Nissan Motor Co. said Monday that it had tampered with data on fuel economy and exhaust emissions at its five plants in the country, including the Tochigi plant in Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture.
The automaker altered data of 1,171 vehicles, which is more than half for which it c...

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Pharmaceutical Giant Takeda Opens New Global Headquarters in Tokyo

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co’s new global headquarters in Tokyo embraces innovation while celebrating tradition, in a nod to the company’s move to lead its global business from Japan.
Unveiled at the grand opening on July 2, the home of the pharma giant incorporates a modern, Ja...

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Tokyo Blockchain Conference Looks to Uses of Technology Beyond Headline-Grabbing Cryptocurrencies

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The rise of cryptocurrencies has shone the spotlight on their underlying technology, which is known as the blockchain.
A wide number of startups are now pitching services using the technology, which is often touted as the next major development since the internet.
This trend was vis...

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ANA to Cancel 113 Domestic Flights to Inspect Rolls-Royce Engines

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc said it will cancel 113 domestic flights between July 6 through July 12 to inspect Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc engines for compressor issues that have led to service interruptions for airlines globally.
The affected Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engin...

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