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Toyota to recall 440,000 vehicles for transmission, other defects
Toyota Motor Corp. notified the Japanese transport ministry on Wednesday that it will recall a total of 443,460 vehicles made between September 2006 and August 2013 for free repairs, due to defects in the continuously variable transmission system and other devices. No injuries related to the defects have been reported ...
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China’s Xi tells neighbors that rival trade pacts risk ‘fragmentation’ of region
Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday urged Asian economies to sign up to its free trade agreement, warning that rival pacts risk causing “fragmentation” among nations in the region. Both China and the United States are pushing their own free trade visions for the economically vibrant and populous region. Last month, ...
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Dollar immobile around ¥123.30 in Tokyo
The dollar was stuck in a narrow range around ¥123.30 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, as the market was dominated by a wait-and-see mood in the absence of major trading incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥123.30-30, up slightly from ¥123.26-26 at the same time Tuesday. The euro ...
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Japan’s securities watchdog eyes record ¥7 billion fine for Toshiba
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission plans to recommend imposing the fine for falsifying its financial reports, sources said Wednesday. The post Japan’s securities watchdog eyes record ¥7 billion fine for Toshiba appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Amazon starts music distribution service in Japan
Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday it has launched a music-streaming service for customers in Japan who pay membership fees for its online shopping site. In the Prime Music service, Amazon.com’s Prime customers, who pay an annual fee of ¥3,900, will have access to more than 1 million pieces of music from ...
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Nikkei briefly hits three-month high
Stocks climbed further on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday after gains in overseas stocks and on hopes for additional monetary easing and economic stimulus in Japan, with the Nikkei average briefly hitting the highest level in almost three months. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 18.55 points, or 0.09 percent, to ...
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Bank of Japan is done boosting stimulus: experts
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, who unleashed unprecedented monetary stimulus in 2013 and doubled down on it last year, is done expanding his efforts, according to an increasing number of economists. Forty-four percent of respondents in a Nov. 13 to 17 Bloomberg poll do not expect the BOJ to ...
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Minister says Japan pension funds should invest in India rail
India proposed Japanese pension funds invest in rail projects in the South Asian nation as the government prepares to spend more than $140 billion over five years upgrading its outdated tracks. Indian Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said he proposed the investment by Japan’s pension funds during a series of meetings ...
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BOJ critic Fujimaki sees 2% inflation hit, and that scares him
Takeshi Fujimaki, a banker turned opposition lawmaker, said the Bank of Japan will achieve its 2 percent inflation target much earlier than expected. And it scares him. The yen will slide toward a more “appropriate” level at ¥180 to ¥200 per dollar over the long term, from about ¥123 now, ...
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Tokyo condos for sale dropped 6.5% in October amid scandal over piling work
Fewer apartments have been put up for sale in Tokyo since flaws were found in hundreds of buildings with falsified construction data, threatening to cut short a rally in home prices. The number of apartments in Tokyo and surrounding areas that were offered in October dropped 6.5 percent from the ...