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Super Bowl party is good business in Tokyo
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NEWS ON JAPAN
Amber Demery and Sara MacDonald, two young Americans doing internships in Tokyo, expected just a few people to show up at Hooters first thing Monday morning, even if there was a Super Bowl going on. What they found was a restaurant packed with cheering football fans including Amer...
Amber Demery and Sara MacDonald, two young Americans doing internships in Tokyo, expected just a few people to show up at Hooters first thing Monday morning, even if there was a Super Bowl going on. What they found was a restaurant packed with cheering football fans including Amer...
- February 4, 2015
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Japan's Line to launch online grocery shopping in Thailand, plans to expand
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REUTERS
Japan-based messaging app company Line Corp is launching an online grocery delivery service, its first ever, in Thailand and plans to expand it to other Southeast Asian nations to tap booming growth in the region's mobile phone transactions.
The unit of top South Korean Internet porta...
Japan-based messaging app company Line Corp is launching an online grocery delivery service, its first ever, in Thailand and plans to expand it to other Southeast Asian nations to tap booming growth in the region's mobile phone transactions.
The unit of top South Korean Internet porta...
- February 4, 2015
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Xbox One Sold Just 300 Units In Japan Last Week
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FORBES
Microsoft’s Xbox One had its worst week ever in Japan last week.
Since the video game console launched (with just over 23,000 sales in its first, sad week) last September, the Xbox One has consistently languished at the bottom of video game hardware sales charts. This is no surprise, a...
Microsoft’s Xbox One had its worst week ever in Japan last week.
Since the video game console launched (with just over 23,000 sales in its first, sad week) last September, the Xbox One has consistently languished at the bottom of video game hardware sales charts. This is no surprise, a...
- January 23, 2015
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Why KFC stopped selling fries in Japan
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CBN NEWS
Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan has stopped selling fries, as industrial disputes that have crimped potato exports from the US took another bite out of the country's fast food market.
The chain became the latest casualty of the chip shortage that has already forced McDonald's Japan t...
Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan has stopped selling fries, as industrial disputes that have crimped potato exports from the US took another bite out of the country's fast food market.
The chain became the latest casualty of the chip shortage that has already forced McDonald's Japan t...
- January 23, 2015
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Weak Yen Rekindles Hope for ‘Made in Japan’
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WSJ
Japanese business leaders once again are touting “made in Japan” labels, promising to return production from overseas to take advantage of the yen’s sharp drop, which has reduced the once sky-high cost of manufacturing here.
It isn’t yet clear how much production is actually being shifted...
Japanese business leaders once again are touting “made in Japan” labels, promising to return production from overseas to take advantage of the yen’s sharp drop, which has reduced the once sky-high cost of manufacturing here.
It isn’t yet clear how much production is actually being shifted...
- January 23, 2015
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Japan's Fiscal Situation Is Not As Bad As Many Assume
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On January 14, 2015, the Japanese government decided its budget for the new fiscal year. The total amount of the government expenditure would be 96.3 trillion yen, the largest amount in Japanese history, while the amount of new debt issued has shrunken to 36.8 trillion yen, the smallest ...
On January 14, 2015, the Japanese government decided its budget for the new fiscal year. The total amount of the government expenditure would be 96.3 trillion yen, the largest amount in Japanese history, while the amount of new debt issued has shrunken to 36.8 trillion yen, the smallest ...
- January 23, 2015
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Japan Plans to Pump $700 Million Into Energy Storage
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GREENTECHMEDIA
Japan’s energy storage market looks set for a boost in 2015 thanks to a planned cash injection of 81 billion yen ($700 million).
The support package is being mulled by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) alongside an additional 93 billion yen ($779 milli...
Japan’s energy storage market looks set for a boost in 2015 thanks to a planned cash injection of 81 billion yen ($700 million).
The support package is being mulled by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) alongside an additional 93 billion yen ($779 milli...
- January 23, 2015
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Japan factories start 2015 on strong note
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REUTERS
Japanese manufacturers began the new year on a strong note as domestic and overseas orders picked up, a survey showed on Friday, suggesting the economy is shrugging off a slump in consumer spending last year that triggered a recession.
The Markit/JMMA flash Japan Manufacturing Purchas...
Japanese manufacturers began the new year on a strong note as domestic and overseas orders picked up, a survey showed on Friday, suggesting the economy is shrugging off a slump in consumer spending last year that triggered a recession.
The Markit/JMMA flash Japan Manufacturing Purchas...
- January 23, 2015
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Japan Government Presses Companies to Raise Wages
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WSJ
During the new year’s greeting season earlier this month, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda spent some extra hours with corporate executives, clinking glasses and golfing. Their mission: persuading corporate Japan to hand out generous raises to worker...
During the new year’s greeting season earlier this month, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda spent some extra hours with corporate executives, clinking glasses and golfing. Their mission: persuading corporate Japan to hand out generous raises to worker...
- January 23, 2015
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Toyota to increase Mirai production
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Toyota Motor Corp. said it will increase production in 2016 and later of its Mirai fuel cell vehicle, which was released in Japan in December.
Toyota will increase its annual production capacity from 700 units to about 2,000 units in 2016 and to about 3,000 units in 2017.
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Toyota Motor Corp. said it will increase production in 2016 and later of its Mirai fuel cell vehicle, which was released in Japan in December.
Toyota will increase its annual production capacity from 700 units to about 2,000 units in 2016 and to about 3,000 units in 2017.
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- January 23, 2015
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