Companies
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Can Seven & i Improve its Value on its Own? Management Shakeup Follows Takeover Attempt
Can Seven & i Holdings Co. eliminate the risk of a takeover? Analysts say it will be difficult un...
March 5, 2025
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Seven & i Aims to Maintain Independence of Management; President Isaka May Be Replaced by Board Chairman Dacus
Seven & i Holdings Co. plans to reject a takeover offer from a Canadian convenience store operato...
March 4, 2025
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Bandai Namco Cross Store Opens in New York; Customers Shop for Various Japanese Pop Culture Goods
NEW YORK — Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. opened a Cross Store, which sells anime goods and other pro...
March 3, 2025
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Tokyo’s Iconic Shinjuku Alta Building Closes Its Doors; Messages from Cast of Popular TV Show Play on Big Screen in Closing Ceremony
The Shinjuku Alta shopping complex, long used as a popular meeting spot, closed its doors on Frid...
March 1, 2025
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Seven & i Founding Family Gives Up on Management Buyout Plan; FamilyMart Owner Decides Not to Invest in Deal
Seven & i Holdings Co., the operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, announced Thursday ...
February 27, 2025
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Niigata Nuclear Plant’s Anti-Terrorism Facility Delayed; Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Director Cites Newness of Concept
The construction of an anti-terrorism facility for the No. 7 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nu...
February 27, 2025
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Buffett Eyeing More Stakes in 5 Major Japanese Traders
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — Berkshire Hathaway Inc., an investment company led by prominent U.S. inve...
February 23, 2025
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First Phase of Toyota’s Next-Gen City Unveiled; Robots to Make Deliveries to Residents via Tunnel
Toyota Motor Corp. introduced the 50,000-square-meter first phase area of Woven City, a demonstra...
February 22, 2025
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Flights between Chubu, Cheongju Airports Launched in Jan.; Service Connects Central S. Korea, Aichi Pref.
NAGOYA — Aero K Airlines Co., a South Korean low-cost carrier, launched a scheduled route between...
February 19, 2025
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Polystyrene Blocks Used in Foundations of New Hiroshima Railway Line, Lightening Load on Underground Venue
HIROSHIMA — For the first time in Japan, lightweight polystyrene blocks have been used to build t...
February 19, 2025
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Hakata Ramen Chain IPPUDO’s Operating Company to Acquire First Miso Ramen Shop Operator
Chikaranomoto Holdings Co., which operates the Hakata ramen chain IPPUDO, announced Monday that i...
February 18, 2025
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Casio to Stop Developing New Models of Electronic Dictionaries; Firm Cites More People Using Smartphones, Low Birthrate as Reasons
Casio Computer Co. will no longer develop new models of electronic dictionaries, citing decreasin...
February 16, 2025
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Isuzu Motors to Build New Plant in South Carolina; Operations Slated to Start in FY27
Isuzu Motors Ltd. will build a new vehicle assembly plant in the U.S. state of South Carolina, at...
February 14, 2025
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Honda, Nissan Terminate Merger Talks
Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. officially decided Thursday to withdraw from their merger ta...
February 13, 2025
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Nippon Steel CEO Hashimoto Likely to Meet with Trump Soon Over U.S. Steel Deal; Firm’s Negotiator Heads to U.S. to Make Arrangements
Nippon Steel Corp. Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori, who is in charge of negotiations in the United St...
February 12, 2025
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