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Mitsubishi Motors Applies Outlander's Platform to New Compact SUV

  • Category:Driving
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Mitsubishi Motors Corp has announced details of its Eclipse Cross compact SUV (sport-utility vehicle).
This time, Mitsubishi Motors realized a coupe style by using the same platform as the Outlander, the company’s main SUV. As a power train, the Eclipse Cross comes with a ga...

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Fewer Workers, Higher Wages: Japan Inc Feels Pinch

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Ask the president of Japan’s largest daycare chain what his biggest headache is, and Kazuhiro Ogita doesn’t hesitate: workers and wage costs. Not enough of one, too much of the other.
Unable to hire enough employees to staff its nurseries at a time of strong demand, JP-Holdi...

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Chubu Airport to get 2nd Runway as Nation’s Tourism Rises

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The transport ministry and the Aichi prefectural government are among those currently arranging to build a second runway at Chubu Airport so the facility can help meet the future growth in demand stemming from increases in the number of foreign visitors to Japan, according to sou...

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One Indonesian Woman's Road to a Successful Business In Japan

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — A few years ago, Erdina Oudang was just a financial professional who loved traveling to Japan. She would frequently tour Tokyo on seasonal breaks from her work at a bank in Singapore, exploring the country’s cuisine and culture. Today, she is the owner of two flourishing bus...

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Sompo Japan Offers nation’s First Online 'Flaming Insurance'

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Insurance provider Sompo Japan on Monday will begin offering Enjo Insurance (“Flaming Insurance”) to websites and companies. This insurance will offer coverage to recover from unflattering information going viral on websites or social media.
More specifically “enjo” refers t...

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Takata Pleads Guilty in U.S. Over Airbags

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
DETROIT (AP) — Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. pleaded guilty to fraud Monday and agreed to pay $1 billion in penalties for concealing an airbag defect blamed for at least 16 deaths, most of them in the United States.
The scandal, meanwhile, seemed to grow wider when plain...

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Gov't Pension Fund Logs Record Y10 Tril Investment Profit in Oct-Dec

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — The Japanese government pension fund said Friday it posted a record investment profit of 10.50 trillion yen ($91.90 billion) in the October-December period, boosted by a rally in stocks at home and abroad following Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election las...

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Japan's Factory Output Down in Red Flag for Economy

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Japan’s factory output unexpectedly slipped 0.8% in January, the first fall in six months and the latest red flag for the world’s No. 3 economy, official data showed Tuesday.
The on-month figure, which missed market expectations for a 0.4% expansion, comes a week after Japan...

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Chinese Investors Seek Old Houses in Kyoto

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
BEIJING — Japan placed second after Thailand in a list of overseas vacation destinations for people from China during the Lunar New Year holiday period this year from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, according to the China Tourism Academy. The number of Chinese tourists to Japan topped 6 milli...

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Rocky Path Awaits Kuroda in His Next BOJ Term

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda may have little to cheer about despite landing another five-year term for one of the most influential jobs in the country, if not the world.
For one thing, the 73-year-old Kuroda faces a grueling job: frequent overseas trips and grilling...

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