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Japan Crypto Review May Open Door to Lower Taxes, Dedicated ETFs
Japan's Financial Services Agency in coming months will assess whether the current approach of regulating crypto under the payments act is adequate, an official at the agency said, asking not to be identified in line with the institution’s rules.
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Tim Cook Conveyed Apple App Store Curb Concerns To Japan PM: Report
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook asked Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to consider protecting users when regulating distribution of smartphone apps, Nikkei reported on Friday citing sources.
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Apple Japan To Pay $98 Million More In Taxes For Devices Sold To Tourists
Apple Inc's Japan unit is being charged 13 billion yen ($97.82 million) in additional taxes by Tokyo for bulk sales of iPhoneS and other Apple devices to foreign tourists that were incorrectly exempted from the consumption tax.
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Japan Firm To Pay People To Sleep On The Job
The participants can sleep at their homes and the researchers will measure their brain waves over the course of several nights.
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Panasonic Picks Kansas For Tesla EV Battery Plant, State Puts Investment At $4 billion
Japan's Panasonic Energy Co, a major Tesla Inc supplier, said on Wednesday it had selected Kansas as the site for a new battery plant that state officials said would create up to 4,000 jobs with investment of up to $4 billion.
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Japan's Suzuki, SkyDrive Sign Deal To Develop, Market 'Flying Cars'
Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corp and 'flying car' firm SkyDrive Inc said they have signed a deal to team up in research, development and marketing of electric, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
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Japan Approves Moderna Covid Booster Shots Aiming To Increase Coverage
Japan on Thursday officially approved Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for its booster programme, while Novavax Inc filed for first approval of its shot in the country.
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Another Moderna Vial With Suspected Foreign Substance Found In Japan
Japan's Kanagawa prefecture said it has found another vial of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine suspected of containing a foreign substance and has put the rest of the lot on hold.
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Japan Withdraws 1 Million More Moderna Shots As Foreign Substances Found
Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine contamination problems in Japan have widened with another million doses being suspended, after foreign substances were found in more batches and two people died following shots from affected lots.
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CEO Behind 5,500% Stock Gain Says His Secret Is Raising Salaries
Masaru Tange says the strategy that turned his company into one of Japan's best-performing stocks may be surprising: He buys smaller firms and boosts their workers' pay.
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Japan Health Ministry Says It Has Approved Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine
Japan's Health Ministry said on Sunday it has officially approved Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, the first such approval in the country as it steps up efforts to tame a third wave of infections in the run-up to the Summer Olympic Games.
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Intern In Japan Builds Billion-Dollar Company Inspired by Mom's Comment
Everything changed for Yuta Tsuruoka when his mother, who runs a small shop in rural Japan, made a passing comment: She wanted to set up her own online store but didn't know how.
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Tesla Signs Three-Year Pricing Deal With Battery Cell Maker Panasonic
Tesla Inc has signed a three-year pricing deal with Japan's Panasonic Corp relating to the manufacture and supply of lithium-ion battery cells at the Gigafactory in Nevada, the electric carmaker disclosed in a filing on Tuesday.
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This Company Is Giving Non-Smoking Employees 6 Extra Vacation Days
A company in Japan is giving employees who don't smoke an extra six days off to make up for smokers' cigarette breaks.
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Tesla To Start Powerwall Home Battery Installations In Japan
Tesla Inc will start installing its Powerwall home power storage batteries in Japan next spring, the U.S. electric car and battery maker said on Tuesday, marking the product's debut in Asia. The 13.5 kilowatt-hour (kWh) Powerwall can store power generated by solar panels and costs 990,000 yen ($9,135), including the Backup Gateway system which mana...
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Japan Crypto Review May Open Door to Lower Taxes, Dedicated ETFs
Japan's Financial Services Agency in coming months will assess whether the current approach of regulating crypto under the payments act is adequate, an official at the agency said, asking not to be identified in line with the institution’s rules.
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Tim Cook Conveyed Apple App Store Curb Concerns To Japan PM: Report
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook asked Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to consider protecting users when regulating distribution of smartphone apps, Nikkei reported on Friday citing sources.
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Apple Japan To Pay $98 Million More In Taxes For Devices Sold To Tourists
Apple Inc's Japan unit is being charged 13 billion yen ($97.82 million) in additional taxes by Tokyo for bulk sales of iPhoneS and other Apple devices to foreign tourists that were incorrectly exempted from the consumption tax.
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Japan Firm To Pay People To Sleep On The Job
The participants can sleep at their homes and the researchers will measure their brain waves over the course of several nights.
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Panasonic Picks Kansas For Tesla EV Battery Plant, State Puts Investment At $4 billion
Japan's Panasonic Energy Co, a major Tesla Inc supplier, said on Wednesday it had selected Kansas as the site for a new battery plant that state officials said would create up to 4,000 jobs with investment of up to $4 billion.
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Japan's Suzuki, SkyDrive Sign Deal To Develop, Market 'Flying Cars'
Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corp and 'flying car' firm SkyDrive Inc said they have signed a deal to team up in research, development and marketing of electric, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
-
Japan Approves Moderna Covid Booster Shots Aiming To Increase Coverage
Japan on Thursday officially approved Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for its booster programme, while Novavax Inc filed for first approval of its shot in the country.
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Another Moderna Vial With Suspected Foreign Substance Found In Japan
Japan's Kanagawa prefecture said it has found another vial of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine suspected of containing a foreign substance and has put the rest of the lot on hold.
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Japan Withdraws 1 Million More Moderna Shots As Foreign Substances Found
Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine contamination problems in Japan have widened with another million doses being suspended, after foreign substances were found in more batches and two people died following shots from affected lots.
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CEO Behind 5,500% Stock Gain Says His Secret Is Raising Salaries
Masaru Tange says the strategy that turned his company into one of Japan's best-performing stocks may be surprising: He buys smaller firms and boosts their workers' pay.
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Japan Health Ministry Says It Has Approved Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine
Japan's Health Ministry said on Sunday it has officially approved Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, the first such approval in the country as it steps up efforts to tame a third wave of infections in the run-up to the Summer Olympic Games.
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Intern In Japan Builds Billion-Dollar Company Inspired by Mom's Comment
Everything changed for Yuta Tsuruoka when his mother, who runs a small shop in rural Japan, made a passing comment: She wanted to set up her own online store but didn't know how.
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Tesla Signs Three-Year Pricing Deal With Battery Cell Maker Panasonic
Tesla Inc has signed a three-year pricing deal with Japan's Panasonic Corp relating to the manufacture and supply of lithium-ion battery cells at the Gigafactory in Nevada, the electric carmaker disclosed in a filing on Tuesday.
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This Company Is Giving Non-Smoking Employees 6 Extra Vacation Days
A company in Japan is giving employees who don't smoke an extra six days off to make up for smokers' cigarette breaks.
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Tesla To Start Powerwall Home Battery Installations In Japan
Tesla Inc will start installing its Powerwall home power storage batteries in Japan next spring, the U.S. electric car and battery maker said on Tuesday, marking the product's debut in Asia. The 13.5 kilowatt-hour (kWh) Powerwall can store power generated by solar panels and costs 990,000 yen ($9,135), including the Backup Gateway system which mana...
