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Giappone
Japan’s laundromat bubble shows no sign of bursting
Almost every Japanese household has a washing machine, so why are so many of them using laundromats that cost them extra money? The post Japan’s laundromat bubble shows no sign of bursting appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Giappone Myanmar
R&K Trading opens steel factory in Yangon
Iron and steel trader R&K Trading Co. inaugurated a ¥1.5 billion ($14 million) state-of-the-art steel factory in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, on Friday. The Japanese factory covers an area of 19,950 sq. meters in the Japan-backed Thilawa Special Economic Zone. With a production capacity of 120,000 tons per year for ...
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USA Giappone
Narita says passenger numbers will fall further after more U.S. flights reduced
Officials with Narita International Airport Corp. said Friday its airport will see a bigger drop in the number of passenger arrivals in the second half of 2016 than earlier forecast after a greater number of flight services with the United States were canceled. The airport operator is now bracing for ...
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Giappone
Obama administration suspends TPP approval bid
U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration has suspended its efforts to win congressional approval for the Trans-Pacific Partnership before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, saying Friday that the fate of the free trade pact was up to Trump and Republican lawmakers. Administration officials also said Obama would try to explain the ...
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Cina Russia Giappone
Peru’s leader suggests replacing TPP with new trade deal that excludes U.S.
Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski told Russian media that Pacific-rim countries can forge a new trade deal that includes China to replace the U.S.-led TPP that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to scrap. Kuczynski, speaking to Russia Today in an videotaped interview posted on the state-funded broadcaster’s website Friday, ...
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Cina Giappone Hong Kong
U.S. should have joined China-led AIIB: Trump adviser
A top adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump lashed out at the Obama administration for failing to embrace the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, suggesting a possible policy shift when Trump takes office in January. Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post said that Trump’s national security adviser, James Woolsey, called ...
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Giappone
Maizuru route said least viable among three Hokuriku Shinkansen Line extension options
Among the three route options for an extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line to Osaka from Tsuruga, one running via Maizuru and Kyoto would be least viable, a government report has shown. In the report, submitted Friday to the ruling coalition’s project team to promote shinkansen development, the transport ministry ...
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Malta
PL MEP calls for reduced bureaucracy, greater support to the business aviation sector
Labour MEP Miriam Dalli called for less bureaucracy and more support to the Business Aviation sector in order to enable it to grow and contribute further to the Maltese economy. Dr Dalli was visiting a new hangar in the Malta International Airport, in which she also met representatives of 15 ...
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Malta
‘Not this master plan’- environmental organisations hold protest in St Julian’s
A protest organised by a number of environmental organisations was held this morning in front of the 'Love' monument in St Julians. Those attending the protest are objecting the master plan for Paceville as proposed by the government. Kamp Emerġenza Ambjent, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Moviment Graffitti, Front Ħarsien ODZ, Ramblers ...
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Malta
iSurvey: Government’s worst rating - 72% believe environment not safeguarded
A staggering 71.9% of respondents believe that Malta’s environment is not being safeguarded, the November edition of the iSurvey commissioned by The Malta Independent shows.Respondents were asked: Do you feel that Malta’s environment is being safeguarded? A proportion of 21.8% agree that it is, 71.9% disagree and 6.24% are undecided.Environmental issues first ...