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Giappone
Panasonic to recognize people in same-sex unions
From April, Panasonic Corp. will recognize its employees in same-sex unions, possibly conferring on them the paid leave and other benefits currently enjoyed by married employees, a company official said Thursday. The change in policy was prompted by requests from its employees and the International Olympic Committee’s ban on discrimination ...
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Giappone
New economic minister Ishihara believes recovery underway
Facing reporters in one of his first interviews since being named Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister, Nobuteru Ishihara said Wednesday the economy is making a steady recovery despite recent sharp falls in stock prices and the negative growth logged in the final three months of 2015. “There have been no ...
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Giappone
Sharp considering excluding Foxconn backers from vote
Sharp Corp.’s lawyers are recommending that two board members be excluded from a final vote on competing bailout plans, possibly tipping the balance in favor of a proposal from Innovation Network Corp. of Japan, people with knowledge of the matter said. Masahiro Sumita and Shinichi Saito, supporters of a bid ...
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Giappone
Can you call the stock market? Equity analyst says he can
On the 10th day of every month, Junsuke Senoguchi has just one thing on his mind: the closing level of the Nikkei average. That is because Senoguchi, an unassuming man in his late 40s, has built a machine that has been predicting the direction of Japanese shares, and once a ...
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Giappone
Flies threatening Florida’s fruit industry have been eradicated
A type of fruit fly that all but shut down south Florida’s $1.6 billion agricultural industry when it was discovered in the state last year has been “successfully eradicated,” authorities said Wednesday. Officials quarantined 97 square miles (250 sq. km) of farmland after the invasive pest was found in the ...
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Exports suffer greatest fall in six years on China woes
Exports fell for a fourth consecutive month and dropped the most since 2009, underscoring continued weakness in an economy that contracted in the final months of 2015. Exports to China, the nation’s largest trading partner, were down almost 18 percent, driving an overall decline of nearly 13 percent in the ...
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Giappone
Takata may consolidate European plant air bag output, cut jobs abroad
Takata Corp. may consolidate its air bag production in Europe and cut jobs overseas under restructuring to recover from a global recall crisis involving its faulty inflators, sources said Wednesday. Under the turnaround plan, Takata may also sell some noncore businesses to raise money for massive recall-linked expenses, as well ...
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Boeing, AIrbus bag billion-dollar deals at Asia air show despite regional economic wariness
Airbus and Boeing announced billion-dollar deals at Asia’s largest air show in Singapore Wednesday, underscoring the region’s role as a driver of industry growth despite greater caution among plane buyers. Europe’s Airbus said it had won an $1.85 billion deal for the purchase of six A350-900s by Philippine Airlines (PAL), ...
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Carmakers hold crisis huddle to mull ways to aid embattled air bag maker Takata
Automakers have held a crisis meeting to see how they can help Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata after the recall of millions of vehicles worldwide due to a fault in the air bags, a German magazine reported on Wednesday. According to the monthly Manager Magazin, Takata is unable to produce ...
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USJ may scrap planned Okinawa theme park
The operator of Universal Studios Japan is considering scrapping plans for a theme park in Okinawa as the figures may not add up, sources said Thursday. U.S. parent company Comcast Corp. has been reluctant to give the green light and USJ Co. is looking at whether the likely visitor numbers ...