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Isuzu To Produce EV Version Of Its D-MAX Pickup Truck In Thailand

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Isuzu Motors Ltd. will begin producing the electric vehicle version of its D-MAX pickup truck in Thailand.
The automaker plans to release the vehicle in the European market in 2025 and will gradually expand to Southeast Asia and other parts of the world. This is the first time for Is...

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Japan Asks Brunei for Stable LNG Supply

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Monday asked Brunei for stable supply of liquefied natural gas to her country.
Kamikawa, now visiting Brunei, made the request at a meeting with Erywan Yusof, second foreign minister of the Southeast Asian nation, according to the Japanese Forei...

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Nisshin Oillio to Raise Prices of Products Including Sesame Oil; Causes Include Political Unrest in Africa, High Import Prices

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Nisshin Oillio Group, Ltd. announced Thursday that it will raise the prices of 13 products for home use, including “Nisshin Healthy Goma Koyu” sesame oil. Nine products for commercial use will also see price increases.
Price increases range from 4-26%. These new prices will be in...

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Japan Quiet On Possible Yen-Buying Market Intervention

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government on Wednesday declined to comment on whether it intervened in the currency market to arrest the yen's decline against the U.S. dollar, after the Japanese currency rose sharply following a temporary fall below the 150 mark overnight.
Finance Minister Shunichi S...

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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Expects Artificial General Intelligence to Be Realized in 10 yrs

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JAPAN NEWS
 
SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said Wednesday that he expects artificial general intelligence (AGI) to be achievable within a decade.
AGI could theoretically lead to software that is capable of surpassing human thinking.
Son was speaking at a Tokyo event hosted b...

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Japan’s Property Sector Sees ‘Golden Period’ As Foreign Investments Surge 45%

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CNBC
 
Key PointsForeign investments into Japan’s real estate sector have been burgeoning in the past year, buoyed by a weak Japanese yen and the country’s ultra-loose monetary policy.Boosting the hot demand for Japan’s property is the country’s favorable lending terms and the cheap yen, industry...

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Japan Eyeing All Possible Steps Amid Weak Yen: Finance Chief

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KYODO NEWS
 
The government is monitoring foreign exchange movements with "a heightened sense of urgency" and an eye on all possible steps, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Tuesday, as the yen was trading just shy of the psychologically important 150 line against the U.S. dollar.
Suzuki reit...

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As Yen Nears 150/$, Japan Says Watching FX Moves With 'Strong Sense Of Urgency'

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CNA
 
Japan's key economic ministers kept investors wary of currency market intervention, warning that authorities were watching with a "strong sense of urgency" as the yen slid closer to the 150 per dollar level on Monday, its weakest in nearly a year.
Last September, Japanese authorities conduc...

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Japan Big Maker Sentiment Up, Services Highest Since 1991: Tankan

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KYODO NEWS
 
Business confidence among major Japanese companies continued to improve in September despite concern about slowing global growth, with nonmanufacturers the most optimistic in over three decades as COVID-related bottlenecks eased, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
Sentiment among manufac...

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Japanese Festival In London Promotes Seafood From Japan

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NHK
 
Britain's biggest festival of Japanese culture and food has promoted the safety of marine products from Japan.
The event comes amid China's suspension of seafood imports following discharges of treated and diluted water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Japan Matsuri was he...

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