Govt boosts hi-tech safety cars with new designation

Govt boosts hi-tech safety cars with new designation

As accidents involving elderly drivers rise, Japan boosts sales of cars loaded with hi-tech safety features by naming th...

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Firms welcome new recruits

Firms welcome new recruits

The public and private sectors across Japan welcome new recruits with initiation ceremonies.

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Business sentiment improves

Business sentiment improves

Business confidence improves at large manufacturers in March on the back of economic recovery.

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Seven Eleven Japan to add lockers for e-commerce

Seven Eleven Japan to add lockers for e-commerce

Convenience store Seven-Eleven will set up lockers where customers can pick up packages delivered by Yamato Transport.

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Japan's unemployment rate falls to 22-year low

Japan's unemployment rate falls to 22-year low

The unemployment rate in Japan falls to the lowest level in about 22 years.

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Toshiba gets approval for chip unit sale

Toshiba gets approval for chip unit sale

Toshiba moves to sell its profitable memory chip unit amid huge losses.

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Fast Retailing chief blasts Trump policies

Fast Retailing chief blasts Trump policies

Fast Retailing president Tadashi Yanai says President Donald Trump's policies could spur Uniqlo to pull out of the US ma...

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Toshiba-owned Westinghouse to file for Chapter 11

Toshiba-owned Westinghouse to file for Chapter 11

Toshiba says US nuclear power subsidiary Westinghouse will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and take a $6.3 bil...

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Govt plan would punish firms for overwork

Govt plan would punish firms for overwork

Japan's government is moving to penalize companies that overwork employees.

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Waste removed from illegal dump site in western Japan

Waste removed from illegal dump site in western Japan

The removal of all industrial waste materials illegally dumped on Teshima island in western Japan is completed.

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