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Amway Japan gets partial business suspension order over network marketing
NHK - Oct 15
Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency has issued a partial business suspension order to Amway Japan for illegally soliciting people over network marketing.
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing hits highest-ever annual profit
Nikkei - Oct 14
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing announced a record annual profit on Thursday, as most of the casual clothing retailer's markets rebounded from the COVID pandemic.
Toyota begins making cars in Myanmar after delay due to coup
Japan Today - Oct 14
Toyota Motor Corp has begun assembling autos in Myanmar after a more than yearlong delay following a military takeover in February 2021.
Japan's producer prices rise for 19th straight month
NHK - Oct 13
Producer prices in Japan rose for a 19th straight month in September, driven up by higher energy and material costs and a rapidly weakening yen.
Japan warns on yen sell-off as dollar's surge continues
asiafinancial.com - Oct 13
Japan's lawmakers have issued their strongest warning yet to investors selling the yen after the US dollar soared to a new 24-year high against the currency.
Japan becomes first in Asia to get Starlink connection
UPI - Oct 12
Japan on Tuesday became the first country in Asia to receive Internet access from the Starlink satellite system from the SpaceX company controlled by Tesla founder Elon Musk.
Nissan sells its Russian operation with 6 year buyback option
siasat.com - Oct 12
Japan’s Nissan Motor Company has decided to sell its Russian operations with an option to buy it back within six years, the company said.
Kura Sushi plans New York location in expansion abroad
Nikkei - Oct 12
Japanese conveyor-belt sushi chain Kura Sushi will open its first New York State location by August 2024 in an ambitious expansion campaign that aims to quadruple its overseas network.
Nissan pushes Renault to sell down stake, may raise funds: source
Nikkei - Oct 10
Nissan Motor is pressing French partner Renault to cut its stake in the Japanese automaker as much as possible, ideally to 15%, and may consider raising funds to buy back the shares, a source familiar with the matter said.
Japan targets farm export gains to blunt weak yen’s pain
borneobulletin - Oct 07
When Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed this week to wring more gains from the weak yen, which has become instead a source of economic pain, he was pinning his hopes on the likes of Soichi Yoshimura, 33, and his strawberry farm north of Tokyo.
Toyota restarts output of first EV after resolving safety issues
Nikkei - Oct 07
Toyota Motor said it would restart production of its first electric vehicle, the bZ4X, on Thursday after fixing potential safety problems that had halted sales of the new battery-powered model for more than three months.
iPhone 14 cheapest in Japan among 37 countries: survey
Kyodo - Oct 05
The iPhone 14 launched by Apple Inc. in September was cheaper in Japan than 36 other major countries and regions in the world, a survey showed Wednesday.
McDonald's switches to paper straws, wooden utensils across Japan
Nikkei - Oct 04
McDonald's Japan will adopt paper straws and wooden utensils at all locations starting on Friday, a move that the fast-food chain expects will eliminate 900 tonnes of plastic waste a year, Nikkei has learned.
Japan’s AirDo and Solaseed Air complete merger
smartaviation-apac.com - Oct 04
Japanese carriers AirDo and Solaseed Air merged their operations on Monday to cut costs and create a stronger business in the face of greater business uncertainty.
Why I had to leave Japan to launch my gaming company
Nikkei - Oct 04
Regulators and tax rules are fueling a new brain drain
Japan's business mood worsens in third quarter, Bank of Japan 'tankan' survey shows
Reuters - Oct 03
Japanese manufacturers' business mood worsened in the three months to September, a central bank survey showed on Monday, bolstering views that the weakening yen and its inflationary impact on business costs undermined a fragile economic recovery.
