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Sekisui House, Marriott to Open Roadside Stop Hotels

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sekisui House Ltd. and major U.S. hotel chain Marriott International Inc. said Wednesday they will open hotels adjacent to “michi no eki” roadside rest and shopping facilities in cooperation with regional municipalities.
From autumn 2020, Sekisui House and Ma...

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High-level Japanese Business Mission to Visit Egypt Early 2019

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DAILY NEWS EGYPT
 
Masaki Noke, Japanese ambassador to Egypt said that a high-level mission is expected to visit Egypt early 2019, adding, “Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) has an idea to send a mission to Egypt early next year, including representatives from the major Japanese companies...

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Tencent Partners with Line on Mobile Payments in Japan

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NIKKEI ASIAN
 
Tie-up targets Chinese tourists, but faces competition from Yahoo-Alibaba service
 
TOKYO -- Tencent Holdings will team with Tokyo-based chat app operator Line to offer mobile payment services for small Japanese retailers looking to capitalize on the recent influx of Chinese touris...

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Japan At A crossroads: What’s Keeping its Defense Industry From Growing?

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DEFENSE NEWS
 
MELBOURNE, Australia — Japan is facing what appears to be an increasingly difficult choice, between a desire to keep its domestic defense industry in business, and getting more value for its defense spending while introducing much-needed capabilities by buying foreign off-the-shelf...

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Nissan’s Old Guard Struck Back Against Their ‘Gaijin’ Saviour, and Japan Inc May Be The Worse For it

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THE STAR
 
THE Empire has struck back. Japan Inc and Nissan Motor last week struck back against the French government, carmaker Renault and Carlos Ghosn.
The narrative spun by Nissan and apparently condoned by Japanese authorities is that the former high-flying head of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubis...

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Inflation in Japan Unchanged at 1% in October

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO  -  Inflation in Japan stood at one percent in October, unchanged from the previous month, according to government data published Thursday, as the world's third-largest economy continues its years-long struggle with deflation.
October's price rise was in line with market conse...

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Nissan Board Dismisses Ghosn

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Nissan Motor Co. dismissed Representative Director and Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who has been arrested on suspicion of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law. The decision was made at an extraordinary board of directors meeting on Thursday.
The move was aimed at extric...

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Raze, Rebuild, Repeat: Why Japan Knocks Down its Houses After 30 Years

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Unlike in other countries, Japanese homes become valueless over time – but as the population shrinks, can its cities finally learn to slow down and refurb?
In the suburban neighbourhood of Midorigaoka, about an hour by train outside Kobe, Japan, all the houses were built by the sam...

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BOJ Assets Larger Than Nation’s GDP

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s central bank has become the first among G7 nations to own assets collectively worth more than the country’s entire economy, following a half-decade spending spree designed to accelerate weak price growth.
The ¥553.6 trillion ($4.87 trillion) of assets th...

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Japanese Firms See U.S. Trade Talks Boosting Exports Despite Trump Rhetoric

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Half of Japanese companies expect new trade talks with Washington to boost their U.S.-bound exports, a Reuters poll found, despite President Donald Trump’s intensifying drive to cut the trade gap between the two major economies.
There are, however, concerns among more than h...

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