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Salesforce to Grow in Japan IT Market with 2nd Data Center

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Going ahead with its strategy of global expansion, the CRM platform provider salesforce.com, Inc. (CRM - Analyst Report) recently announced that it intends to open a new data center in Japan. The new data center will help Salesforce to reach businesses and government agencies in the count...

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Japan's SoftBank invests $250m in GrabTaxi

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BBC
 
Tokyo-based mobile carrier giant Softbank Corp said it has invested $250m (£159.2m) in one of Southeast Asia's fastest growing taxi app services, GrabTaxi.
 
The move will make Softbank's internet and media arm the taxi app's largest investor.
 
GrabTaxi was founded in Malaysia but earlier ...

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Japan's economy likely shrank less than expected in third-quarter, but still fragile

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REUTERS
 
Japan's economy likely shrank less than initially estimated in the third quarter thanks to an increase in capital expenditure, underscoring views that the country only slipped into a shallow recession.
 
The world third-largest economy probably shrank an annualized 0.5 percent in July-S...

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Congratulations Nippon! Japan takes on the title of “Top Country Brand”

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Every year a brand consultant agency called FutureBrand comes out with a report of the Country Brand Index (CBI). The “country brand” (think “Made in Japan”), is measured similarly to consumer or corporate brands (Nike, Toshiba, etc).
 
The index is a measure of the global perceptio...

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Japan Pension Fund Head Calls for $389 Billion Stock Revamp

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BUSINESS WEEK
 
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund is considering whether to overhaul its $389 billion of stock investments by loosening rules that restrict managers to domestic or international equities.
 
A month after the $1.1 trillion pool unveiled plans to more than double local and ...

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Business is booming for yakiniku restaurants, but are customers chemically dependent on meat?

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ROCKET NEWS
 
Yakiniku (Korean barbecue) restaurants have been popular in Japan for a long time now. People around here can’t seem to get enough of managing their own grill and eating copious amounts of pure meat. However, in recent years Japan seems to really be getting into red meat what with r...

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Blowfish, washoku win Michelin stars as Tokyo keeps gourmet crown

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REUTERS
 
Tokyo kept its crown as the Michelin guide's gourmet capital on Tuesday with the most starred restaurants for an eight straight year, in the first guide released since UNESCO listed Japanese "washoku" cuisine an "intangible cultural heritage".
 
Among the establishments that gained thre...

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Toyota's Strategy Behind Bargain-price FCVs

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NIKKEI
 
Toyota Motor will release its Mirai fuel cell vehicle in Japan on December 15. The price is over 7.2 million yen including taxes, but the actual cost to consumers is around 5.2 million yen after government subsidies. What is Toyota's strategy in placing its FCV in a similar price range t...

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Seven-Eleven starts duty-free service for foreign travelers

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MAINICHI
 
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. on Monday started exempting foreign visitors from paying consumption tax at two of its shops, becoming the first convenience store operator in Japan to launch the service to attract more foreign travelers.
 
The service was launched at Seven-Eleven stores in Toky...

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Japan's main labor union decides to seek 2% pay rise in 2015 talks

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MAINICHI
 
Japan's largest labor union decided Tuesday to seek a 2 percent or greater basic pay raise in annual wage talks starting early next year, a higher goal than set for this year.
 
The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, decided at a meeting in Tokyo to press employers to ...

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