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Bain to acquire Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma in $3.3 billion deal

Bain to acquire Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma in $3.3 billio...

Tanabe Pharma focuses on therapeutic areas such as immunology and inflammation, ...

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Japan's Seven Bank starts ATM service using face recognition

Japan's Seven Bank starts ATM service using face recogn...

Named Face Cash, the new service enables depositors with Seven Bank or Shizuoka ...

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Japan firms to log record profits — driven by finance and AI biz

Japan firms to log record profits — driven by finance a...

Leading the growth is the financial sector, buoyed by the return of positive int...

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Trump says he will announce reciprocal tariffs on many countries next week

Trump says he will announce reciprocal tariffs on many ...

Trump did not identify which countries would be hit but suggested it would be a ...

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Trump says Nippon Steel will invest in U.S. Steel, not buy it

Trump says Nippon Steel will invest in U.S. Steel, not ...

It was unclear if the investment referred to a new deal structure and what the d...

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Inflation becoming a concern in Japan after being a goal for decades

Inflation becoming a concern in Japan after being a goa...

Rising consumer prices are putting real wage growth at risk and possibly becomin...

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Cabinet approves bill to fund Rapidus semiconductor production

Cabinet approves bill to fund Rapidus semiconductor pro...

Rapidus is the cornerstone of the government’s effort to revive its domestic sem...

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Japan needs immediate deficit cut to fix fiscal path, IMF warns

Japan needs immediate deficit cut to fix fiscal path, I...

The government needs to prepare now to avoid negative surprises four or five yea...

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Seven & I consortium to tap Bank of America and Citi for financing

Seven & I consortium to tap Bank of America and Citi fo...

The two U.S. banks’ role in the bid would be to refinance the debt of Seven & I’...

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Japan’s household spending jumps the most since 2022 as wages rise

Japan’s household spending jumps the most since 2022 as...

Outlays adjusted for inflation gained 2.7% in December from a year earlier, acco...

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Apple’s China focus thrusts it into center of geopolitical fight

Apple’s China focus thrusts it into center of geopoliti...

It counts China as its biggest manufacturing hub and the U.S. as its largest mar...

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Yen’s weekly surge underscores growing case for a hawkish BOJ

Yen’s weekly surge underscores growing case for a hawki...

The Japanese currency has rallied more than 2% this week, heading for the bigges...

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Mini dramas have supplanted movies in China. Is the U.S. next?

Mini dramas have supplanted movies in China. Is the U.S...

Professionally produced series for the web, mini dramas have clear storylines an...

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BOJ’s Tamura says interest rate needs to rise to at least 1%

BOJ’s Tamura says interest rate needs to rise to at lea...

A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that m...

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Nissan looking for new partner as Honda deal looks set to collapse

Nissan looking for new partner as Honda deal looks set ...

The two carmakers plan to issue a formal announcement on the fate of their busin...

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Seven & I consortium said to tap Bank of America and Citi for financing

Seven & I consortium said to tap Bank of America and Ci...

The two U.S. banks’ role in the bid would be to refinance the debt of Seven & I’...