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45% of Amazon Japan delivery drivers involved in accidents: survey

45% of Amazon Japan delivery drivers involved in accide...

Around 45 percent of self-employed delivery drivers working for the Japanese uni...

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Aeon Bank receives business improvement order for inadequate anti-money laundering measures

Aeon Bank receives business improvement order for inade...

The Financial Services Agency has issued an order to Aeon Bank to improve its bu...

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65% of Japan firms have hired foreign workers to cover labor shortage: survey

65% of Japan firms have hired foreign workers to cover ...

Around 65 percent of companies in Japan employ foreign workers to resolve labor ...

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U.S. applications for unemployment benefits hold steady, but continuing claims rise to 3-year high

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits hold steady...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits held steady last week...

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Chinese automaker BYD slams reports of poor conditions at a factory site in Brazil

Chinese automaker BYD slams reports of poor conditions ...

A spokesperson for Chinese automaker BYD has objected to reports about poor cond...

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Nippon Steel extends closing date for U.S. Steel acquisition to March

Nippon Steel extends closing date for U.S. Steel acquis...

Nippon Steel said on Thursday it has extended the closing period for its $15 bil...

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Toyota global output falls 6.2% in November

Toyota global output falls 6.2% in November

Toyota Motor Corp said Wednesday that its global production in November dropped ...

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Asian shares mostly lower, with most world markets closed for Christmas

Asian shares mostly lower, with most world markets clos...

Shares slipped in Tokyo and Shanghai on Wednesday, two of only a handful of worl...

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Kawasaki Heavy fails to declare several billion yen in taxable income

Kawasaki Heavy fails to declare several billion yen in ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd is suspected of failing to declare at least severa...

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What a merger between Nissan and Honda means for the industry

What a merger between Nissan and Honda means for the in...

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan will attempt to merge and create the world’...

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Starbucks strike expands, closing nearly 60 U.S. stores

Starbucks strike expands, closing nearly 60 U.S. stores

A five-day strike by Starbucks baristas had closed 59 stores as of Monday aftern...

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Sweet smell of success for niche perfumes

Sweet smell of success for niche perfumes

They don't advertise and they are largely unknown to the general public but nich...

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Honda and Nissan to begin merger talks, Nikkei reports

Honda and Nissan to begin merger talks, Nikkei reports

Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan are in preliminary merger talks, according...

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Honda and Nissan agree to begin merger talks

Honda and Nissan agree to begin merger talks

Japanese auto giant Honda and its struggling rival Nissan agreed Monday to launc...

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Worker crunch piles pressure on small-town Japan

Worker crunch piles pressure on small-town Japan

Over the last decade, Masato Shiota brought his papermaking business back from t...

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U.S. retreats from massive air bag recall and says industry comments show need for more investigation

U.S. retreats from massive air bag recall and says indu...

U.S. auto safety regulators have backed away from seeking a giant recall of near...