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Giappone
SoftBank says Pepper on a roll, will staff cellphone store in Tokyo
SoftBank Corp. said Wednesday its Pepper humanoid robots will staff a cellphone store in Tokyo for a week this spring. The firm said the static, talking machines will run the store from March 28 to April 3 in the city’s upscale Omotesando shopping district. SoftBank already operates a separate store ...
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Giappone
Dollar solid above ¥118 in Tokyo
The dollar rose back above ¥118 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, pushed up chiefly by surges in Tokyo and U.S. stock prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥118.24-25, up from ¥117.76-77 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.0869-0870, edging up from $1.0866-0866, and at ¥128.53-54, ...
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Giappone
Nikkei regains 17,000 on U.S. rebound
Stocks staged a sharp rally on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday following an overnight rebound in U.S. equities, with the Nikkei ending above 17,000. The Nikkei surged 455.02 points, or 2.72 percent, to close at 17,163.92. On Tuesday, it lost 402.01 points. The Topix finished up 40.47 points, or ...
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India Giappone
Toyota, Suzuki consider partnership steered toward emerging markets
Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. are considering a wide-ranging partnership to meet growing demand for compact cars in emerging markets such as India, sources said Wednesday. The tie-up would focus on safe driving technology and eco-friendly cars, the sources said, adding that the companies may consider cross-shareholdings. Such ...
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Giappone
Struggling Toshiba may spin off ailing Japan nuclear power business
Scandal-hit Toshiba Corp. will consider splitting off its flagging nuclear power business in Japan and rebuilding it as a separate company as part of a sweeping restructure following an accounting scandal, sources said. The 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster has made it difficult to build reactors in Japan ...
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Giappone
Canon names digital camera veteran Maeda as next president
Canon Inc. on Wednesday named Senior Managing Director Masaya Maeda as the successor to President Fujio Mitarai, who will remain chairman and chief executive officer. Maeda will become president in March. Mitarai, 80, told a news conference in Tokyo that Maeda was chosen because of his efforts to position Canon ...
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Cina Giappone
Chinese tourist spending under threat as yuan slides 10% against yen
Chinese tourists tumbling off buses into the Laox duty-free store in Tokyo’s bustling Ginza district say the yuan’s drop against the yen may make them think twice about splurging during their shopping tours. “Many things are better than China,” said a 27-year-old Beijinger called Wang, who declined to give his ...
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Giappone
Bank of Kyoto snubs Abe’s plea to cut cross-shareholdings
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urges Japanese banks to reduce their stakes in client companies, at least one lender is not playing ball. Bank of Kyoto Ltd. sees no need to sell stakes in customers such as Kyocera Corp., Nintendo Co. and Nidec Corp., the regional lender’s President Nobuhiro Doi ...
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Giappone Corea del Sud
South Korea sues Volkswagen executive over firm’s emission-cheating
South Korea said Wednesday it is filing a criminal complaint against a senior Volkswagen AG executive — the second such suit in a week — over the firm’s emission-cheating scandal. The environment ministry said it would ask Seoul prosecutors to probe Terence Bryce Johnsson — head of overseas sales with ...
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Giappone Israele
Japan boasts booth at Israel cybersecurity event
Japan opened a booth for the first time at a large-scale trade exhibition for cybersecurity technologies that kicked off in Tel Aviv on Tuesday for a two-day run. Japanese companies are aiming to cooperate with Israeli firms with cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. An ...