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Japan Issues Business Improvement Order To Four Non-Life Insurers

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CNA
 
Japan ordered four major non-life insurance companies to improve business practices in connection with anti-competitive activity that aimed to keep premiums high, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday.
The order was issued to Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, Sompo Japan Insurance, Tok...

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Daihatsu Shuts Down All Car Manufacturing Factories In Japan Amid Safety Probe

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SKY NEWS
 
The Toyota-owned company has shut its plants in Shiga, Kyoto and Oita prefectures as well as at its headquarters in Osaka. The production halt is expected to hand a major blow to local economies.
Car manufacturer Daihatsu has shut down all four of its factories in Japan while transport...

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Japan Labor Productivity Ranks 30th among OECD Nations; Observers Blame Failure to Invest in Human Resources

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s labor productivity in 2022 ranked 30th among 38 member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to the Japan Productivity Center.
Labor productivity measures the output of goods and services a worker produces in a certain amount of time....

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Kishida Asks Firms To Achieve Larger Pay Hikes In 2024 Than This Year

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday asked Japanese firms to raise wages at a faster pace than this year, as the world's third-largest economy is at a crossroads in completely emerging from deflation.
"I'd like to seek your cooperation in realizing pay hikes that will exceed this ...

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U.S. TV Commercials to Promote Japan Scallops

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Television commercials were set to be aired on U.S. news channel CNN starting Tuesday to promote scallops and other fishery products from Japan, Jiji Press learned Monday.
As China’s blanket import ban remains in place on fishery products from Japan over the releases of tritium-conta...

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Japan Government Lifts Economic Growth Estimates

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REUTERS
 
Japan's government on Thursday slightly raised its economic growth projections for this fiscal year from its previous estimates, as external demand is likely to more than offset weak domestic consumption, the Cabinet Office said.
In the twice-yearly economic outlook, the real economic g...

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Samsung To Receive $140 Mil. Gov't Subsidy For Chip Facility In Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. will receive a subsidy of up to 20 billion yen ($140 million) to build a new research and development facility for advanced semiconductors near Tokyo, Japan's industry ministry said Thursday.
The provision of the subsidy for the facility in Yokoh...

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Japanese Officials Begin On-Site Inspection Of Daihatsu HQ

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese officials on Thursday started an on-site inspection at the headquarters of Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu, the transport ministry said, after an investigation found it had rigged safety tests and was forced to suspend all shipments of its vehicles.
The independent probe found t...

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US Steel To Be Bought By Japan's Nippon In $15bn Deal

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BBC
 
Japanese steel giant Nippon has announced plans to buy US Steel in a deal worth nearly $15bn (£12bn).
The purchase would create one of the world's biggest steel companies outside of China and resolve questions about the future of the storied US firm.
It has been looking for a buyer since Au...

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BOJ Keeps Ultra-Loose Policy, Offers Few Hints On Exit Timing

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REUTERS
 
The Bank of Japan maintained ultra-loose policy settings on Tuesday in a widely expected move, as the bank opted to await more evidence on whether wages and prices would rise enough to justify a shift away from massive monetary stimulus.
The central bank also made no change to its dovis...

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