ANTARA NEWS
 
PT PAL Indonesia is exploring cooperation with Japan by highlighting the company's capacity and capabilities in building warships and other defense industries.
CEO of PT PAL Indonesia Kaharuddin Djenod  said in Surabaya, East Java, on Friday, that the presentation was delivered in f...

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CNN
 
Toshiba said on Thursday that a $14 billion tender offer from private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) had ended in success — a deal which paves the way for the embattled industrial conglomerate to go private.
The JIP-led consortium saw 78.65% of Toshiba shares tendered, giving t...

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DIGITAL JOURNAL
 
Toshiba said on Wednesday that a $14 billion tender offer to take the troubled Japanese conglomerate private is set to succeed.
The announcement comes after a takeover scheme to delist Toshiba launched last month by a Japan Industrial Partners-led consortium closed on Wednesday....

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan’s exports fell 0.8% last month from a year earlier, with steep declines in shipments to China and the rest of Asia, its largest regional market.
Imports sank nearly 18%, the Japanese Finance Ministry said in preliminary data released Wednesday. That left a trade deficit of 930...

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CNA
 
The U.S. dollar and most major currencies were flatlining in early trades on Monday, barring a blip in sterling, as a Japanese holiday and a bunch of upcoming central bank meetings sucked the air out of markets.
The Bank of Japan's policy meeting on Friday is the highlight of the week in As...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Scandal-rocked Johnny & Associates, Inc. said Wednesday that for a one-year period it will pay its entertainers the full amount of their appearance fees, forgoing its usual commission.
The move is part of measures the all-male talent agency is taking in response to the sexual abuse ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japanese used car dealer Nextage Co. on Monday said that Koji Hamawaki, 53, has resigned as president.
Nextage employees were recently found to have engaged in fraudulent practices such as forging auto insurance contracts. On Friday, transport minister Tetsuo Saito indicated that the...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Masayoshi Son's once-exalted reputation as an investor is badly tarnished, but the irrepressible founder of Japan's SoftBank is hoping that the mega-IPO of Arm this week might bring back the good times.
The flamboyant farmer's son who rose to become one of the world's richest people...

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VARIETY.COM
 
Japan has unveiled details of a location production incentive scheme that it hopes will attract more film and TV shoots to the island nation.
The scheme offers reimbursement of up to 50% of qualifying expenditure in Japan, with an upper limit of JPY1 billion ($6.4 million) on the di...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan is ready to respond "appropriately" to excessive volatility in the currency market, with all options on the table, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said, following the yen's recent depreciation.
Suzuki said Friday that currency movements should be stable and reflect economic f...

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