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JR West to issue unprecedented 40-year bonds to capitalize on negative rate
West Japan Railway Co. said Friday it will issue unprecedented 40-year bonds, taking advantage of the cheaper funding brought about by the Bank of Japan’s negative interest rate. The ¥10 billion, 1.575-percent bonds will have the longest term of any yet issued by a private company in Japan, according to ...
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Japan Post Insurance to boost foreign debt as JGB yields plunge
Japan Post Insurance Co., the nation’s biggest insurer by assets, plans to increase investments in foreign debt to boost returns as the central bank’s negative interest rate policy sends government bond yields to unprecedented lows. The insurer, which has more than half of its ¥82.7 trillion of assets in Japanese ...
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Fastest-growing Airbnb market at risk as lodging-scarce Japan cracks down
Aileen Jeffery arrived in Tokyo two years ago and spotted what she thought was the best opportunity of her career: Hotel rooms in the capital were scarce and a boom in tourism was exacerbating the shortage. The 26-year-old former real estate analyst took a 21st century approach to the business, ...
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Dentsu considering 60 businesses for acquisition
Dominant advertising agency Dentsu Inc. has locked sights on as many as 60 acquisition targets to bring more technology and talent to its global business. The deals pipeline includes mostly small and midsize companies, a contrast with the company’s record ¥409 billion purchase of Aegis Group in 2013, said Tim ...
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Oregon lawmakers approve landmark minimum wage increase
Oregon lawmakers have approved landmark legislation that propels the state’s minimum wage for all workers to the highest rank in the U.S., and does so through an unparalleled tiered system based on geography. The state House of Representatives on Thursday passed Senate Bill 1532, which now heads to Democratic Gov. ...
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California high-speed rail’s first leg to connect Central and Silicon valleys
California’s ambitious plan for high-speed rail service will become reality within a decade, with service between the state’s agricultural Central Valley and high-tech Silicon Valley, state officials announced on Thursday. In an updated draft plan for the rail line that will whisk passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in ...
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Privacy, product stakes high as Apple goes it alone against state encryption demands
Although many leading tech companies have long voiced concerns over assisting in government surveillance, Apple — for now — is facing the latest battle alone. Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo have been conspicuously silent after a U.S. magistrate ordered Apple to produce software that would help investigators hack into an ...
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Gurunavi teams with 15 entities to offer online Tokyo tourist info services
Gurunavi Inc. said Thursday that the Internet restaurant guide operator and 15 other Japanese entities will launch their planned joint online sightseeing information services on April 13. The announcement of the service launch date was made together with railwayrs Tokyu Corp. and Tokyo Metro Co. The service, named Live Japan ...
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Nissan recalls 1,946 vehicles, mainly ambulances, over ignition fault
Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it is recalling in Japan 1,946 vehicles, most of them used as ambulances, due to an issue that could prevent their engines from starting, following a man’s death in a hospital after an ambulance intended to transport him failed to start. According to documents filed ...
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Cabbies converge on Madrid to march against Uber-type services
Thousands of taxi drivers protested Thursday in Madrid over competitors such as Uber, echoing similar recent demonstrations in neighboring France. French drivers joined the thousands of protesters in the Spanish capital who sported banners that read “No to unfair competition,” denouncing among other grievances the planned deregulation of the sector. ...