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Nissan To Invest $9.5 Billion in China

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JAPAN TODAY
 
BEIJING - Japanese automaker Nissan Motor and its Chinese joint venture partner announced on Monday a $9.5 billion investment plan in China to increase annual sales by one million vehicles and boost electric car production.
Dongfeng Motor Company is the latest Sino-foreign car compa...

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Toyota Forecasts Record Net Profit For Full Fiscal Year

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japanese car giant Toyota on Tuesday revised its earnings forecast, saying it expected to see a record annual net profit thanks to a weaker yen and U.S. tax cuts.
Japan's top carmaker expects to bank a net profit of 2.4 trillion yen ($22 billion) for the fiscal year to March...

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Panasonic Upgrades Earnings Targets On Cheap Yen

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japanese electronics giant Panasonic on Monday upgraded its annual earnings targets thanks to a weak yen and robust demand for its automotive products.
The Osaka-based company raised an annual profit forecast for the year to March to 210 billion yen ($1.9 billion), up from a...

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Toyota Posts 54% Jump in Q3 Profit, Lifts Full-year Forecast

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp. lifted its full-year profit forecast by 10 percent on Tuesday after posting its best quarterly operating profit in two years, boosted by a weaker yen and strong sales at home.
The nation’s biggest automaker now expects operating profit to incr...

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Nikkei Ends at Largest Loss Since 2016 After Dow's Record Point Fall

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Tokyo stocks tumbled on Tuesday in a global stock rout with the Nikkei index posting its biggest decline since June 2016, on panic selling after the steepest single-day point drop on Wall Street overnight.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 1,071.84 points, or 4.7...

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TEPCO Battles On To Supply Power

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Tokyo and the surrounding area has been experiencing tight power supply conditions after record-breaking cold weather. In addition to the cold weather, there have been problems at thermal power plants and a reduction in solar power generation due to the solar panels being covered...

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Honda Revs up Annual Net Profit Forecast

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Honda Motor on Friday nearly doubled its annual net-profit forecasts, citing strong growth in the sales of its cars and motorcycles, as well as US corporate tax cuts.
Japan's third-largest automaker now expects net profit to hit one trillion yen for the fiscal year ending in...

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Imported White-meat Fish Hooks Bigger Slice of Market

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Following historically poor domestic catches of salmon and walleye pollack, supermarkets and other retailers in Japan are increasingly turning to imported white-meat fish to fill the void on their shelves.
Walleye pollack is a leading variety of white-meat fish, and salmon is ver...

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Walmart, Rakuten Tie Up On e-books, Grocery Delivery Service

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - U.S. retail giant Walmart and Japanese internet titan Rakuten have unveiled a strategic partnership which will include collaboration on digital books in the United States and grocery delivery in Japan.
The two firms will launch a new online grocery delivery service in Japan ...

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Floating Car Born From Tsunami

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Hideo Tsurumaki watched the giant tsunami waves crash onto Japan’s northeast coast on March 11, 2011, sweeping away cars filled with people trying to escape.
As the vehicles sank slowly into the sea, Tsurumaki thought about his mother, who lives by the ocean i...

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