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Economy
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Japan restaurant operators making further inroads in Asia
BANGKOK — Leading Japanese restaurant chains are making forays into Asian markets in the hope of tap...
June 8, 2022
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Philippines to call for banana price rise in Japan
The Philippine government plans to seek the understanding of a Japanese retail association regarding...
June 7, 2022
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BOJ’s Kuroda defends remark on households’ acceptance of price hikes
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday defended his remark a day earlie...
June 7, 2022
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Japan Govt Spokesman Mum on Kuroda’s Remark on Price Hikes
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno on Tuesday refrained from commen...
June 7, 2022
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Goal to raise minimum wage to ¥1,000 by fiscal 2025 to be included in Kishida’s ‘new capitalism’ action plan
The government aims to raise the national average of minimum hourly wage to at least ¥1,000 by fisc...
June 2, 2022
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Consumer sentiment up in May
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Consumer sentiment in Japan improved for the second straight month in May, gove...
June 2, 2022
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Listed companies recruiting outside directors over stricter code
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Listed companies in Japan are increasingly adding outside directors to their bo...
June 2, 2022
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Yamanashi Pref. to produce hydrogen as its local specialty using abundant sunshine
Yamanashi, which prides itself on having some of the longest sunshine hours of any prefecture, is pu...
June 1, 2022
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New organization eyed to promote use of health data
More than 50 large Japanese companies and startups involved in telecommunications, healthcare and a...
June 1, 2022
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Japan April jobless rate falls to 2.5%
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 2.5 % in April, down 0.1 ...
May 31, 2022
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Lumber self-sufficiency rate hits 48-year high
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s self-sufficiency rate for lumber in 2020 rose 4.0 percentage points fro...
May 31, 2022
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Golf industry focuses on tapping female market
The golf industry is taking advantage of the sport’s growing popularity by enhancing services for wo...
May 31, 2022
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Keidanren faces crucial challenges 20 years after founding
Twenty years have passed since the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) was founded through the mer...
May 31, 2022
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Soaring import prices push firms to replace wheat with rice flour
With imported wheat prices reaching record highs, the use of rice flour as a substitute has been gai...
May 27, 2022
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Duma chairman: Japan’s, other foreign stakes in Sakhalin-2 should be sold to Russian firm
Japanese companies and those from other countries imposing sanctions on Russia should have their sta...
May 26, 2022
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