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...Covid-hit quarter (FT) Baidu’s Ernie Bot garners love from investors, scepticism from experts (Nikkei Asia) Lex: Apple/Luxshare: AR deal shows growing trust in Chinese suppliers (FT) Japan’s Rapidus picks Hokkaido...
...Historically, a weak yen has been a boon for Japan Inc. It provided a boost to the country’s sprawling export sector by making Japanese goods cheaper for foreign buyers....
...Their influence is seen by many in the decision of the Kishida administration to reject calls to pull out of two major energy projects with Russia; one on the Russian island of Sakhalin north of Hokkaido...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on April 1 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...The other reason Japan Inc invests in China is the presence of a vast and sophisticated supply chain....
...Iran suspended its parliament after at least four members became infected, and in Japan the governor of Hokkaido, an island home to 5m people, declared a state of emergency....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on July 3 2020. @2020 Nikkei Inc....
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...Some 3m homes — accounting for the whole residential population of Hokkaido — lost power after the local utility shut its power plants....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on May 5 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on April 29 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...It opened five in fiscal 2018, including Tomamu Hokkaido in northern Japan and Cefalu in Sicily, Italy....
...The bank commonly known as Nochu, which for nearly 100 years has managed the savings of farmers and fisherman from Hokkaido to Okinawa, has also become the world’s most important and powerful investor in...
...Uber operates a service in its original model, using non-professional drivers, only in the depopulated part of Kyotango, a city in western Japan, and in another small town in the northern island of Hokkaido...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on September 13, 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on May 30 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...In Russia, he is expected to speak with president Vladimir Putin on bilateral relations, including a territorial dispute over four Russian-held islets off Hokkaido....
...Exxaro Resources from South Africa, Coal India and Gujarat Mineral Development from India, Hokkaido and Okinawa Electric Power from Japan, New Hope and Whitehaven Coal in Australia were also excluded....
...Countries aspiring to build nuclear power plants must join an international queue for a crucial part of the reactor core made in a single Hokkaido furnace by Japan Steel Works....
...“It’s extremely important that Hokkaido Electric does everything it can to avoid raising rates further.”...
...“I’m very upset with Mr Aso,” says Koichi Fujii, chief executive of Sanmaruko Foods, which makes frozen potato croquettes and spring rolls in Hokkaido, northern Japan....
...The acknowledgment came a day after news that another utility, Hokkaido Electric Power, was seeking a Y50bn ($484m) bailout from the same lender, the Development Bank of Japan....
...Shake up the banks, and you shake up Japan Inc....
...Hokkaido Electric Power has been overwhelmed by applications for power sales and is dragging its feet in approving them....
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