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TOKYO — Honda Motor Co Ltd has fully remodeled its Freed compact minivan for the first time in eight years and will release it Sept 16.
The new Freed comes in two models: one with three rows of seats for six or seven people and the other with two rows of seats for five people.
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TOKYO — Anyone visiting the Bank of Japan these days cannot miss the construction site across the street that takes up a whole city block, part of a renaissance in real estate development that is sweeping the country.
Offices, apartments and hotels are popping up in major cities acr...

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TOKYO — Toshiba said Friday it swung to a profit in the April-June quarter, thanks to cost cuts and the sale of its home appliance business.
The vast conglomerate, which is trying to turn the page on an embarrassing accounting scandal, said it booked a net profit of 79.8 billion yen...

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The domestic coffee market is growing steadily and does not look like it will be grinding to a halt anytime soon.
Despite Japan’s shrinking population, the volume of coffee consumed at homes and major chain stores has reached a new high for the third straight year through 2015, a...

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TOKYO — If you’ve ever stepped off the Yamanote train line at Shibuya Station in Tokyo, chances are you’ve walked past a small restaurant on the platform styled like a traditional Japanese eatery, complete with a faux tiled roof, lanterns, and a large noren curtain over the entrance...

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TOKYO — Japan’s fair trade watchdog raided the offices of Amazon Japan over allegations that it improperly pressured retailers that sold products on its site, local media said Monday.
The Japanese unit of the U.S.-based internet retailer forced conditions such as requiring retailers...

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WASHINGTON — Staff at the World Bank delivered a broadside against its sitting president this week, saying the global lender faced a “crisis of leadership” and risked irrelevance on the world stage.
The rebuke, made in an open letter from the Bank’s staff association, came as inform...

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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A member of the founding family of major oil wholesaler Idemitsu Kosan Co. has bought shares in industry peer Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. in an attempt to block the two firms’ planned merger.
Shosuke Idemitsu, honorary chairman of Idemitsu Kosan, purchased about ...

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TOKYO (Jiji Press)— Japan’s transport ministry started a demonstration trial for short-distance taxi trips in Tokyo on Friday, looking to gauge demand for rides at a reduced minimum fare.
In the trial, the starting fare is set at ¥410 for about one kilometer, down from the curren...

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TOKYO — Fuji Heavy Industries has unveiled the new Impreza which will go on sale in the fall. The company applied the newly-developed “SGP (Subaru Global Platform)” to the new Impreza to improve stability and collision safety.
Also, to further enhance safety, Fuji Heavy employed (1)...

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