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Apollo weighs $9.5 billion stake in Seven & I management buyout

Apollo weighs $9.5 billion stake in Seven & I managemen...

Under the current proposal, Apollo would join the Ito family and Itochu, the ope...

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Yen intervention risk creeps higher as U.S. jobs report approaches

Yen intervention risk creeps higher as U.S. jobs report...

The yen is within reach of ¥160 per dollar, a breach of which would increase con...

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Japan’s household spending falls, weighing on BOJ rate hike path

Japan’s household spending falls, weighing on BOJ rate ...

Outlays adjusted for inflation fell 0.4% in November from a year earlier, led by...

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BlackRock quits climate group as Wall Street lowers environmental profile

BlackRock quits climate group as Wall Street lowers env...

The world's biggest asset manager is the latest Wall Street firm to depart an en...

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Germany electric vehicle sales go into reverse

Germany electric vehicle sales go into reverse

Just 380,609 EVs were registered in 2024 in Europe's largest auto market, 27.4% ...

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Seven & I profit drops despite recovery in convenience stores

Seven & I profit drops despite recovery in convenience ...

Operating profit was ¥128.4 billion during the three months to the end of Novemb...

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Trade war worries loom over Las Vegas tech show

Trade war worries loom over Las Vegas tech show

The potential for Trump's trade policies to roil the global tech industry has lo...

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Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further

Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese ...

Inflation-adjusted real wages dropped 0.3% from a year earlier in November as so...

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Uniqlo owner reports strong growth in Japan and Western markets

Uniqlo owner reports strong growth in Japan and Western...

Operating profit rose 7% to ¥157.6 billion for the three months ended November f...

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Japan’s ¥36.4 trillion M&A boom expected to grow as activist investors circle

Japan’s ¥36.4 trillion M&A boom expected to grow as act...

Firms are becoming more proactive to fend off global rivals and activist investo...

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Japan sales of foreign-brand vehicles fall 8.5% in 2024

Japan sales of foreign-brand vehicles fall 8.5% in 2024

Sales of foreign-brand vehicles priced lower than ¥4 million plunged 28.6%, whil...

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Stubbornly resilient lithium supply remains hurdle to recovery

Stubbornly resilient lithium supply remains hurdle to r...

Lithium prices have plunged since late 2022 on oversupply and slower-than-expect...

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Former BOJ board member sees rising chance of March rate hike

Former BOJ board member sees rising chance of March rat...

Makoto Sakurai says the central bank may wait out at least the first couple of m...

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Japan flags foreign takeover of 7-Eleven owner as a security issue

Japan flags foreign takeover of 7-Eleven owner as a sec...

His public comment is the first by a senior Japanese official over security issu...

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As standards rise, Tokyo Stock Exchange delistings hit decade high

As standards rise, Tokyo Stock Exchange delistings hit ...

A total of 94 companies were delisted from the Tokyo exchange in 2024, the highe...

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Fast Retailing to raise starting monthly salary to ¥330,000

Fast Retailing to raise starting monthly salary to ¥330...

The operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing stores said that it wants to attract ...