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Tokyo stocks close at 17,081.98 on lackluster trading
Stocks advanced slightly on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday in thin trading amid a lack of fresh market-moving factors. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 44.35 points, or 0.26 percent, to close at 17,081.98. On Monday, the key market gauge gained 111.95 points to close above 17,000 for the first ...
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Typhoons, extreme heat cause of lackluster business sentiment in August
Japan’s business sentiment worsened in August, as typhoons and extreme heat dampened the agriculture sector, according to a private research firm. The diffusion index measuring business conditions dropped 0.1 points from the previous month to 42.3, its first decline in two months, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said in a monthly survey ...
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Imported vehicle sales in Japan rose 5.3% in August
Sales of new imported cars, trucks and buses, including those made abroad by Japanese carmakers, rose 5.3 percent in August from a year earlier to 23,531 units, an industry body said Tuesday. While sales of foreign-brand vehicles added a mere 0.5 percent to 19,782 units over the period, those of ...
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Toyota Prius Japan’s top-selling car in August for ninth straight month
Toyota Motor Corp.’s Prius hybrid was the best-selling car in August, its ninth straight month at the top, data released by industry bodies showed Tuesday. Toyota sold 17,503 units of the fuel efficient car, marking a roughly 2.6-fold year-on-year increase, ahead of Honda Motor Co.’s N-Box minicar that sold 13,276 ...
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SoftBank’s $120 billion debt nears Moody’s downgrade trigger
SoftBank Group Corp.’s debt — which is set to swell as its latest global acquisition became effective Monday — is nearing a level at which Moody’s Investors Service has said it will consider a rating downgrade. The Japanese wireless carrier’s purchase of British semiconductor designer ARM Holdings PLC for about ...
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Japanese firms eye business opportunities in Russia
Japanese companies are keeping their eyes peeled for emerging business opportunities in Russia following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s announcement of an eight-point cooperation plan with the country in May. To help realize the plan, Japanese firms aim to accelerate investments in resource development and automobile-linked projects, as well as projects ...
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Sumitomo ‘liquidating Japan hedge fund’ as clients pull out
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. is liquidating a Japan-focused hedge fund after investors withdrew money following poor performance, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to the list of casualties as the industry suffers its biggest outflows since 2009. The firm’s asset-management unit is liquidating its Sumi Trust Japan ...
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G-20 leaders face challenges in achieving promised growth
Leaders of the Group of 20 economies stressed their commitment to achieving “strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth,” even as they face mounting structural and other challenges standing in the way of reaching their goals. Chinese President Xi Jinping, the chair of this year’s meeting, hailed the outcome of the ...
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‘Abe-Mario’ segment costs Nintendo nothing but gambit still pays off
How much did Nintendo pay to land that dream marketing opportunity at the Rio Olympics closing ceremony, where Japan’s prime minister popped out dressed as the red-hatted plumber Super Mario? Zero. The Japanese video game maker behind “Pokemon” and “Zelda” got the coveted stage that corporate sponsors pay millions for ...
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Dubai's Emirates NBD bids for Barclays' Egyptian business
Morocco's Attijariwafa also in the running to buy business, according to sources