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Tokyo— Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has hit its highest level since 2018, a key business survey showed Thursday, as they bet on a strong post-pandemic recovery despite some setbacks. …
TOKYO–Japan’s exports in May jumped 49.6 percent from a year ago to post the sharpest rise in over four decades, with their rebound from a coronavirus pandemic-induced downturn driven by …
The government is ramping up support for new start-ups to help foster next-generation technological innovation in areas such as decarbonization and digitization. Part of the plan includes making high-level positions …
Restoring the nation to its place as a manufacturing powerhouse is the aim of the government’s strategy for strengthening materials innovation, according to a draft of the strategy. In the …
Agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, northeastern Japan, has recovered to the levels before the March 2011 gigantic earthquake and tsunami. Such production has also been …
Toshiba Corp is in talks with General Electric Co of the United States to jointly produce equipment used in offshore wind power generation, sources with knowledge of the matter said …
TOKYO — Komatsu, Japan’s top construction equipment maker, plans to develop hydrogen power as an alternative to diesel for heavy-duty mining dump trucks, in a first for the industry, Nikkei …
A skyscraper now under construction in the heart of Tokyo and set to become the tallest building in Japan in 2023 will have residential areas on its upper floors, with …
Nippon Steel Corp plans to suspend operations at a blast furnace in eastern Japan in the coming years as part of efforts to improve profitability amid declining domestic demand, sources …
Twelve major Japanese companies have established a policy of ceasing business deals with Chinese companies found to benefit from the forced labor of the Muslim Uyghur minority in China’s far-western …
Japan’s economy is expected to make its sharpest rebound in decades this year, with consumption set to pick up toward the end of 2021 as the impact of the coronavirus …
Nearly three quarters of Japanese firms have no plan to offer blanket base pay hikes at this year’s shunto labor talks, with two thirds keeping wages flat or cutting them …
