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Tokura: Keidanren to strengthen decarbonization strategy
The chairman of a major chemical company expressed a commitment to decarbonization in the context of...
June 2, 2021
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More companies reducing capital stock for tax savings
With companies facing tough business conditions amid the prolonged coronavirus crisis, one large cor...
May 30, 2021
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Minpaku businesses transform to survive
Pandemic-hit minpaku private lodging businesses are pioneering new services to survive. As demand f...
May 24, 2021
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Japan megabanks moving ahead on restructuring branches, job cuts
Megabanks are accelerating their structural reforms, as the traditional business environment is beco...
May 22, 2021
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U.S. tech giants influencing freedom of expression
Billions of people across the globe express themselves and post information on the internet every da...
May 20, 2021
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Carmakers step up race to put EVs onto Japanese market
There has been a sudden rush of new models of electric vehicles rolling onto the Japanese market, wi...
May 17, 2021
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Toyota shows strong sales of SUVs in U.S., China
Stronger than expected sales of Toyota Motor Corp.’s sport utility vehicles in the United States and...
May 16, 2021
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Japanese firms in India reel from pandemic
BANGKOK — The unrelenting spread of the novel coronavirus in India is having an increasingly severe...
May 15, 2021
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Businesses take different approaches to closure requests in Tokyo, Osaka
Commercial facilities and restaurant chains in areas impacted by the government’s emergency declarat...
May 15, 2021
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SoftBank’s Son not satisfied with group’s record-setting FY20 profit
SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son refuses to be satisfied even after the tech cong...
May 13, 2021
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Competition heats up as more companies branch out into office-sharing market
With companies pressed to further promote working at home as the pandemic continues unabated, compet...
May 12, 2021
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Corporate bond issuance in fiscal 2020 reaches record high ¥16 tril.
The amount of corporate bonds issued by corporations in Japan in fiscal 2020 reached a record high o...
May 8, 2021
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Haruki Murakami, Uniqlo collaborate on T-shirts
When I was a university student — that is, more than 40 years ago — there was a jazz bar called Pete...
May 7, 2021
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Japanese carmakers eye next-generation fuel to achieve decarbonization goal
Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are promoting the development of a next-gen...
May 6, 2021
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Kirin to increase shipments of non-alcoholic beverages in May
Kirin Brewery Co. has increased its planned shipments of non-alcoholic beers and beerlike beverages ...
May 5, 2021
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