QUARTZ
 
American individualism is infecting Japan, it seems.
Japanese tech companies are having trouble competing with companies like Apple and Google for talent, and they are being forced to rethink traditional approaches to corporate pay by offering more money, faster promotions, and merit-bas...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO
Shares of major Asian automakers and suppliers tumbled on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on imports from Mexico from next month, potentially upending a decades-old business model of global manufacturers.
Railing against a surge of illegal i...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
How will Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. deal with the proposed merger between their alliance partner Renault SA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA)?
Puzzlement is spreading among Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors over the proposal that Renault formally conveyed to the...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Japan Display Inc. said Thursday it will secure a capital injection from a Chinese-Taiwanese consortium next month.
The struggling display-maker, which is a supplier to Apple Inc., has been told by the consortium that a formal decision on the financial aid will be reached by June ...

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MANILA BULLETIN
 
PRRD Thanks Japan For Expanding Business In PH
TOKYO, Japan — President Duterte thanked Japanese businessmen for their intention to expand operations in the Philippines as the two countries inked 26 business deals worth $5.5 billion Wednesday.
TALKING BUSINESS – President Dutert...

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REUTERS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s industrial output rebounded in April, though retail sales grew at a slower pace, suggesting that both domestic and external demand could come under severe pressure in a blow to the economy as a Sino-U.S. trade war intensifies.
Analysts caution that it is too ea...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
SoftBank Group Corp.’s Japanese telecom unit has selected Nokia Oyj and Ericsson AB as vendors for its next-generation wireless network, excluding longtime supplier Huawei Technologies Co.
SoftBank Corp. named Nokia as a strategic partner for its 5G rollout and Ericsson as a supplie...

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REUTERS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of a Japanese business lobby said a planned sales tax hike should proceed in October to sustain the social security system for a rapidly ageing population, despite calls from elsewhere to postpone it given growing economic challenges.
The intensifying Sino-U.S...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Nissan sees no major downside to partnering with a combined Renault and Fiat Chrysler (FCA), it said on Wednesday in a lukewarm endorsement of the proposed $35 billion tie-up, which would complicate an already uneasy alliance.
The leaders of Nissan Motor Co, France's Renault...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
McDonald's Co (Japan) has been ordered to pay 21.7 million yen for improperly labeling ingredients for a burger and a muffin, the Consumer Affairs Agency said.
When the fast-food chain sold its Tokyo Roast Beef Burger and Tokyo Roast Beef Muffin products for two months from August 2...

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