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Japan Govt Must Offer Strategic Support for Domestic Semiconductor Industry

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The government must step in to support the ailing semiconductor industry.
Previously, the government took the lead in aiding the electronics industry in cooperation with domestic companies. However, its efforts have not yet had a significant impact on competitiveness within that real...

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Japan To Consider Revising Tax-Free Shopping Rules To Curb Abuse

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TIME OUT
 
Currently, Japan has one of the easiest tax-free shopping systems in the world
Japan’s tax-free shopping is one of the best and most convenient in the world. In most countries, you pay the full tax-inclusive amount at the shops, then show your purchase at the airport for verification b...

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Japan's Business Services Inflation Slows In June

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INVESTING.COM
 
Japan's business-to-business service inflation slowed in June, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that companies remained slow in passing on rising labour costs despite a tight job market.
The services produce price index, which measures the prices companies charge each other fo...

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BOJ's Move To Ease Yield Curve Control Points To Tricky Road Ahead

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Bank of Japan's decision Friday to make its yield cap program more flexible may provide the central bank with some room to see if price dynamics are indeed changing and wage growth is continuing to accelerate -- the recipe for finally attaining its 2 percent inflation goal.
Some...

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Era Of Mass Closures: The Japanese Businesses Without Successors

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Kiyoshi Hashimoto's machinery factory should be buzzing with industry. Instead, it's so quiet you can hear him practicing the recorder.
The 82-year-old entrepreneur founded his company nearly 40 years ago, but well past retirement age he has neither a successor nor a buyer for a bus...

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Bigmotor Top To Quit Over Insurance Fraud Scandal

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Bigmotor Co. President Hiroyuki Kaneshige said Tuesday that he will resign to take responsibility for the major Japanese used car dealer’s scandal over fraudulent auto insurance applications.
“I deeply apologize for causing great trouble and concern to our customers, nonlife insuranc...

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Markets Skeptical Whether BOJ Will Change Ultraloose Policy

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Despite inflation staying well above the Bank of Japan's 2 percent target, financial markets are skeptical about whether the central bank will make any changes to its ultraeasy monetary policy at its upcoming meeting.
Given this prevailing view, a shift in Japan's ultraloose policy ...

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China Urges Japan Not To Disrupt Chip Industry After Technology Curbs Take Effect

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AP NEWS
 
China’s government appealed to Japan on Monday not to disrupt the semiconductor industry after curbs on exports of Japanese chip-making technology took effect, adding to technology restrictions Washington and its allies have imposed on China on security grounds.
The Japanese restriction...

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Nidec's Acquisitive CEO Hails New Japan Rules Aimed At Making Takeovers Easier

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REUTERS
 
New Japanese guidelines to promote more mergers and acquisitions and remove a long-held stigma around unsolicited bids will be a boon for the world's top maker of electric motors, Nidec (6594.T), its chief executive said.
Shigenobu Nagamori, the bluntly spoken founder who built Nidec in...

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Credit Card Payments Becoming Available for Trains in Japan

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Contactless payment using credit cards is becoming available for train services in Japan, including regional services where Suica and other prepaid IC cards, which are mainly used for public transportation, are not available.
In anticipation of an increase in the number of visitors f...

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