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Stocks turned slightly higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, supported by buybacks after the previous day’s tumble. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 43.93 points, or 0.23 percent, to close at 19,085.31. On Wednesday, the Nikkei average gave up 414.50 points, suffering the biggest closing loss since Donald Trump’s victory ...

Smaller firms in Japan are playing a more active role in the country’s overseas development assistance, offering their expertise to local partners with help from the Japanese government. Wago, a processor of agricultural products based in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, is helping farmers in Kenya increase their earnings by improving production ...

Toyota Motor Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. will cooperate on high-speed communication technology for “connected cars,” sources said Thursday. Toyota and NTT will jointly study the use of next-generation 5G technology to enable autonomous cars to gather information on traffic conditions and exchange data between self-driving vehicles to ...

The chief negotiator of a 16-nation Asia trade pact expressed hope that talks can be concluded this year if member nations refrain from introducing elements of a separate deal derailed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Iman Pambagyo, trade negotiating committee chief for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, said that governments ...

Toshiba Corp. said the board of its nuclear unit Westinghouse will decide whether to file for bankruptcy, suggesting that is one option under consideration as it struggles with billions of dollars in liabilities from cost overruns on nuclear construction projects. “Whether or not Westinghouse files for Chapter 11 is ultimately ...

The standing of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is set for another boost after 13 further applicants were granted membership. The accessions will bring the total roster of member countries to 70, and leave Japan and the U.S. as the only Group of Seven states without a stake in ...

Imagine a future when solar cells can be sprayed or printed onto the windows of skyscrapers or atop sport utility vehicles — and at prices potentially far cheaper than today’s silicon-based panels. It’s not as far-fetched as it seems. Solar researchers and company executives think there’s a good chance the ...

Brazil’s meat exports effectively collapsed this week, the agricultural minister said Wednesday, as several countries halted imports from the South American country in the wake of a meat inspection scandal. Brazil is struggling to contain the scandal, in which investigators say that health inspectors were bribed to overlook expired meats ...

Sears, a back-to-school shopping destination for generations of kids and the place newlyweds went to choose appliances, has said that after years of losing money that there is “substantial doubt” it will be able to keep its doors open. It’s a dramatic acknowledgment from the chain that owns Sears and ...

’Femi Asu Global ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, has said Nigerian banks will continue to face challenges this year, following the extreme difficulties of 2016.. In a statement on Wednesday, it noted that banks faced multiple threats from the operating environment in 2016, including Nigeria sliding into recession, the economy continuing ...