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YOKOHAMA - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday the yen was a "stable" currency and could contribute to promoting financial stability in Asia.
Aso was referring to a proposal Japan made earlier in the day to launch bilateral foreign exchange swap arrangements with Sou...

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About 80 percent of major companies in Japan have increased the proportion of female employees in managerial posts — meaning section chief or higher — since the Law on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace was enforced in April 2016, according to a Y...

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TOKYO/SYDNEY - In February 2015, bankers working on Japan's biggest IPO in three decades woke to news that left them shaken. Their client had just closed a multi-billion dollar deal - but had kept them firmly out of the loop.
Just months ahead of its listing, state-owned Japan Post ...

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Family restaurant chain Coco’s has teamed up with android and robotics creator Hiroshi Ishiguro to offer tabletop robots that can entertain diners while they wait for their orders.
The small robots were tested at a Coco’s branch in Hiyoshi, Yokohama, from March 29th to April 4th. D...

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Three Taiwan nationals who were arrested on suspicion of using forged China UnionPay cards to illegally withdraw cash from automated teller machines in Japan used an unauthorized “minpaku” private residence as their hideout while repeatedly carrying out the crime, it has been lea...

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TOKYO - Japan's plans to implement more employee-friendly laws are set to prove painful for many companies, with half saying labor costs will rise and two-thirds considering ways to lift productivity to offset the impact of the reforms, a Reuters poll showed.
Prime Minister Shinzo A...

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LONDON - Japanese leader Shinzo Abe asked Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday to ensure a smooth Brexit to allow Japanese companies to continue to operate as the United Kingdom exits the European Union.
The leader of the world's third largest economy praised PM May for what he said...

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TOKYO - Fujifilm is delaying the release of its financial results as it probes accounting irregularities at a New Zealand unit, raising fears Japan Inc is headed for another embarrassing accounting scandal.
The company said it is setting up an independent committee of outside expert...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
KOBE – A bakery and cafe company in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, is working to improve the wages of people with disabilities by offering knowhow on product development and sales of sweets.
Esquerre developed and started selling this spring Imoma:ru, buns with sweet potato paste fi...

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TOKYO  - Citizen Watch Co Ltd on Thursday opens the Citizen Flagship Store Tokyo, the company's first flagship store in the world, in the new Ginza Six, a premier luxury shopping destination in Ginza.
The new store boasts one of the largest collections of Citizen brands and Citizen ...

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