BUSINESS

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Cab driving becoming an increasingly popular job in Sendai

Cab driving becoming an increasingly popular job in Sendai

Flexible hours and the work-at-your-own-pace environment has led to a renewed in...

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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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How Sam Altman sidestepped Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump

How Sam Altman sidestepped Elon Musk to win over Donald...

After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the ...

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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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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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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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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 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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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...