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Giappone
Dollar sheds losses to move around ¥109 in late Tokyo trading
The dollar cut its early losses to move around ¥109 in Tokyo late Thursday, drawing buybacks prior to the closely watched meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump later on Thursday. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥109.00-01, still down from ¥109.44-45 at the ...
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Giappone
Apple wants OLED displays in next iPhone iteration but most suppliers aren’t ready
Apple Inc. has big plans to outfit its next iPhone with vibrant, energy-sipping organic LED displays, seeking to entice consumers with new technology that’s already been embraced by other high-end smartphone makers. The trouble is that the four main suppliers for such components won’t have enough production capacity to make ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks edge up on stable dollar
Stocks cut earlier losses to close slightly higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, underpinned by a stable dollar versus the yen. The 225-issue Nikkei average edged up 0.42 point, or 0.00 percent, to close at 17,862.63. On Wednesday, the key market gauge gained 194.06 points. The Topix index of ...
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USA Giappone
Mazda eyes launch of electric vehicle in U.S. market in 2019
Mazda Motor Corp. plans to launch an electric vehicle in the United States in 2019 as part of its efforts to meet stricter emission standards there, President Masamichi Kogai said. Kogai also revealed in a recent interview that his Hiroshima-based company is considering jointly developing electric motor control technology with ...
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Giappone
Pure gold ‘takoyaki’ dumpling maker put on display in Osaka
Gold products worth over ¥4 billion ($36.82 million), including a takoyaki (octopus dumpling) maker, were put on display Thursday at a Takashimaya department store in Osaka. The exhibit will showcase about 1,000 gold products through Monday, including the ¥43.2 million pure gold takoyaki grill that cooks up ball-shaped flour dumplings ...
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Giappone
BOJ acts to curb interest rate spikes following Trump victory
The Bank of Japan on Thursday announced its first fixed-rate buying operation since the policy’s introduction in September, in a bid to curb surges in interest rates following the victory of Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race. The BOJ said it would buy an unlimited amount of Japanese ...
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Giappone
Analysts point to Japan’s untapped potential to boost the economy
Japan’s population is declining, deflation has returned, and the nation’s economy is still stuck in cycle of weak, stop-start growth. And yet, there are a number of hidden and underutilized resources that Japan could tap to try to escape this economic malaise. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ...
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Giappone
Canada’s pampered pigs sate Japan’s appetite for pricey pork
On select Canadian farms, thousands of pigs bound for Japan are basking in five-star treatment. Japan’s growing appetite for pricey pork cuts is driving Canadian and U.S. fresh pork exports to record levels, spurring producers to leverage every advantage in the race for market share. While most of the pigs ...
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Giappone
Survey sees surge in ‘secret savings’ of married Japanese, with wives on top
The average amount of savings secretly accumulated by married women in 2016 was ¥1.47 million, rising by more than ¥200,000 from the year before, according to a survey by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. The survey, released Wednesday, showed that husbands, on the other hand, had an average total secret ...
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Paraguay
Atribuyen la preocupante reducción del hato ganadero a la inseguridad
Cansados de la inseguridad reinante en el campo y de cómo esta situación afecta a la ganadería y el transporte, miembros de la Asociación Nacional de Transportes de Ganado (Antg) y de la Asociación Rural del Paraguay (ARP) salieron ayer con sus camiones trasganados a las calles.