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Giappone
Hitachi taps mania for robotic vacuum cleaners
Hitachi Appliances Inc., a unit of Hitachi Ltd., will launch a robotic vacuum cleaner that it says can clean hard-to-reach areas. At only 25 centimeters wide, the product named minimaru is smaller than rival models and can reach where others cannot, such as spaces between furniture and in the corners ...
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Giappone
Isetan Mitsukoshi opens store inside Chubu airport
Major department store operator Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. on Tuesday opened a store in Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi. The outlet will sell items such as shoes and men’s clothing. The store is Isetan Mitsukoshi’s second airport outlet following one at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. Isetan Mitsukoshi hopes in particular ...
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Giappone
Casino legalization in sight as Abe makes political gains
Moves to allow casinos in Japan have failed for 15 years, but the chance of success has improved sharply, people involved in the effort say, thanks to political shifts that could open the world’s next great frontier for high-roller gambling. The public opposes casinos by 2-to-1 on concerns such as ...
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Giappone
UFJ company awarding e-cash rewards to workers who do least overtime
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. on Monday launched a pilot program that gives e-cash to employees who reduce their overtime hours. The project involves group company Kabu.com Securities Co. The firm started offering the reward as part of its effort to encourage workers to stay in good health. The virtual ...
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Cina Giappone
Honda to open new XR-V factory in China in 2019
Honda Motor Co. plans to build a new factory in China that will produce passenger cars from 2019, boosting its output capacity in the country by about a fifth, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Honda and partner Dongfeng Motor Group Co. are experiencing explosive growth in ...
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Giappone
JR Kyushu shares inch upward ahead of IPO
Kyushu Railway Co. shares have climbed in the gray market before the company’s debut next week, people familiar with the matter said. The rail operator changed hands at ¥2,800 and ¥2,850 a share on Tuesday, a gain of as much as 9.6 percent compared with its initial public offering price ...
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Giappone
Japan finance institutions face huge losses on government bonds if yields rise
Japanese financial institutions with huge government bond holdings face large appraisal losses if yields rise, a Finance Ministry estimate showed Monday. If yields of outstanding bonds climb 1 percent across the board, the value of outstanding government bonds would drop by an estimated ¥67 trillion, or 13.5 percent of nominal ...
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Marocco Malta
Budget 2017: Kappara project set to finish next year, aim to reach target of 2 million tourists
Government to start construction of three schools Government plans to initiate the construction of three primary schools in the coming year — one in St Paul’s Bay, one in Marsascala and the other in Rabat, Gozo. Educational use of tablets in every Year 4 class in all primary schools has ...
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Malta
Budget 2017: Of social justice, meals on wheels and students in difficulty
Social InclusionHousing SectorThrough the assistance of European funds, the Housing Authority will begin, during the last quarter of 2017, a series of works to install lifts and upgrade government social housing. This process is expected to be concluded over a period of six years. The maintenance of communal areas and ...
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Malta
Budget 2017: Cancer treatment services to improve to levels of excellence... by 2021
Primary CareFor the purposes of expanding primary care, the government will be launching a regional healthcare hub in Paola on the site where Pace Grasso currently sits today. It was also announced that the government will be revamping a number of existing healthcare centres around Malta. A new project will ...