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Uzabase to Acquire Online News Platform Quartz
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (AP) — Media startup Uzabase is acquiring Quartz, a New York-based online business news platform, from Atlantic Media.
Uzabase’s deal with the U.S. media company is valued at $75 million to $110 million, depending on Quartz’s financial performance, and expected to close wit...
TOKYO (AP) — Media startup Uzabase is acquiring Quartz, a New York-based online business news platform, from Atlantic Media.
Uzabase’s deal with the U.S. media company is valued at $75 million to $110 million, depending on Quartz’s financial performance, and expected to close wit...
- July 5, 2018
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Japan’s Zozo Expands Made-to-order Clothing Service Using Measurement-Taking Bodysuit
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JAPAN TIMES
Online fashion retailer Zozo said Tuesday it is expanding its offer of made-to-measure clothes using skintight bodysuits that help customers upload their measurements online.
Zozo, which operates Japan’s popular shopping site Zozotown and is officially called Start Today Co. Ltd., s...
Online fashion retailer Zozo said Tuesday it is expanding its offer of made-to-measure clothes using skintight bodysuits that help customers upload their measurements online.
Zozo, which operates Japan’s popular shopping site Zozotown and is officially called Start Today Co. Ltd., s...
- July 4, 2018
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Japanese Refiners Boost U.S. Crude Purchases as Iran Sanctions Loom
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japanese refiners are ramping up purchases of U.S. crude as it becomes cheaper relative to their usual Middle East supplies and are assessing heavy grades from U.S. shale production as a replacement for supplies from Iran, industry sources said.
Increasing purchases by refin...
TOKYO - Japanese refiners are ramping up purchases of U.S. crude as it becomes cheaper relative to their usual Middle East supplies and are assessing heavy grades from U.S. shale production as a replacement for supplies from Iran, industry sources said.
Increasing purchases by refin...
- July 2, 2018
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Mitsubishi Shows Off Test Flights of New Jet
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THE JAPAN NEWS
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. opened to the media for the first time its test flight of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), Japan’s first domestically produced passenger jet, at its flight test center in Moses Lake in Washington state.
The company also plans for th...
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. opened to the media for the first time its test flight of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), Japan’s first domestically produced passenger jet, at its flight test center in Moses Lake in Washington state.
The company also plans for th...
- June 30, 2018
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Airbnb, Uber Woes Show Japan Does Not Share Easily
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Thousands of Airbnb reservations scrapped, Uber reduced to delivering food: life is hard in Japan for giants of the sharing economy, stuck between tough regulation and popular suspicion.
Japan may be the world's third-largest economy and a high-tech hub but it has been surpr...
TOKYO - Thousands of Airbnb reservations scrapped, Uber reduced to delivering food: life is hard in Japan for giants of the sharing economy, stuck between tough regulation and popular suspicion.
Japan may be the world's third-largest economy and a high-tech hub but it has been surpr...
- June 30, 2018
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Media Get Peek at Hello Kitty Bullet Train Ahead of Debut
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JAPAN TIMES
FUKUOKA – West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) showed a Hello Kitty-themed bullet train to the media Monday before its debut later this week.
The white eight-car train, which is decorated with drawings of pink ribbons to mimic the look of the popular character created by Sanrio Co., was...
FUKUOKA – West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) showed a Hello Kitty-themed bullet train to the media Monday before its debut later this week.
The white eight-car train, which is decorated with drawings of pink ribbons to mimic the look of the popular character created by Sanrio Co., was...
- June 28, 2018
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Nissan Eyes Capital Restructuring in Alliance with Renault, Ghosn Says
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THE JAPAN NEWS
YOKOHAMA (Jiji Press) — Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn on Tuesday indicated again his intention to review the capital structure of his company’s alliance with France’s Renault SA.
At a general shareholders meeting in Yokohama, Ghosn, also chairman and chief executive offi...
YOKOHAMA (Jiji Press) — Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn on Tuesday indicated again his intention to review the capital structure of his company’s alliance with France’s Renault SA.
At a general shareholders meeting in Yokohama, Ghosn, also chairman and chief executive offi...
- June 28, 2018
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Toyota Gives Corolla a Sporty Makeover To Draw Young Drivers
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp has given the Corolla, one of the world's best-selling cars, a major makeover and launched it in Japan on Tuesday in hopes that a sporty silhouette and new interactive functions will draw in younger buyers.
While ubiquitous among first-time drivers and univ...
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp has given the Corolla, one of the world's best-selling cars, a major makeover and launched it in Japan on Tuesday in hopes that a sporty silhouette and new interactive functions will draw in younger buyers.
While ubiquitous among first-time drivers and univ...
- June 27, 2018
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Hotel Okura Plans to Reopen in September 2019, With Its Distinctive Main Lobby Fully Restored
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JAPAN TIMES
The Hotel Okura, one of the most prestigious hotels in Tokyo and located right next to the U.S. Embassy, will reopen in September 2019 after a ¥110 billion renovation.
The refurbishment includes the full restoration of the much-beloved main lobby, which sports an interior that combi...
The Hotel Okura, one of the most prestigious hotels in Tokyo and located right next to the U.S. Embassy, will reopen in September 2019 after a ¥110 billion renovation.
The refurbishment includes the full restoration of the much-beloved main lobby, which sports an interior that combi...
- June 26, 2018
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Japanese Firms Shift to Clean Energy Despite State's Cling to Nuclear Power
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - While Japan's government clings to atomic power even after the Fukushima nuclear crisis, its private sector is moving ahead with more use of renewables to power their operations amid growing international awareness of global warming.
Daiwa House Industries Co, for instance, ...
TOKYO - While Japan's government clings to atomic power even after the Fukushima nuclear crisis, its private sector is moving ahead with more use of renewables to power their operations amid growing international awareness of global warming.
Daiwa House Industries Co, for instance, ...
- June 25, 2018
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