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McDonald's Japan starts to rehire ex-workers for flexible 'spot' work hours

McDonald's Japan starts to rehire ex-workers for flexib...

McDonald's Co (Japan) said Wednesday it has introduced a new system that allows ...

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Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights as war squeezes fuel prices and supplies

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights as war squeezes fuel pric...

The German company that owns Lufthansa Airlines and other European carriers said...

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Japan records trade deficit for 5th straight year as Trump's tariffs hit auto exports

Japan records trade deficit for 5th straight year as Tr...

Japan's trade deficit was 1.7 trillion yen ($10.7 billion) in the fiscal year th...

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Hello Kitty's parent company to make its own video games

Hello Kitty's parent company to make its own video games

Seeking new fans for Hello Kitty, the company behind the enigmatic character on ...

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How France fell for reimagined 19th-century workers' canteens

How France fell for reimagined 19th-century workers' ca...

So-called bouillon restaurants are mushrooming all over France, reviving a tradi...

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Hitachi to sell home appliance business to electronics retailer Nojima

Hitachi to sell home appliance business to electronics ...

Hitachi Ltd said Tuesday it will sell its home appliance business to Japanese el...

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Japan convenience store sales rise 2.2% in March, up for 13th month

Japan convenience store sales rise 2.2% in March, up fo...

Convenience store sales in Japan rose 2.2 percent from a year earlier in March f...

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California says Amazon pressured retailers to boost prices on their websites to not undercut it

California says Amazon pressured retailers to boost pri...

Amazon used its market leverage to get companies such as Walmart to increase pri...

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More Japanese firms plan to cut new graduate hires for FY2027 as AI use grows

More Japanese firms plan to cut new graduate hires for ...

More major Japanese companies plan to reduce the number of new graduates they hi...

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New IC train card for foreign tourists to Japan to go on sale in May

New IC train card for foreign tourists to Japan to go o...

A new prepaid transport IC card for foreign tourists will go on sale in May to f...

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Businesses can claim refunds for Trump tariffs ruled unconstitutional starting Monday

Businesses can claim refunds for Trump tariffs ruled un...

A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court ru...

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Middle East war revs up electric car demand in Asia

Middle East war revs up electric car demand in Asia

Electric vehicle sales have jumped in Southeast Asia as cost-conscious buyers ha...

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Honda to end gasoline vehicle output at China plant in demand shift to EVs

Honda to end gasoline vehicle output at China plant in ...

Honda Motor Co will discontinue gasoline vehicle production at one of its four p...

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China's economy grows at 5% in first quarter, shrugging off initial impact of Iran war

China's economy grows at 5% in first quarter, shrugging...

China’s economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from...

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Netflix shares dive as revenue barely beats expectations

Netflix shares dive as revenue barely beats expectations

Netflix shares plummeted more than 8 percent on Thursday as the TV streaming tit...

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Gatorade, inventor of the sports drink, is getting a rebrand targeting non-athletes

Gatorade, inventor of the sports drink, is getting a re...

Sixty years after it invented sports drinks, Gatorade is making a surprising piv...