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Japan seeking securities disclosures before shareholders' meetings

Japan seeking securities disclosures before shareholder...

The government will make the request in response to criticism from overseas inve...

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Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to merge with Aioi Nissay Dowa

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to merge with Aioi Nissay Dowa

The merger will create the biggest nonlife insurer in Japan, overtaking current ...

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Musk’s xAI startup swallows up X social network in surprise deal

Musk’s xAI startup swallows up X social network in surp...

Elon Musk said his xAI artificial intelligence startup has acquired the X platfo...

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Trump is eroding the dollar’s dominance in world markets

Trump is eroding the dollar’s dominance in world markets

The U.S. president's escalating fusillade of tariffs and bid to roll back decade...

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Alaska governor to brief Trump on Asia gas push as tariffs bite

Alaska governor to brief Trump on Asia gas push as tari...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is winding up a trip through Asia where he has been seeking i...

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Musk’s Tesla one of the only winners from Trump’s car tariffs

Musk’s Tesla one of the only winners from Trump’s car t...

The U.S. president insists that there’s no conflict of interest despite the Tesl...

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Ishiba pledges measures to protect jobs from Trump’s car tariffs

Ishiba pledges measures to protect jobs from Trump’s ca...

Ishiba emphasized the need to consider measures to help Japanese companies with ...

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Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-style images go viral

Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-style imag...

The images raised questions about copyright infringement by OpenAI, which alread...

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Trump says he may give China reduction in tariffs to get TikTok deal done

Trump says he may give China reduction in tariffs to ge...

ByteDance has until April 5 to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok or face a U.S...

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BOJ’s newest board member avoids sending signal on timing of next rate hike

BOJ’s newest board member avoids sending signal on timi...

Junko Koeda's remarks are likely to keep market speculation alive over the odds ...

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China pauses new deals with Li Ka-Shing family after Panama ports plan

China pauses new deals with Li Ka-Shing family after Pa...

The directive was issued to state-owned enterprises last week at the behest of s...

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Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs

Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens...

Tokyo so far has failed on multiple occasions to persuade the administration of ...

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OpenAI close to finalizing $40 billion SoftBank-led funding

OpenAI close to finalizing $40 billion SoftBank-led fun...

The artificial intelligence developer’s funding round would be the largest of al...

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Behind the $3.5 billion Pokemon deal lies a consolidation strategy

Behind the $3.5 billion Pokemon deal lies a consolidati...

While mobile games such as Pokemon Go are at the core of Scopely’s business, the...

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Couche-Tard sees strong interest in U.S. stores for Seven & I deal

Couche-Tard sees strong interest in U.S. stores for Sev...

The Canadian company has agreed with Seven & I to seek a buyer for overlapping r...

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BOJ to keep raising benchmark rate if outlook is met, Ueda tells parliament

BOJ to keep raising benchmark rate if outlook is met, U...

The central bank governor noted that while there are pockets of weakness, “the e...