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Qantas injects more millions into Jetstar Japan

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THE AGE
 
Qantas has made its second capital injection into loss-making budget airline Jetstar Japan in just over a year, in an effort to bolster its finances ahead of it starting international flying early next year.
 
Australia's largest airline and Japan Airlines will each make a 5.5 billion y...

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China Overtakes Japan as World’s Second-Biggest Stock Market

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BLOOMBERG
 
China surpassed Japan as the world’s second-largest stock market for the first time in three years amid growing investor confidence that policy makers in Beijing will revive the economy with monetary stimulus.
 
China’s market capitalization climbed to $4.48 trillion yesterday after a...

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48% of firms adversely affected by weak yen

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Over 48 percent of Japanese companies are suffering from the yen’s weakening against other major currencies, a survey by Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. showed Wednesday.
 
In the survey, 48.4 percent of respondents said their businesses have been adversely affected by the yen’s deprec...

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Japan and Turkey talk on EPA set to begin

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan and Turkey will hold the first round of negotiations for concluding a bilateral economic partnership agreement for free trade in Tokyo for two days from Monday, the government has said.
 
At the working-level talks, Japan will be represented by Toshiro Suzuki, ambassador fo...

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Weaker yen to hit wallets this winter holiday season

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
The prolonged depreciation of the yen could affect how people spend money on the upcoming year-end and New Year holidays. Prices are higher for imported food ingredients used for New Year foods, Christmas presents and the products for which bonuses are expecte...

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How to build strong sales in Japan even if you have no customers and no brand recognition

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TECH IN ASIA
 
Tim Romero is a Tokyo-based innovator, author, and entrepreneur who has started several companies since coming to Japan more than 20 years ago. He is deeply involved in Japan’s startup community as an investor, founder, and mentor, and believes that a new wave of entrepreneurship i...

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Japan’s crude oil storage leases with producers: scope to do more with strategic stocks

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PLATTS
 
Japan’s recent deal with Abu Dhabi to lease out more crude storage capacity to the emirate under a renewal agreement is deemed mutually beneficial. Not only will it enhance Tokyo’s supply security, but it also wiill give the Middle Eastern producer greater access to the Asia-Pacific mark...

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Early Results Are Disappointing in Japan’s Economic Program

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NY TIMES
 
JAPAN’S economy is in recession again, and the government is calling an election.
 
The government reported this week that the economy declined at an annual rate of 1.6 percent during the third quarter, after a 7.3 percent fall in the second quarter. Those figures are adjusted for infl...

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Yen Strengthens on Kuroda; Energy Stocks Slip With Brent

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BLOOMBERG
 
Japan’s yen climbed after a speech by central bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, while European equity-index futures were little changed. Asian energy producers retreated as oil held declines before a meeting of crude-producing countries tomorrow.
 
The yen gained against all 16 major pee...

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JX Energy to Build Four Solar Power Stations Across Japan

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BLOOMBERG
 
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp., a Japanese refiner, plans to build four solar power stations in the country.
 
The company will build a 2.5-megawatt station in Akita, a 2-megawatt plant in Ibaraki, a 1.1-megawatt plant in Saitama and a 1.3-megawatt plant in Hiroshima, according to a sta...

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