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AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo win U.S. approval for breast cancer drug

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo win U.S. approval for br...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug for patients with advanced br...

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TikTok says it will go dark Sunday in U.S. without assurance from Biden

TikTok says it will go dark Sunday in U.S. without assu...

The statement came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law banning TikTo...

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IMF keeps Japan's 2025 growth outlook intact

IMF keeps Japan's 2025 growth outlook intact

The IMF left its outlook for Japan for 2025 and 2026 unchanged from its previous...

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TikTok’s fate rests on Trump after U.S. Supreme Court upholds law

TikTok’s fate rests on Trump after U.S. Supreme Court u...

U.S. President -elect Donald Trump’s potential role in any plan to save TikTok r...

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Over 95% in Japan feel impact of higher prices: BOJ survey

Over 95% in Japan feel impact of higher prices: BOJ survey

The survey also showed that 85.7% of respondents think prices will rise over the...

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Biden’s chips team hands off $52 billion program to a skeptical Trump

Biden’s chips team hands off $52 billion program to a s...

Before the election, Donald Trump described the Chips Act as "so bad” and sugges...

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Major Japanese firms pay record winter bonuses

Major Japanese firms pay record winter bonuses

The average went up year on year in 18 of 21 industry sectors.

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Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go

Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometer...

The CEO and president of Rapidus says the chip venture in Hokkaido is key to Jap...

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Japan now expects to miss its 2025 primary balance goal

Japan now expects to miss its 2025 primary balance goal

The primary balance, which excludes interest payments on public debt, is project...

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SpaceX's Starship breaks up in space, forcing flights to divert

SpaceX's Starship breaks up in space, forcing flights t...

Video footage showed orange balls of light streaking across the sky over the Hai...

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Ukrainian migrant exit could squeeze Eastern Europe's economies

Ukrainian migrant exit could squeeze Eastern Europe's e...

Ukrainian workers have helped the region's manufacturing and export-driven econo...

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Nintendo hopes to reprise blockbuster Switch with 2025 successor

Nintendo hopes to reprise blockbuster Switch with 2025 ...

It will host several "Nintendo Switch 2 Experience" events in major cities aroun...

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Rakuten’s Mikitani wants to sell bonds to Japanese investors

Rakuten’s Mikitani wants to sell bonds to Japanese inve...

Market pricing indicates that views on Rakuten are improving after years of loss...

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TikTok's fight against going dark gains support from key U.S. lawmakers

TikTok's fight against going dark gains support from ke...

A law passed in April mandates owner ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by...

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KKR considers joining Seven & I management buyout after Apollo

KKR considers joining Seven & I management buyout after...

The U.S. firm is discussing investing several hundred billion yen for an equity ...

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Japan's producer price index hit record high in 2024

Japan's producer price index hit record high in 2024

The producer price index, which measures the costs of goods traded between compa...