Companies
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Royal Holdings to Open 1st U.S. Sushi Restaurant in Calif., to be Launched in Sojitz, Choushimaru Joint Venture
Royal Holdings Co., a major Japanese restaurant operator, announced Friday that it will open its ...
December 27, 2025
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Toyota Sets 2026 Global Production Goal at Over 10 Mil. Units, Aiming to Meet U.S., Europe Hybrid Demand
Toyota Motor Corp. has set a global production target of more than 10 million units for 2026, inc...
December 27, 2025
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Record 125 Firms Give Up TSE Listing This Year, Responding to Shareholder Demands, New Criteria
A record 125 companies are expected to have withdrawn from the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2025, up b...
December 26, 2025
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Immersive Fort Tokyo to Close After Less Than 2 Years; Theme Park Let Visitors Step Into Animated Characters
Immersive Fort Tokyo, a theme park in Tokyo’s Odaiba district that lets visitors step into the ro...
December 25, 2025
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Japan’s Mitsubishi to Begin Procuring Gallium in Kazakhstan to Secure Rare Metal Critical for Manufacturing Semiconductors
Mitsubishi Corp. is preparing to begin procuring gallium in Kazakhstan around July 2026 in an eff...
December 24, 2025
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Suntory to Halt Jim Beam Distillery in Kentucky for Year
New York, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)—Suntory Global Spirits Inc. will halt production of its bourbon wh...
December 23, 2025
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TEPCO Aims to Restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactor on Jan. 20; 1st TEPCO Plant to Resume Operations since 2011 Fukushima Disaster
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has decided a plan to restart the No. 6 reactor of its...
December 23, 2025
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Suntory CEO Says Beer to Be Company’s ‘Top Priority;’ Tax Cut on Alcohol Is Expected to Boost Demand Next Year
With taxes on beer set to be reduced next year, major beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. will m...
December 23, 2025
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Nomura HD Aims to Increase Number of Individual Clients Through Employee Stock Purchase Associations, Says President
Nomura Holdings, Inc. President Kentaro Okuda expressed his enthusiasm to increase the number of ...
December 21, 2025
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9 Japan Companies Team Up on EV Battery Production; Seek to Streamline Process to Compete With China
Nine Japanese companies will establish a joint venture to build a low-cost, high-efficiency EV ba...
December 19, 2025
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Rakuten Develops New Large Language Model; ‘Rakuten AI 3.0’ Is One of Japan’s Biggest Llms to Date
Rakuten Group Inc. has developed its own Japanese large language model (LLM), a foundational mode...
December 19, 2025
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1st Official Southeast Asia Shop for Tomica Miniature Cars Opens in Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR — The first official shop in Southeast Asia for the Tomica miniature car series open...
December 18, 2025
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Honda Motor to Suspend Production over Chip Shortages; Japan, China Plants to Temporarily Halt in December, January
Honda Motor Co. will suspend or reduce production at its automobile plants in Japan and China thi...
December 18, 2025
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Honda to Cut Production in Japan, China due to Chip Shortage
Tokyo, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)—Honda Motor Co. plans to reduce vehicle production at some plants in ...
December 18, 2025
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New Year Crowding on Outbound JR Travel to Peak on Dec. 27, Inbound on Jan. 3; Shinkansen Trains Mostly Fully Booked through End of Month, Says JR Group
Crowding for outbound JR trains is expected to peak on Dec. 27 and inbound on Jan. 3, according ...
December 17, 2025
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