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Giappone
Japan one of the world’s most cash-dependent countries: BOJ report
Japan is one of the most cash-dependent countries in the world, according to a recent Bank of Japan report. The report, based on Bank for International Settlements data for 2015, said the ratio of cash in circulation to nominal gross domestic product was 19.4 percent in 2015, the highest among ...
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Giappone
Honda’s N-Box minicar best-selling vehicle for third straight month in February
Honda Motor Co.’s N-Box minicar was the best-selling car in Japan for the third straight month in February, data from industry bodies showed Monday. Japan’s third-biggest carmaker by volume sold 19,429 N-Box cars in February, up 8.6 percent from a year earlier. Nissan Motor Co.’s Dayz mini model was second ...
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Giappone
Lawson offers specialized services for elderly customers
A convenience store retailer is adding elderly care support services to several of its stores, motivated by the surge in Japan’s rapidly aging population. While other convenience store chains have added meal delivery services to target older generations, Lawson Inc. has opened service areas that cater to elderly consumers at ...
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Giappone
BOJ faces call to release handbrake, let longer yields rise
The Bank of Japan is caught in a quandary: to let bond yields rise or not. Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda wants to make longer-maturity debt more attractive by letting yields move higher, yet doing so will put pressure on his efforts to keep 10-year borrowing costs close to zero. He will ...
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Cina Giappone
In China’s rustbelt, displaced heavy industry workers lose hope in the wake of massive downsizing
After protests by unpaid coal miners made headlines around the world last year as China’s parliament was meeting, a $15 billion assistance fund offered by the ruling Communist Party became a symbol of the government’s need to ensure social stability. As the National People’s Congress gathers again a year later, ...
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Giappone
As ethics questions swirl, Trump’s DC hotel seen as capital’s political hub
At a circular booth in the middle of the Trump International Hotel’s balcony restaurant, President Donald Trump dined on his steak — well-done, with ketchup — while chatting with British Brexit politician Nigel Farage. A few days later, major Republican donors Doug Deason and Doug Manchester, in town for the ...
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Giappone
Dutch-themed park to offer sleeping capsules that drift to isle of attractions
Imagine what it’s like to lie on a bed in a floating capsule and look into the stars while it drifts to a desert island overnight. That’s the experience a major theme park in Nagasaki Prefecture plans to offer by the end of this year. Huis Ten Bosch, a Dutch-themed ...
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Giappone
Trump protectionism threat reuniting rest of word, EU vice president says
U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist stance may propel Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American economic powers into market-opening alliances with the European Union, a top EU official said. Jyrki Katainen, a vice president of the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said Trump’s rejection of multilateral commercial deals and a ...
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USA Giappone
Houston-area oil, gas sectors seen exposed to dangerous hackers; firms decline comment
Oil and gas companies, including some of the most celebrated industry names in the Houston area, are facing increasingly sophisticated hackers seeking to steal trade secrets and disrupt operations, according to a newspaper investigation. A stretch of the Gulf Coast near Houston features one of the largest concentrations of refineries, ...
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Giappone
Isetan Mitsukoshi CEO Onishi to step down over poor sales
Hiroshi Onishi plans to step down as president and chief executive officer of leading department store operator Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. at the end of this month, informed sources said on Monday. Onishi, 61, intends to take responsibility for the recent poor performance of the company, the sources said. Isetan ...