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Shanghai Expo Draws 400 Japanese-Owned Businesses

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
About 400 Japanese-owned businesses are participating in the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, primarily in the automobile, electronics and food sectors. Yet, there are risks to being involved in such a large expo amid the spread of the novel coronavirus and changes in...

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Nissan Stops Taking Orders Of Sakura EV, X-Trail In Japan

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REUTERS
 
Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) has temporarily stopped taking new orders of its recently unveiled light electric vehicles (EVs) because of prolonged delivery periods of a year or more, a Nissan spokesperson said on Thursday.
The Japanese automaker stopped taking orders of the Sakura, fully el...

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Toyota Keeps Net Profit Forecast Despite Production Woes

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota Motor Corp kept its annual net profit forecast unchanged on Tuesday as the weaker yen offsets supply-chain disruptions that have forced the Japanese car giant to slash production targets.
The world's top-selling automaker said it now expects to sell half a million fewer vehic...

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Political, Business Leaders Exchange Views On Enhancing Japan-US Relations

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ASIA NEWS
 
Many of the fourth and later generations of Japanese Americans do not speak Japanese and do not have Japanese acquaintances.
Political and business leaders from Japan and the United States exchanged views on strengthening Japan-U.S. relations at the U.S.-Japan Council’s general assemb...

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Japan to Ask People to Conserve Power This Winter, NHK Says

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BNN BLOOMBERG
 
Japan is asking households and businesses to conserve electricity as much as possible during the winter as the country tries to ease the pressure on a stretched grid. 
The government decided on winter power supply measures, Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said Tuesday at a pres...

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Japan Cannot Survive Without Russian Oil, Warns Trading House Chief

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FINANCIAL TIMES
 
 
Head of Itochu says there are ‘all kinds of ways’ Moscow can continue to export energy despite sanctions
Japan’s near total dependence on imported energy means it cannot “survive” without continuing to buy oil and gas from Russia, said the head of one of the country’s big five...

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Japan Cabinet Oks $200B Spending Plan To Counter Inflation

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AP NEWS
 
Japan’s Cabinet approved Friday a hefty economic package including 29 trillion yen ($200 billion) in government spending to counter the blow to household budgets from inflation, signaling that the greater concern of its policymakers is that the economy will stall, not overheat.
While ce...

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Bank of Japan Keeps Ultra-low Interest Rates

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TEMPO
 
The Bank of Japan kept ultra-low interest rates on Friday, Oct. 28, and maintained its dovish guidance, cementing its status as an outlier among global central banks tightening monetary policy, as recession fears dampen prospects for a solid recovery.
But the central bank revised up its p...

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Japan To Approve New Economic Package As Inflation, Weak Yen Bite

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan on Friday will unveil a fresh economic package that will include 29.1 trillion yen ($199 billion) in government spending, featuring steps to alleviate the pain of accelerating inflation and lift the economy out of the doldrums amid COVID-19, Russia's war against Ukraine and a w...

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Bookstores Vanish From Japan As Population Falls

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Bookshops are vanishing across Japan, with one industry estimate claiming the number has fallen by almost a third in the last decade, hit by a combination of a falling population and the spread of the internet.
Some voices have been raised in protest, such as by residents of towns a...

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