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Giappone
Nintendo eyes filmmaking for growth after Mariners sale
Video game maker Nintendo Co. is eyeing the movie business for growth. Company spokesman Makoto Wakae said Monday details are undecided but the work might be a theater release or a DVD. Nintendo, which makes the Wii U home console and Nintendo 3DS hand-held machine, has licensed its game characters ...
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Giappone
Nissan sucked into car emissions scandal as South Korea alleges fraud
South Korea’s Environment Ministry said Monday it will fine Nissan’s South Korean operation for manipulating emissions tests on its sports utility vehicles, an allegation Nissan denies. The ministry said it will fine Nissan Korea Co. 330 million won ($28,000) and recall 814 Qashqai vehicles sold since November. It also plans ...
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Giappone
Abe lurches to economic left to broaden appeal before crucial summer election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is shifting his economic policies to the left in a bid to broaden his appeal ahead of a key election this summer. In stark contrast to his opening Abenomics salvo three years ago, which weakened the yen and boosted corporate profits and stock prices, the premier ...
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Nippon Steel to take control of Nisshin to weather China glut
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., Japan’s largest steel maker, said it will take majority control of the nation’s No. 4 mill, Nisshin Steel Co., as the industry consolidates in the face of a global supply glut. Citing a “rapid deterioration of the business environment” due to overcapacity in China, ...
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Giappone
Time-pressed Japanese drop traditional breakfast in favor of granola
Grilled fish, steamed rice and miso soup are disappearing from the nation’s breakfast tables as more households opt for a less time-consuming way to start the day: granola. Sales of the oven-baked mix of grains, dried fruit and nuts, until recently a rarity on supermarket shelves, soared to almost 47,500 ...
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Giappone
Japan to forgo energy-saving request for first summer since 3/11 disasters
The government has decided not to ask households and companies to reduce electricity consumption this summer — the first since the March 2011 disasters. With power supplies expected to top demand this summer, the government reached the conclusion for the first time since the massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami rocked ...
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Renova eyes growth in Japan renewables market beyond solar
Renova Inc., a developer of renewable energy, is targeting an expansion of its solar-power capacity to more than 300 megawatts, while also tapping into other clean energy technologies to broaden its offerings amid cuts in the rates that solar-power producers get. The Tokyo-based venture, which started out in the waste-recycling ...
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Giappone Vietnam
Vietnam bank thwarts attempted heist through SWIFT system
Vietnam’s Tien Phong Bank said that it interrupted an attempted wire fraud that involved the use of fraudulent SWIFT messages, the same technique at the heart of February’s massive theft from the Bangladesh central bank. Hanoi-based TPBank said in a statement late on Sunday in response to inquiries from Reuters ...
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Giappone
Chinese pouring billions into U.S. real estate, especially homes
Chinese nationals became the largest foreign buyers of U.S. homes last year as they pour billions into American real estate, seeking safe offshore assets, according to a new study Sunday. A huge surge in Chinese buying of both residential and commercial real estate last year took their five-year investment total ...
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Giappone
Corruzione su Tokyo 2020?
GIAPPONE Tokyo 16/05/2016. Il governo giapponese ha ordinato la scorsa settimana al Comitato Olimpico giapponese, Joc, e al Governo Metropolitano di Tokyo di indagare sulle accuse di corruzione legate alla candidatura di Tokyo per Leggi tutto...