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Japanese guitar maker Fernandes declares bankruptcy due to plummeting sales

Japanese guitar maker Fernandes declares bankruptcy due...

A lot of first guitars in Japan were made by Fernandes, a Saitama-based company ...

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Kansai Electric eyes construction of new nuclear plant

Kansai Electric eyes construction of new nuclear plant

Kansai Electric Power Co plans to launch a geological study in preparation for t...

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Japan voters see little hope for tariff reprieve in car maker Mazda's hometown

Japan voters see little hope for tariff reprieve in car...

When car maker Mazda sneezes, everyone catches a cold, say people in its hometow...

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Trump’s tariff pressure pushes Asia toward American LNG, but at the cost of climate goals

Trump’s tariff pressure pushes Asia toward American LNG...

Asian countries are offering to buy more U.S. liquefied natural gas in negotiati...

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China moves to tame 'irrational competition' as EV price war persists

China moves to tame 'irrational competition' as EV pric...

Chinese officials are seeking to tame the country's swelling electric vehicle in...

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U.S. retail sales bounce around in a whipsaw trade environment

U.S. retail sales bounce around in a whipsaw trade envi...

Consumers picked up their spending in June after an earlier pullback, despite an...

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Coca-Cola to switch to cane sugar in U.S., Trump says

Coca-Cola to switch to cane sugar in U.S., Trump says

Beverage giant Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its U.S. productio...

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Daunted by geopolitics and trade war, U.S. companies in China report record-low new investment plans

Daunted by geopolitics and trade war, U.S. companies in...

American companies in China are reporting record-low new investment plans for th...

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Japan racks up trade deficit amid threat from Trump's tariffs

Japan racks up trade deficit amid threat from Trump's t...

Japan sank into a trade deficit of 2.2 trillion yen ($15 billion) for the first ...

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Couche-Tard drops $47 bil bid to buy 7-Eleven parent company

Couche-Tard drops $47 bil bid to buy 7-Eleven parent co...

Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said Thursday it has withdrawn i...

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World’s first Dragon Ball Store to open before end of year

World’s first Dragon Ball Store to open before end of year

Dragon Ball is a big franchise. Though it started as a manga, the anime adaptati...

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Landmark Akihabara arcade, opened by Sega over 30 years ago, announces sudden closure

Landmark Akihabara arcade, opened by Sega over 30 years...

It’s been a tumultuous couple of years for the arcade industry in Japan. Not eve...

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Stellantis pulls plug on hydrogen fuel cell vans

Stellantis pulls plug on hydrogen fuel cell vans

Jeep-maker Stellantis said Wednesday it was pulling the plug on plans to build l...

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Asian shares mixed after Nvidia nudges Nasdaq to a record, while other U.S. stocks slump

Asian shares mixed after Nvidia nudges Nasdaq to a reco...

Shares in Asia traded mixed on Wednesday after an update on U.S. inflation pulle...

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Skidding Nissan to halt production at Oppama plant in Kanagawa Prefecture

Skidding Nissan to halt production at Oppama plant in K...

Struggling auto giant Nissan said Tuesday it will stop production at its plant a...

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U.S. consumer inflation accelerates as tariff effects creep in

U.S. consumer inflation accelerates as tariff effects c...

U.S. consumer inflation picked up in line with analyst expectations in June, gov...