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Japan free trade deal signed
AUSTRALIA has signed a Free Trade Agreement with Japan which will see the cost of imported cars and household goods slashed.
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Australian PM in Japan, hoping to reach trade deal
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is leading a business mission of some 600 people to Tokyo, where he hopes to reach a free trade agreement during a summit with his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe.
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Australia optimistic about Japan free trade talks
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott sounds positive note about his countrys negotiations with Japan
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US attacks Japans Pacific trade stance
The US has accused Japan of blocking progress on a trade deal by not allowing open access to its markets for agricultural products and motor vehicles
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Japans economy: Out of the zone
Transformation-ready FOR Izumi Yoshimura, an estate agent in Tokyos Ginza shopping district, the increase in the consumption tax on April 1st from 5% to 8% is a triple blow. It lifts her cost of living; she will need to rejig her firms computer systems at great expense; and her commissions are ...
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01 Apr Cosmetica, ancora positivo il trend export nel 2014
Gli italiani? Dei veri narcisi. Nonostante la crisi, infatti, uomini e donne non rinunciano alla cura della propria bellezza, ma hanno cambiato la modalità d'acquisto spostandosi dalla profumeria verso altri canali distributivi come i negozi monomarca e specializzati, le vendite a domicilio o online e l'erboristeria, a scapito di centri ...
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Japan Inc downbeat amid sales tax rise
Japanese companies plan virtually no overall increase in capital investment in the new fiscal year, underscoring concerns about the impact of rising sales taxes on economic growth
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Tax hike hurts Japan business mood more than in 1997: BOJ tankan
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto
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Japan business mood recovery slows, outlook dims: BOJ tankan
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto
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Instant View: BOJ tankan shows Japan business mood up, outlook dim
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese business sentiment improved in the three months to March but is set to weaken in the following quarter, the central bank's "tankan" survey showed, on concerns a sales tax hike kicking off this month will dent a fragile economic recovery.
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Japan business mood recovery slows, outlook dims-BOJ tankan
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto
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Japan business mood improves slightly in first quarter: BOJ tankan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese business confidence improved in the three months to March for a fifth straight quarter, a central bank survey showed, but the pace of recovery slowed and sentiment is seen weakening in the following quarter due to worries that a sales tax hike will dent growth.
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Japan's Sales-Tax Boost Tests Abenomics
The Outlook: After Japan boosts its sales-tax rate this week, many Japanese are expected to ratchet back spending, posing a challenge for Prime Minister Abe's policy aimed at breathing life into the economy.
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AD OSAKA L'APERITIVO DELLA CAMERA DI COMMERCIO ITALIANA
OSAKA\ nflash\ - Si è tenuto ieri, 27 marzo, ad Osaka, presso il ristorante 8G, l'aperitivo della Camera di Commercio italiana in Giappone. Tra i presenti anche il Console Generale, Marco Lombardi. Con lui il nuovo Direttore dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Osaka, Stefano Fossati, membri della Camera di Commercio ...
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New iPhone likely out in September, reports Japans business daily
The handset, expected to be called the iPhone 6, to come in two versions with a 4.7-inch or 5.5-inch screen
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Japan family spending falls before sales tax hike
Japanese household spending has fallen by 1.5 percent in February from a year earlier, suggesting consumers are tightening belts ahead of an April 1 hike in the country's sales tax.
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Chocks Away For British Airways, Finnair, Japan Air Joint Venture
The three airlines said their joint venture to share capacity on routes between Europe and Japan is due to start next Tuesday.
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Japan tax rise poised to dent auto sales
Automakers are braced for a 15 per cent plunge in year on year sales in Japan after the government increases consumption tax from 5 to 8 per cent on April 1
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Japan logs record trade deficit for month of February
Japan registered a goods trade deficit of ¥800.3 billion in February, a record for the month and up 3.5 percent from a year before, the government said Wednesday, amid growing imports of fossil fuels after the Fukushima nuclear crisis. The trade balance posted the 20th straight month of red ink, ...
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Japan posts 20th straight monthly trade deficit
Japan reported its 20th straight monthly trade deficit in February as soaring energy imports continued to offset the value of exported goods.
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Japan Hits a Sour Note on Music Sales
Even with the recorded-music business stabilizing in many countries, global music revenue shrank last year. The biggest reason: Japan's music market, the world's second largest after the U.S., is in free fall.