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Giappone
Japan’s early flu season sparking surge in humidifier sales
Sales of humidifiers are on the increase in Japan, where the influenza season has begun earlier than usual, prompting makers to increase production. According to the Japanese operations of global market research company GfK, sales of humidifiers in November in Japan increased by more than 35 percent from a year ...
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Giappone
Japan Inc. feeling the squeeze to attract, nurture skilled IT workers
Competition for talented information technology experts is intensifying in Japan’s job-hopping market amid advances in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Demand for competent IT workers is growing rapidly from non-IT companies in the face of an expanding need for adaptation to the so-called internet of things (IoT), or the networking of ...
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Giappone
Trump Air Force One tweet tirade followed Boeing chief’s jab at protectionism; firm vows to control costs
Boeing has pledged to control costs on the redesign of Air Force One after President-elect Donald Trump blasted the aerospace giant for the ballooning expenses, a company spokesman said Wednesday. Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg reassured Trump in a phone call Tuesday night about its commitment to keeping a tight ...
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Giappone
Obamacare repeal-only would take 30 million off coverage, scare hospitals, insurers away: study
Repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law without a replacement risks making nearly 30 million people uninsured, according to a study released Wednesday. Separately, a professional group representing benefit advisers warned congressional leaders of the risk of “significant market disruption” that could cause millions of Americans to lose their health ...
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Giappone
Terumo to buy catheter-related business of two U.S. firms
Terumo Corp. has agreed to buy part of the catheter-related operations of two U.S. medical equipment companies for $1.12 billion. The acquisition will be completed after a merger of the two U.S. companies, Abbott Laboratories and St. Jude Medical Inc., Terumo said Wednesday. After the acquisition, Terumo, a Japanese medical ...
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Cina USA Giappone
2016 ‘year zero’ of virtual reality revolution, filmmakers say
The first wave of virtual reality cinemas, heralding what their creators claim will be an entertainment revolution, rolls out across the world this month. The first screening room in France opened Wednesday and several others are promised for Beijing, Shanghai and Los Angeles in the next few weeks. Like the ...
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Giappone
Japan Inc. warns of global trade contraction under Trump presidency: poll
Corporate Japan is bracing for a rocky ride under incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, a Reuters poll showed, with well over a third of firms seeing a contraction in global trade as concerns about a rise in U.S. protectionism threaten to shatter a fragile economic recovery. Fully three-quarters of Japanese ...
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Giappone
Instant noodle maker Nissin to build first new plant in two decades
Nissin Food Products Co. said it will establish a plant to manufacture instant noodle products in Shiga Prefecture, the firm’s first new factory in two decades. The ¥57.5 billion plant in the city of Ritto will be completed in December 2019, the company said Wednesday. Nissin, based in Osaka, plans ...
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USA Giappone
Starbucks to add 12,000 new outlets worldwide
Starbucks plans to open 12,000 new locations within five years, boosting the total number of its coffee shops worldwide by almost 50 percent. The Seattle brewer outlined its growth plans before investors in New York on Wednesday, about a week after it announced that Howard Schultz, who has built Starbucks ...
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Kenya
Nairobi: Speed limit road signs illegal, High Court rules
In trouble with police for speeding beyond the 100 km/h limit? Worry not, the law could be on your side. The High Court has ruled that driving 20 km/h above the 100 km/h limit is not illegal.