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Prices of 1,656 food items to increase in Japan in February

Prices of 1,656 food items to increase in Japan in Febr...

There are notable price hikes for chocolate confectioneries, flour products and ...

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Honda and Nissan to unveil integration outline in mid-February

Honda and Nissan to unveil integration outline in mid-F...

Mitsubishi Motors will postpone making a final decision on whether to join the i...

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BOJ's Ueda voices confidence conveying rate hike message to market

BOJ's Ueda voices confidence conveying rate hike messag...

Ueda said the BOJ’s policy settings are still accommodative after recent rate hi...

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Fuji TV’s go-big PR strategy wins grudging praise globally

Fuji TV’s go-big PR strategy wins grudging praise globally

Fuji TV held a marathon 10-hour news conference on Monday to address allegations...

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Japan wary of taking another hit if Trump slaps tariffs on China

Japan wary of taking another hit if Trump slaps tariffs...

Policymakers, investors and economists are watching Trump’s trade policy amid fe...

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AI’s electricity demand means new tech is coming to grids

AI’s electricity demand means new tech is coming to grids

Startups have an opportunity to develop and deploy grid-enhancing technologies, ...

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Companies race to ship goods to the U.S. ahead of potential tariffs

Companies race to ship goods to the U.S. ahead of poten...

Even before Trump returned to office, uncertainty motivated many businesses to r...

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DeepSeek’s AI restricted by ‘hundreds’ of companies in days

DeepSeek’s AI restricted by ‘hundreds’ of companies in ...

Companies have worked to block access due to concerns about potential data leaks...

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Tokyo inflation hits fastest pace in a year, supporting BOJ view

Tokyo inflation hits fastest pace in a year, supporting...

Consumer prices excluding fresh food in the capital climbed 2.5% in January from...

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BOJ deputy signals more room to hike given negative real rates

BOJ deputy signals more room to hike given negative rea...

The deputy governor cemented the BOJ’s message that the central bank is looking ...

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Rakuten scraps plan to list securities unit on Tokyo bourse

Rakuten scraps plan to list securities unit on Tokyo bo...

The Japanese e-commerce pioneer had planned an initial public offering for Rakut...

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Takeda picks first female CEO of centuries-old drugmaker

Takeda picks first female CEO of centuries-old drugmaker

Julie Kim, 54, has been running Takeda’s U.S. operations since 2022 and will ass...

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JPX and TSE cut executives' pay over 'unprecedented' insider trading case

JPX and TSE cut executives' pay over 'unprecedented' in...

JPX has also released a report compiled by an independent directors' investigati...

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Case for Honda-Nissan tie-up strengthened as sales fall at both automakers

Case for Honda-Nissan tie-up strengthened as sales fall...

In the competitive China market, Nissan’s sales fell 12% last year while Honda s...

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Japan's Finance Ministry raises its economic view for Hokkaido

Japan's Finance Ministry raises its economic view for H...

On consumption, the ministry left its assessments unchanged for 10 regions, whil...

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SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI

SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI

SoftBank has already committed $15 billion to Project Stargate, a joint venture ...