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Volvo cutting 3,000 jobs to reduce costs

Volvo cutting 3,000 jobs to reduce costs

Sweden-based Volvo Cars is eliminating 3,000 positions as part of a cost-cutting...

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Former top execs of struggling Nissan got ¥646 mil severance pay

Former top execs of struggling Nissan got ¥646 mil seve...

Four former Nissan Motor Co top executives including ex-President and CEO Makoto...

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Half of Japan's stockpiled rice sought by retailers under new scheme

Half of Japan's stockpiled rice sought by retailers und...

More than 30 companies have applied to purchase over half of the 300,000 tons of...

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Tesla EU sales slump 52% in April: trade group

Tesla EU sales slump 52% in April: trade group

Sales of cars made by Elon Musk's Tesla slumped by more than half in April as Ch...

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7-Eleven parent shareholders OK 1st foreign CEO amid buyout talks

7-Eleven parent shareholders OK 1st foreign CEO amid bu...

The new top executive of Seven & i Holdings Co, the Japanese operator of the Sev...

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Japan loses status as world's top creditor for 1st time in 34 years

Japan loses status as world's top creditor for 1st time...

Japan lost its status as the world's top creditor for the first time in 34 years...

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Troubled automaker Nissan banks on hybrid EV technology

Troubled automaker Nissan banks on hybrid EV technology

Money-losing Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Corp is banking on its latest “e-Po...

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OPEC+ expected to open taps more despite price slump

OPEC+ expected to open taps more despite price slump

Despite oil trading low at $60, OPEC+ this week is expected to continue to furth...

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Nissan considering selling headquarters building in Yokohama

Nissan considering selling headquarters building in Yok...

Nissan Motor Co is considering selling its headquarters building in Yokohama to ...

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Koizumi eyes ¥2,000 per 5 kg retail price for gov't rice

Koizumi eyes ¥2,000 per 5 kg retail price for gov't rice

New farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Saturday that the government plans to se...

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Major Japan tutoring firm apologizes for false claim on Minamata disease

Major Japan tutoring firm apologizes for false claim on...

A major Japanese tutoring company has recently apologized for inaccurately descr...

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Powell defends Federal Reserve in Princeton speech amid onslaught of attacks from Trump

Powell defends Federal Reserve in Princeton speech amid...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell defended the central bank's response to the ...

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Trump says U.S. wants to make tanks, not T-shirts

Trump says U.S. wants to make tanks, not T-shirts

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday his tariff policy was aimed at promot...

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Trump greenlights Nippon Steel 'partnership' with U.S. Steel

Trump greenlights Nippon Steel 'partnership' with U.S. ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threw his support behind a new "partnershi...

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Taiwan lifts age restriction on Japanese beef imports

Taiwan lifts age restriction on Japanese beef imports

Taiwan has lifted a restriction on the age of cattle for Japanese beef imports, ...

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Japan core inflation hits two-year high in April

Japan core inflation hits two-year high in April

Japanese inflation spiked at a two-year high in April, data showed Friday, as ri...