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Japanese Airline ANA Plans to Raise Mandatory Retirement Age to 65 in FY27, in Effort to Address Labor Shortages

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JAPAN NEWS
 
All Nippon Airways Co. plans to raise the mandatory retirement age for its employees from 60 to 65 starting in fiscal 2027 and proposed the measure to its labor union on Tuesday.
Amid increasingly serious labor shortages, ANA aims to better utilize the expert knowledge of veteran wor...

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Japanese Yen Slides On Likely New Leader, Euro Pressured By French PM Resignation

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REUTERS
 
Politics dominated currency markets on Monday as the Japanese yen weakened by the most in five months against the dollar with Sanae Takaichi looking set to become Japan's next prime minister, and the euro slid after France's new government quit.
Takaichi is a former economic security an...

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Nissan To Put On Hold EV-Making Plan In U.S. As Sales Slow, Tax Break Ends

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Nissan Motor Co will put on hold a plan to make electric vehicles in the United States as EV sales are slowing and a tax break on EV purchases was eliminated in the country, a source familiar with the move said.
The Japanese automaker is instead considering reviving the once-discont...

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Dollar Heads For Worst Week Since July; Yen Underpinned By BOJ

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REUTERS
 
The dollar headed for its worst week since late July on Friday as the U.S. government shutdown increased uncertainty, while the yen pulled back from this week's highs as traders mulled the Bank of Japan's next move ahead of a ruling party leadership election this weekend.
The dollar ind...

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Japan And U.S. Business Leaders Call For Transparency In Trade And Investment

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japanese and U.S. business leaders issued a joint statement Friday demanding that their governments "secure transparency and predictability of international trade and investment."
The statement, adopted by the members of the Japan-U.S. and U.S.-Japan Business Councils at their two-d...

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Luxury Hotel Opens Near Nagoya Castle; Rooms Priced Up To ¥3.75 Mil

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JAPAN TODAY
 
 
A new luxury hotel opened in Nagoya on Wednesday, with standard room prices as high as 3.75 million yen per night, as it seeks to attract affluent tourists with its panoramic view of nearby Nagoya Castle.
The 11-story Espacio Nagoya Castle, designed in the style of a Japanese cast...

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Isuzu To Build First Independent U.S. Plant

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Isuzu Motors on Wednesday held a groundbreaking ceremony for a vehicle plant in South Carolina, which will become the Japanese commercial vehicle maker's first independent factory in the United States.
The new plant is expected to start truck production in 2027. Isuzu aims to ease t...

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Toyota Opens Woven City Demonstration Site near Mt. Fuji, Shows off Its ‘Test Course for the Future’

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday opened Woven City, a demonstration site for advanced technology built on the former grounds of a factory in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture.
The site will serve as a location for the development of new products and services, with 20 companies and individual...

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami Quits As Business Body Chief After Police Probe

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Former Suntory Holdings Ltd Chairman Takeshi Niinami has resigned as chief of a major business body, the group said Tuesday, after he came under police investigation over supplement purchases.
The board of directors at the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai D...

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Japan Envoy Highlights Balanced Trade With Indonesia

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ANTARA
 
Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia Masaki Yasushi highlighted the strong balance of trade between Indonesia and Japan during his tenure.
"Concerning trade, I think we keep a very good balance of trade," Masaki said at a media briefing marking the end of his assignment in Indonesia on Tuesd...

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