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Cherry blossom fever boosts companies’ bottom lines
Every spring people across Japan are enraptured as the cherry trees explode into bloom, clothing the country in pink. The blossoms last for only a few short weeks, but in that time the fleeting flowers make for good business. The blossoms are a gift to corporate marketers and a boon ...
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Giappone Myanmar
First Japanese food court opens to Myanmar diners
Myanmar’s first Japanese food court opened this week in Yangon under a joint venture between Tokyo-based trading giant Sojitz Corp. and local retail chain City Mart Holdings. Dubbed “Tokyo Dining City,” the facility has six restaurants that bring together the authentic culinary arts of Japan with quality service, according to ...
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USA Giappone
Aso, Pence plan first economic dialogue April 18 in Tokyo
Japan and the United States plan to hold the first round of their high-level economic dialogue in Tokyo on April 18 to discuss infrastructure investment, trade rules and macroeconomic policy, sources have said. The framework, to be led by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, who doubles as finance minister, and ...
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USA Giappone
Feds: Trump DC hotel ‘in full compliance’ and not in violation of government lease
The federal agency overseeing Donald Trump’s lease for a luxury hotel in Washington ruled Thursday that his inauguration as president doesn’t violate terms of the agreement barring government officials from profiting from the property. In a letter to the Trump Organization, General Services Administration Contracting Officer Kevin M. Terry says ...
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Giappone
Japan cool to Toshiba selling chip business to Chinese or Taiwanese interest
The government may urge Toshiba Corp. not to sell a stake in its chip unit to a Chinese or Taiwanese company due to national security concerns, sources said Thursday. The government is concerned that Toshiba’s key technology could get into the hands of a foreign company deemed risky to national ...
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Giappone
CIA hacked Apple devices in ways users can’t fix: WikiLeaks
New documents from WikiLeaks point to an apparent CIA program to hack Apple’s iPhones and Mac computers using techniques that users couldn’t disable by resetting their devices. Security experts say the exploits are plausible, but suggest they pose little threat to typical users. They say that many of the tricks ...
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Giappone
Nissan snubs talks with UAW after rally at Mississippi plant
Nissan Motor Co. is declining to talk to union supporters about conditions at its Mississippi assembly plant. A March 14 letter from Nissan executive Scott Becker to the United Auto Workers union declines to address demands presented after a March 4 pro-union rally. Becker describes claims that Nissan is improperly ...
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USA
Texas signs first ever trade agreement with settlers
While in Israel Miller will also visit the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, the Dead Sea and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
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Colombia USA Ecuador
UN Environment to support environmental recovery and peacebuilding in Colombia
Source: UN Environment Programme Country: ColombiaUNEP will assist Colombia with overcoming the environmental degradation legacy of the internal conflict which lasted for more than 50 years, especially in remote rural areas.Invited by the Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, a UN Environment multi-disciplinary team of experts completed a 12-day mission The team focused ...
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Turchia USA Regno Unito Italia
NGOs welcome Brussels Syria Conference as 'urgent and vital opportunity'
Source: Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, Humedica, Danish Refugee Council, DanChurchAid, Norwegian Refugee Council, Lutheran World Federation, INTERSOS, CARE, Mercy Corps, Action Against Hunger USA, Solidarités International, Oxfam, Save the Children, World Vision, Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund, Terre des hommes Italia, Bihar Relief Organization Country: Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, ...