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China Urges Japan To End Curbs On Chip Exports

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CNN
 
China’s commerce minister has urged Japan to end its newly announced curbs on exports of chipmaking equipment, saying it would hurt economic and trade relations between the two countries.
In March, Japan announced it would tighten rules on exports of 23 types of advanced semiconductor manuf...

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BOJ Chief Admits 'Big Gap' On Female Representation At Bank

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A "big gap" exists between female representation at Japan's central bank and its overseas counterparts, the bank's new governor Kazuo Ueda acknowledged Thursday.
Ueda took office last month, with some analysts arguing it was time for Japan to join Europe and the United States by nam...

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Sony Eyes Factory Expansion In Kumamoto, Aiming To Grow Image-Sensor Business

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Sony Group plans to buy more land near its image sensor factory in Kumamoto Prefecture, aiming to expand its market share in the growing business of powering camera smartphones.
The Tokyo-based company, which supplies devices including Apple’s iPhones, said Thursday it’s in talks to...

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Japan Manufacturers' Mood Turns Positive As Economy Recovers

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CNA
 
Business sentiment at big Japanese manufacturers turned positive for the first time this year and service-sector morale hit a five-month high, the Reuters Tankan poll showed, as the economy continued to improve from a COVID-led recession.
Wednesday's monthly poll, which tracks the Bank of J...

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Japan's Factory Activity Expands For First Time In 7 Months- PMI

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CNA
 
Japan's manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in seven months in May, while the service-sector hit record growth, a survey showed on Tuesday, as the post-COVID recovery shored up business conditions.
The au Jibun Bank flash Japan manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) r...

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Asian Stocks Fall After More U.S. Debt Talks Fail To Break Impasse

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after more talks in Washington on government debt ended with no deal to avoid a potentially jarring default.
Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong sank. Oil prices rose.
Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index edged up less than 0.1% on Monday as Congres...

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Japan Eyes Revamping Tax-Free Shopping Rule To Stem Illicit Resale

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan is considering overhauling its tax-free shopping scheme for foreign visitors in response to a growing number of cases of tax-free items being resold overseas for profit at tax-inclusive prices, sources close to the matter said Monday.
At present, visitors who stay in Japan for ...

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Japan’s Closely Watched Core Machinery Orders Fall 3.9% in March

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in March fell 3.9% from the previous month, the Cabinet Office said Monday.
Private-sector orders excluding those for ships and power equipment, closely watched as a leading indicator of corporate capital spending, came to ¥852.9 bill...

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Toyota Discloses Improper Crash Tests at Daihatsu Subsidiary

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Toyota has found improper crash tests for a model and suspended shipments, in the latest in a series of embarrassing woes plaguing Japan’s top automaker.
The latest problem, disclosed late Friday, affects 56,111 Toyota Raize hybrid vehicles produced by Daihatsu Motor Co., a manufactu...

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Japan Racks Up Trade Deficit Although Exports Gradually Rebound

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AP NEWS
 
TOKYO (AP) — Japan racked up a trade deficit in April, marking the 21st month in a row of deficits, although it declined dramatically compared to a year ago, as exports recovered, according to government data released Thursday.
Japan’s trade deficit totaled 432.4 billion yen ($3.2 billi...

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