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Toyota Investing $1 billion in Asian Ride-Share Firm Grab

  • Category:Driving
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Toyota said Wednesday it was investing $1 billion in Asia ride-share company Grab, as the Japanese automaker looks to expand beyond its core business into the "mobility" sector.
Grab, which is headquartered in Singapore, is a leading player in the ride-share industry in Asia...

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Second Jobs, Once Rare in Japan, Are Reshaping Attitudes About Work

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Kazuhiro Hasegawa has been driving a taxi in Tokyo for three years. It's a job he enjoys, despite 18-hour shifts.
But recently, he said, it has not been enough to make ends meet.
The 4.5 million-4.8 million yen a year he makes from his primary job is far short of what he nee...

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Face Recognition Gates Unveiled at Narita Airport

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
NARITA, Chiba (Jiji Press) — Automatic immigration gates with face recognition systems were unveiled to the press at Narita International Airport on Friday before they enter into full operation for the first time in Japan on Monday.
The unmanned gates will automate passport contr...

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Japan Tobacco Cuts Heated Tobacco Prices in Battle with Philip Morris

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan Tobacco Inc on Monday cut prices on its heated tobacco products early next week after a similar move by bigger rival Philip Morris International Inc, signaling increased competition in Japan's nascent market for alternative cigarettes.
Japan, where regular e-cigarettes...

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Seven-Eleven Japan to Use Toyota Fuel Cell Trucks

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Major convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Wednesday that it will introduce two compact fuel-cell trucks newly developed by Toyota Motor Corp. in spring 2019 for product deliveries to its outlets in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Seven-Eleven ...

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Sharp to Buy Toshiba's PC Business for Y4 bil

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Sharp Corp said Tuesday it will buy Toshiba Corp’s personal computer business for 4 billion yen ($36 million), highlighting its recovery under the control of Foxconn and marking a return to a business it quit eight years ago.
Sharp was once known as a major supplier of high-...

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Panasonic Unveils Museum in Beijing

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
BEIJING (Jiji Press) — Panasonic Corp. recently showed Japanese media a museum newly built in Beijing to showcase the management philosophy of its founder, Konosuke Matsushita, and the Japanese company’s wide-ranging operations.
The museum, which used to be a cathode-ray tube fac...

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Penny-pinching Drinkers Fuel Higher-Alcohol Products

  • Category:Gourmet
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Japanese brewers are discovering a new way to tap the lucrative market of working adults: Get them tipsy more quickly and efficiently.
This domestic segment is becoming more important to beer makers Kirin Holdings Co. and Sapporo Holdings Co. as Japan’s famous...

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Sony's Push Into Entertainment Aims for Stability, Not Splashiness

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Sony Corp's new chief executive is embracing entertainment content, but for now appears to be steering clear of direct competition with tech giants such as Apple Inc and Netflix Inc.
The company last month announced a $2.3 billion deal for EMI Music Publishing, and CEO Kenic...

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Stricter ‘Interval System’ Eyed to Stop Death from Overwork

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The labor ministry plans to set the goal of raising the proportion of companies with a so-called work interval system to 10 percent or higher in 2020 in an effort to prevent deaths from overwork, it was learned Thursday.
Under the system, workers are granted ...

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