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Japan Enacts Bill for Support to Midsize Companies

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NIPPON
 
Japan's parliament Friday enacted a bill to provide targeted support to midsize companies, including tax benefits for those conducting mergers and acquisitions.
The revised law on strengthening industrial competitiveness defines midsize companies as businesses that are not legally consid...

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April Factory Output In Japan Falls 0.1% On Aircraft, Car Weakness

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's industrial output in April fell 0.1 percent from the previous month, weighed down by a decrease in production of airplane parts as well as cars amid a Toyota Motor Corp. worldwide recall, government data showed Friday.
The seasonally-adjusted index of production at factories ...

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Toyota, Mazda, Subaru To Develop New Engines In Hybrid Push

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota Motor Corp, Mazda Motor Corp, and Subaru Corp said Tuesday that they will each develop engines to enhance the performance of their electrified vehicles, including hybrid and plug-in hybrid models, as part of efforts to increase the competitiveness of their gasoline-electric l...

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Japan Company Uhuru Signs Mou For Smart City Business In Saudi Arabia

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ARAB NEWS
 
Tokyo-based Uhuru Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Web Arabia, an IT company operating in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, to promote smart city-related business in the Kingdom.
Web Arabia specializes in smart city solutions and is a subsidiary of Metscco Heavy ...

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Toyota to Resume Prius Production on June 17

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday that it will resume production of its Prius hybrid car at a plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 17 after over two months of suspension due to a recall.
Dealers nationwide will start accepting requests for repairs associated with ...

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Sony Group To Boost Anime Business As Major Revenue Source

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KYODO NEWS
 
Sony Group Corp. said Thursday it will boost its animation business by utilizing its leading-edge technologies, aiming to make it a major revenue source after games, music and movies.
The electronics and entertainment conglomerate said it will introduce newly-developed animation-crea...

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Pair Of Premium Yubari Melons Sell For ¥3 Million

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A pair of melons grown in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetched 3 million yen at the first auction of the season in Sapporo on Friday.
The auction was held at at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market from 7 a.m., Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported. The buyer was Hokuyupack Co, a melon pa...

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Softbank Corp To Help Call Center Workers By 'Softening' Angry Customer Calls With AI

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Dealing with irate customers can be extremely stressful for call center workers but Japan's SoftBank Corp thinks it has a solution: artificial intelligence-enabled software that softens the tone of customers' voices.
The country's third-largest telecoms provider aims to begin testin...

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Toshiba To Cut 6% Of Domestic Workforce In Big Revamp After Delisting

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toshiba Corp said Thursday it will slash up to 6 percent of its workforce in Japan by offering staff early retirement packages and reduce redundant operations by integrating key subsidiaries, in its first major revamp plan for turning its business around after going private late las...

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Bank Of Japan In No Rush To Sell Risky Asset Holdings

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BUSINESS TIMES
 
BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank has no immediate plan to sell its huge holdings of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which is drawing increased attention as a potential source of revenue to fund government initiatives.
“We must spend some time in decidin...

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