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Team Rocket Outlines Recruitment Project in Saga Prefecture

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Team Rocket is getting ready to blast off into the skies above Saga Prefecture.
The prefecture’s Sagaprise! project opened a full website and revealed the details of its collaboration with the evil Pokémon-stealing organization on Wednesday. A press event and livestream was also hel...

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Japanese Households' Financial Assets Rising: Survey

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - An improving job market driven by Japan's economic recovery and booming stock prices helped increase households' net worth this year, a survey showed, suggesting the benefits of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reflationist Abenomics policies are broadening.
Households' average f...

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New Blue Cyclamen Variety Unveiled

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
NARITA, Chiba Pref. (Jiji Press) — Suntory Flowers Ltd. showed off its new brand of blue cyclamen in Narita, Chiba Prefecture on Thursday.
The cyclamen, which has many indigo petals and is named “Edo no Ao,” was unveiled to the press by the company, a unit of major Japanese food ...

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Toshiba's Quarterly Profit Jumps 76% on Strong Memory Chip Demand

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toshiba Corp reported a 76 percent jump in second-quarter operating profit on Thursday, driven by a strong performance from its memory chip unit which it recently agreed to sell for $18 billion.
The struggling industrial conglomerate said operating profit for the July-September quar...

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Inspections Scandal Puts Dent in Nissan’s Profits

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Nissan Motor Co. cut its annual profit forecast by almost 6 percent after announcing a recall of vehicles in Japan that went through an inspection process deemed faulty by the government.
The company halted production at domestic plants for local sales since O...

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Japanese Stocks, Long Shunned, Attracting Billions of Foreign Dollars

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JAPAN TODAY
 
NEW YORK/TOKYO - Japan is shaking off currency gains that typically punish its stocks, enticing foreign investors including Goldman Sachs Group Inc and BlackRock Inc, which are pumping billions of dollars into the country’s equities.
The Nikkei index rose to its highest levels since...

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JAL Upgrades Full-year Profit Forecast

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan Airlines (JAL) on Tuesday upgraded its full-year forecast as it booked a modest gain in half-year net profit thanks to solid domestic and international sales.
JAL said net profit rose 9.2 percent year-on-year to 78.0 billion yen ($690 million) for the six months to Sep...

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Ministry Checks Misconduct Prevention Steps at 2 more Nissan Plants

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The transport ministry on Thursday inspected two more Nissan Motor Co factories to examine measures introduced to prevent unqualified workers from conducting vehicle safety inspections in violation of government rules.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tour...

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New ‘Aibo’ Model Debuts

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Sony Corp. announced Wednesday that it is scheduled to release a new doglike “aibo” robot on Jan. 11, 2018.
As production of the previous “AIBO” model ended in 2006, the new robotic dog marks Sony’s first full-fledged entry into the home robot market in 12 years.
The new robots w...

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ANA Soars To Record Profit, Upgrades Forecast

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's top airline by passenger numbers, All Nippon Airlines, upgraded its full-year forecasts on Wednesday as profits soared to new records due to solid demand.
Parent company ANA Holdings said net profits for the first-half period from April to September had more than dou...

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