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G-7 Agree To Work For Stable Energy Supply

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
KITAKYUSHU (Jiji Press) — The Group of Seven energy ministers vowed to lead efforts to ensure stable energy supply, in a joint statement released after their two-day meeting in the city of Kitakyushu through Monday.
“We commit to continue to take a leading role in enhancing globa...

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Japan's Major Companies Taking On More Foreign Employees

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Japan’s major corporations are increasingly moving to employ foreign nationals on permanent contracts, judging that the benefits of diversification are worth the challenges.
Convenience store operator Lawson is among them, awarding between 10 and 30 percent of its graduate p...

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BOJ Maintains Monetary Easing Policy, Delays Inflation Target

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Bank of Japan maintained its massive monetary easing policy on Thursday, expressing confidence that inflation is on track to achieve its 2 percent target. The central bank’s board voted to continue applying the interest rate of minus 0.1 percent on part o...

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Fuel Efficiency Wars Behind Data Scandal

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Competition in minivehicle fuel efficiency is said to have been intensified by the launch of Daihatsu Motor Co.’s Mira e:S in September 2011. The model’s mileage was 30 kilometers per liter (kpl) of gasoline. At the time of its launch, the sales point of the m...

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Self-checkout Machines Spreading

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
More and more people are checking themselves out at supermarkets and other stores with the growing introduction of self-checkout machines (see below).
The machines help reduce the number of cashiers and help stores cope with a shortage of sales staff, which is an issue for the re...

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Japan in Depth / Organizational Power Won The Day

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
SAPPORO — With the victory of a candidate backed by them, the ruling parties will now aim to further consolidate their forces for the House of Councillors election this summer.
Opposition parties are set to accelerate efforts to step up their united-front offe...

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The EU: In or Out - What Japanese Firms Think About Brexit

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Almost certainly the vast majority of UK-based Japanese-owned businesses want Britain to stay in the European Union (EU) after the in–out EU membership referendum planned for June 23.
However, few of them have stated this publicly and no Japanese firm has yet said it would m...

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Mitsubishi Motors Admits Employees Falsified Fuel-efficiency Data

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday it had found evidence that employees falsified fuel-efficiency data for four minicar models and that it had suspended manufacturing and sales of the cars.
“We think the manipulation was done intentionally. . . . (People in charge) wanted to mak...

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Exports Fall On Yen’s Rise, Weaker Demand

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s exports fell for a sixth straight month in March as slowing growth in China, soft demand for electronic components for products such as the iPhone and a strengthening yen threatened to hold back the country’s economic recovery.
Electronics makers are unl...

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Analysis / Mileage Competition Spurred MMC Manipulation

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), which announced Wednesday it had falsified data on fuel efficiency for four minivehicle models, has been in fierce competition over better mileage to attract cost-conscious consumers.
The company overstated the fuel economy of th...

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