Economy
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INTERVIEW: Sekisui House Pres. Eager to Expand Overseas Biz
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sekisui House Ltd. President Yoshihiro Nakai has expressed eagerness to expand ...
December 29, 2022
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Govt begins soliciting bids for 4 offshore wind power projects
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government on Wednesday began soliciting companies to operate offshore wind...
December 29, 2022
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Govt seeks continued marine war insurance
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government has asked non-life insurers to continue providing marine war ins...
December 29, 2022
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Banks to raise fixed housing loan rates
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Major banks are expected to raise their fixed housing loan rates next January a...
December 29, 2022
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BOJ policy tweak eyes sustainable easing
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A Bank of Japan policymaker, at last week’s monetary policy meeting where the c...
December 28, 2022
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Industrial production decreases 0.1% in November
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s industrial production in November fell 0.1% from the previous month, do...
December 28, 2022
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World Cup helps push up restaurant sales in Nov.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Restaurant sales in Japan in November rose 8.9% from a year before, up for the ...
December 28, 2022
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Japan FTC reveals firms rejecting price hikes by suppliers
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday published the names of 13 organization...
December 28, 2022
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Govt adopts measures to boost food security, domestic production
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government on Tuesday adopted a set of measures to strengthen the country’s...
December 27, 2022
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November jobless rate falls to 2.5%
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November fell 0.1 percentage p...
December 27, 2022
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Kishida: Next BOJ gov. depends on economy
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that he will decide whom to appoint as...
December 27, 2022
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Survey: Customer harassment affecting lives of many workers
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—A survey showed Monday that 76.4% of workers in Japan who had experienced harassm...
December 26, 2022
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Price hikes to affect over 7,000 food, drink products in early 2023
The price of many food and beverage products will rise early next year by an average of 18% between...
December 26, 2022
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Companies collaborate to develop common platform for digital assets
Seven Japanese companies, including financial institutions Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp., S...
December 26, 2022
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Japan’s per-capita GDP falls to 20th in OECD
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan placed 20th in terms of per-capita gross domestic product among the membe...
December 26, 2022
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