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Major Japan firms agree to 2.12% pay hike in labor-management negotiations
Major Japanese companies agreed to raise monthly wages by ¥7,096, or 2.12 percent, including base wage increases, on average in this year’s shuntō labor-management negotiations, ...
Yahoo Japan and Line to postpone merger to March due to coronavirus
The operator of Yahoo Japan online services and messaging app provider Line Corp. said Monday they will postpone their merger to March of next year ...
Japan sees more than 400 coronavirus-linked corporate failures
The number of corporate bankruptcies triggered by the spread of the novel coronavirus has exceeded 400 in Japan, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Monday.More and more ...
NEC aims to enter Australia’s 5G market in 2021
Electronics maker NEC Corp. aims to enter the ultrahigh-speed 5G communications technology market in Australia as early as next year, sources said Monday.The Australian government ...
Dollar jumps to around ¥105.90 in Tokyo
The dollar rose to levels around ¥105.90 in Tokyo trading Monday, aided by a Japanese retail giant’s announcement of a huge U.S. business buyout plan ...