JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s financial watchdog recommended Wednesday a ¥21.76 million fine for Nomura Securities Co. for allegedly manipulating the government bond futures market.
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission made the recommendation to the Financial Services Agency, suspecting tha...

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VINO JOY
 
China’s wine exports to Japan soared by 255% in 2023, according to recent trade data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance. The value of these imports also jumped by 189%, signaling growing acceptance of Chinese wines in the Japanese market.
Over the past two years, several Chinese wineries...

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HEALTH POLICY WATCH
 
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will sign an official memorandum of understanding with its Japanese counterpart next month, the director of Europe’s largest public health agency announced Wednesday.
“Next month I will sign a cooperation agreemen...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Nippon Steel Corp has reapplied to the U.S. committee on foreign investment for a review of its planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday, with U.S. President Joe Biden reportedly preparing to block the deal.
The reapplication wil...

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THE NEWS MARKET
 
Kia will develop Japanese-market-specific PBVsPV5 to be on sale in Japan in 2026, followed by PV7 and further PBV models and variantsKia will partner with Sojitz Corporation for PBV distribution in JapanKia Corporation (Kia) today announced that it will commence sales of its Pla...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Japanese game industry will bolster the disclosure of data related to average annual income and market size to attract talented individuals, industry group leader Haruhiro Tsujimoto has said.
“We want to visualize (the industry’s) current growth and have people in and outside Jap...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged on Friday, after a decision to hike them in July pushed the yen sharply higher and fuelled turmoil across world markets.
Two days after the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed rates for the first time since the start of the pandemic, the BOJ'...

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REUTERS
 
Japan's export growth slowed sharply in August as shipments to the U.S. dropped for the first time in three years, while machinery orders unexpectedly shrank in July in a worrying sign for an economy struggling to mount a solid recovery.
The frail external demand undermines Japan's ques...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Major Japanese fast-food chain operator Yoshinoya Holdings Co is hoping the introduction of ostrich meat will help it overcome shortages that have affected the availability of its popular beef bowls.
In late August, it made some 60,000 servings of ostrich meat rice bowls available a...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The dollar briefly slipped below ¥140 to hit its lowest levels since July last year in Asian trading Monday.
While the Tokyo market was closed for a national holiday, selling against the yen picked up its pace in other Asian markets amid emerging speculation that the Federal Reserve ...

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