Category: Japan
Japan’s machinery orders tick up but factory demand patchy
Japan’s machinery orders unexpectedly rose in May, offering policymakers some comfort that capital expenditure has held up despite the hit to corporate profits from the [...]
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‘Economy watcher’ survey got record lift in June as sentiment rebounded
Business sentiment among people with jobs sensitive to economic trends rose by a record in June as expectations for recovery grew after the lifting of the state of emergency [...]
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Retail giant Aeon logs quarterly JPY 53.9 billion loss, worst since 2005
Aeon Co. logged a consolidated net loss of JPY 53.9 billion in the March to May period, its largest loss since the retail giant began releasing quarterly net balance [...]
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Japan: Capital Tokyo new hotspot of coronavirus
Japanese capital on Thursday reported a single-day record of novel coronavirus infections with 224 more cases reported by health authorities. Tokyo has recorded over 7,000 [...]
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Is that hand strap clean? Tokyo Metro sprays silver to fend off coronavirus
As global public transport operators look for ways to keep the coronavirus at bay on planes, trains and buses, one of Japan’s biggest rail firms is betting on the [...]
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Heavy rain hits scenic central Japan, more damage in south
Flooding and mudslides have stranded hundreds of people in scenic hot springs and hiking areas in central Japan, while rescue workers searched on Thursday for more people [...]
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Japan to develop offshore wind farms at 30 sites in 10 years, Nikkei says
Japan will craft new rules and support infrastructure in a drive that aims to build offshore wind farms at 30 sites during the next decade, the Nikkei business daily said on [...]
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Japan June machine tool orders plunge 32.0pct y/yindustry association
Japan’s machine tool orders in June slumped 32.0 percent compared with a year earlier, a preliminary estimate from the Japan Machine Tool Builders’ Association [...]
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Japan to promote year of intensive reforms toward digitalised society
The government on Wednesday pledged to promote a year of intensive reforms toward the digitalisation of Japanese society in a draft of its annual economic policy guideline, [...]
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Bank of Japan downgrades all regional economies due to coronavirus
The Bank of Japan downgraded its assessments Thursday of all nine regional economies for the second straight quarter, as the novel coronavirus pandemic has continued to [...]
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Tokyo coronavirus cases hit record daily high of 224, NHK says
Tokyo confirmed 224 new cases of coronavirus infection on Thursday, marking a record high for the Japanese capital in a single day as authorities focused testing on the [...]
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Japan’s June business failures hit monthly high for the year
The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan in June grew 6.3 percent from a year before to 780, hitting the highest monthly total for this year, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd [...]
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Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn may have paid over $860K for his escape
They say you can’t put a price on freedom, but that may not be entirely trueat least in former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn’s case. A recent court filing found that [...]
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Koike calls for caution as Tokyo logs record 224 coronavirus cases
The Tokyo Metropolitan government reported 224 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, an all-time high for the capital following a surge in infections that began [...]
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Japan’s Amusement Parks Warn Coaster Riders: Screaming Can Spread COVID-19
Japan’s amusement parks may not be as amusing as they used to be. Currently many of the country’s parks are open or reopening in the midst of the coronavirus [...]
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