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Japan to allow private sector to run food wholesale markets

December 1, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s government and ruling camp plan to allow the private sector to open and manage central food wholesale markets, informed sources have told Jiji Press. The move is aimed at enhancing the distribution of agricultural and fishery products in

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Flu season starts earlier than usual

December 1, 2017

Tokyo- Japan has entered the influenza season slightly earlier than usual years, the health ministry said Friday. In the week through Sunday, the average number of flu patients at some 5,000 regularly monitored medical institutions came to 1.47 to top

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Core CPI posts steepest rise in 3 years in Oct.

December 1, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s core consumer price index for October logged the steepest year-on-year growth in three years, excluding the effects of the April 2014 consumption tax increase, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday. The growth reflected rises in

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Capital spending up for 4th straight quarter

December 1, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese nonfinancial companies’ combined capital expenditures grew for the fourth straight quarter in July-September, led by brisk spending by nonmanufacturers, government data showed Friday. The sum rose 4.2 percent from a year before to 10,792 billion yen, the Finance

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Oct. job openings ratio highest since January 1974

December 1, 2017

Tokyo- -Japan’s seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers in October rose 0.03 point from the previous month to 1.55, the highest level since January 1974, the labor ministry said Friday. The figure grew for the first time

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Emperor Akihito to abdicate on April 30, 2019

December 1, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s Emperor Akihito will step down on April 30, 2019, in the country’s first Imperial abdication in about 200 years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday. Crown Prince Naruhito will accede to the throne on May 1 that year,

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Japan, South Korea agree to boost pressure on Pyongyang

November 30, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed Wednesday on close cooperation among their countries and the United States to strengthen pressure on North Korea to stop the reclusive nation’s continued provocations. In the 15-minute

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Slow exit from easing to save BOJ massive losses : professor

November 30, 2017

Tokyo- By engineering a slow exit from its current massive monetary easing policy, the Bank of Japan will be able to control related losses, Columbia University Prof. Takatoshi Ito has suggested. In a recent interview, Ito said the central bank

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