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Toshiba Chip Unit Deal Hits Roadblock / Hynix Searching For a Way to Gain Say Over Management

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Toshiba Corp. is struggling to finalize negotiations to sell off its memory chip unit, Toshiba Memory Corp.
The sale is on shaky footing because SK Hynix Inc., a major South Korean chipmaker that is part of a Japan-U.S.-South Korean consortium Toshiba chose as the preferred bidde...

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Tatami Promoters in Kumamoto Develop Rush-flavored ‘Edible Chopsticks’

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JAPAN TIMES
 
KUMAMOTO – When you have finished your meal, you can eat your chopsticks!
A group in Kumamoto Prefecture promoting the wider use of tatami has developed “edible chopsticks” with the flavor of rushes, a material to make the traditional mats, in cooperation with a confectionery maker....

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Japan Seen Boosting Support to Dairy Farms After EPA Deal

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan is seen boosting subsidies and other assistance to dairy farmers after the country reached a broad accord on its envisioned economic partnership agreement with the European Union, informed sources have said.
The two sides struck the deal at bilateral mi...

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Japan, EU Conclude Talks on Free Trade Agreement

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Japan and the European Union agreed on Thursday to a free trade pact, signaling their opposition to what they see as U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist turn.
Signed in Brussels on the eve of meetings with Trump at a G-20 summit in Hamburg, the “polit...

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Japan Inc Scrambles for Job-hoppers to Cope with Labor Shortages

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's labor shortage has pushed job-hopping to its highest since the global financial crisis, as companies scramble for workers with experience in the rapidly-ageing economy.
Job-hopping goes against the grain of Japan's work culture, where many companies hire graduates an...

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New Complex to Open in Tokyo’s Ginza in Spring 2019 Ahead of Olympic Games

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A new icon will join the Ginza landscape ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, as The Yomiuri Shimbun, Mitsui Fudosan Co. and other enterprises announced on Wednesday that a new commercial and hotel building complex will open in the Ginza 3-chome area in Chuo Ward, To...

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Japan's Inflation Ticks Up Again, But Spending Remains Weak

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's consumer prices rose for the fifth straight month in May, government data showed on Friday, but weak household spending underlined the challenges facing Tokyo's fight to rid the world's number three economy of deflation.
The country's prospects have been improving on...

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Sony To Restart Vinyl Record Production After Three-decade Hiatus

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Sony Corp said Thursday it will resume production of vinyl records for the first time in three decades this fiscal year through next March as the format sees a resurgence in popularity.
The electronics maker halted production of records in 1989 as compact discs became the do...

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Factory Output Tumbles at Fastest Rate Since March 2011

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s industrial output fell faster in May than at any time since the devastating earthquake of March 2011 while inventories hit their highest in almost a year, suggesting a nascent economic recovery may stall before it gets properly started.
Household spendin...

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Japan Tobacco Tries to Catch Up With Rival in Vaping

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan Tobacco Inc said on Wednesday it hoped to catch up with Philip Morris International Inc in smokeless tobacco by expanding the number of smoke-free restaurants and public places that allow its vaping product.
Tobacco firms see Japan as a test ground for vaping products,...

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