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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...

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Japan's Fiscal Situation Is Not As Bad As Many Assume

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FORBES
 
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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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Line Taxi launches, gives Uber first major challenger in Japan

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TECH IN ASIA
 
Finally, Japan gets a taxi war of its own. China has Didi Dache versus Kuadi Dache. India has Ola and TaxiForSure. GrabTaxi and EasyTaxi are duking it out across Southeast Asia. Even Vietnam has a Tolkien-esque battle of five armies. But Japan? It was enjoying a serene peace under ...

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Asia to face 'significant economic challenges' in 2015

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DW.DE
 
Japan has returned to recession, and growth in Asia's developing countries is expected to slow down. Economist Rajiv Biswas talks to DW about the main risks and opportunities the region's economies face in 2015.
 
As China's economic expansion moderates and Japan struggles to come out of ...

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Games Console And Software Sales In Japan Return To 90s Levels

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In a recent issue of Famitsu, the last 27 years of Japanese console software and hardware sales were laid bare. In short, console gaming has regressed to where it was at the beginning of the 90s. With the success of mobile gaming in the region thought to be the cause.
 
Now that may soun...

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Japan: 'Made in China' labels dropped to boost sales

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BBC NEWS
 
Chinese manufacturers have stopped using "made in China" labels on clothes sold in Japan in an effort to improve sales, it's reported.
 
The move is an attempt to overcome perceptions that Chinese-made clothes are poor quality, the South China Morning Post website reports. Instead, clo...

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