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Japanese firms weigh fallout from Trump tariff pledges

Japanese firms weigh fallout from Trump tariff pledges

Additional tariffs — whether directly aimed at Japan or not — could hurt its exp...

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Rival regional Aomori banks merge to survive amid population decline

Rival regional Aomori banks merge to survive amid popul...

Aomori Bank and Michinoku Bank, which had long been rivals, merged this month to...

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Daiichi Sankyo rises most in five months on cancer drug approval

Daiichi Sankyo rises most in five months on cancer drug...

Datroway, developed with AstraZeneca, has been approved for patients with advanc...

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Trump’s win sparked euphoria in markets — now comes the real test

Trump’s win sparked euphoria in markets — now comes the...

A reversal was first apparent in the stock market, where the S&P 500 Index gave ...

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Japanese dairy farm operator targeting India

Japanese dairy farm operator targeting India

Akiba Bokujo Holdings has partnered with an Indian IT startup to procure feed, r...

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Meta's move to halt fact-checking program in U.S. prompts concern

Meta's move to halt fact-checking program in U.S. promp...

Instead of using trusted media organizations to fact-check, Meta plans to use "c...

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Japan auto unions aiming to get five more days off in 2025

Japan auto unions aiming to get five more days off in 2025

The number of nonworking days in the automotive industries has not increased in ...

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Japan likely to see 'healthy growth' through 2026: World Bank exec

Japan likely to see 'healthy growth' through 2026: Worl...

In its economic forecast released Thursday, the World Bank predicted Japan's gro...

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Democrats search for economic policy lessons as Trump takes office

Democrats search for economic policy lessons as Trump t...

Scarred by the 2007-09 recession, the Biden administration bet big on the labor ...

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Mizuho stops accepting new safe deposit box applications

Mizuho stops accepting new safe deposit box applications

The major Japanese bank took the step at all outlets around the country.

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TikTok shuts down U.S. access as Trump seeks app's reinstatement

TikTok shuts down U.S. access as Trump seeks app's rein...

Only months after overwhelmingly backing the law, lawmakers are now fretting abo...

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Trump says he may give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from Monday

Trump says he may give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from Mo...

It's not clear if TikTok has met the high legal bar to win a 90-day reprieve — w...

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AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo win U.S. approval for breast cancer drug

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo win U.S. approval for br...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug for patients with advanced br...

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TikTok says it will go dark Sunday in U.S. without assurance from Biden

TikTok says it will go dark Sunday in U.S. without assu...

The statement came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law banning TikTo...

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IMF keeps Japan's 2025 growth outlook intact

IMF keeps Japan's 2025 growth outlook intact

The IMF left its outlook for Japan for 2025 and 2026 unchanged from its previous...

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TikTok’s fate rests on Trump after U.S. Supreme Court upholds law

TikTok’s fate rests on Trump after U.S. Supreme Court u...

U.S. President -elect Donald Trump’s potential role in any plan to save TikTok r...