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TOKYO -- Japan's major corporations are headed for a spending binge on research and development in the current fiscal year through March, with 43.9% planning record outlays, according to a survey by Nikkei Inc. [1]

TOKYO -- Some 89% of the Japanese public support Emperor Akihito's wishes to step down, a recent opinion poll shows, which could help spur debate over lasting reforms to the Imperial system. [2]

TOKYO -- Some 55% of Japanese say the government should take a harsher stance against China, whose ships have sailed into Japan's territorial waters on multiple occasions recently, a Nikkei-TV Tokyo poll conducted Friday through Sunday found. [3]

TOKYO -- One tumultuous week since Donald Trump entered the White House, 53% of respondents to a new Nikkei Inc. survey predict that Japan-U.S. relations will worsen during his presidency. U.S. [4]

TOKYO -- Major Japanese companies increasingly are forming departments to analyze "big data" as part of efforts to cut costs, raise product quality or otherwise improve operations. [5]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-07-25 · 100% match

Major Japanese companies set for R&D spending binge

TOKYO -- Japan's major corporations are headed for a spending binge on research and development in the current fiscal year through March, with 43.9% planning record outlays, according to a survey by Nikkei Inc.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-08-12 · 100% match

Vast majority of Japanese support emperor's wish to abdicate: poll

TOKYO -- Some 89% of the Japanese public support Emperor Akihito's wishes to step down, a recent opinion poll shows, which could help spur debate over lasting reforms to the Imperial system.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-08-29 · 100% match

Majority of Japanese want harder line against China

TOKYO -- Some 55% of Japanese say the government should take a harsher stance against China, whose ships have sailed into Japan's territorial waters on multiple occasions recently, a Nikkei-TV Tokyo poll conducted Friday through Sunday found.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-01-30 · 100% match

Majority of Japanese see relations with US worsening

TOKYO -- One tumultuous week since Donald Trump entered the White House, 53% of respondents to a new Nikkei Inc. survey predict that Japan-U.S. relations will worsen during his presidency. U.S.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-12-24 · 100% match

'Big-data' departments common in major Japan companies

TOKYO -- Major Japanese companies increasingly are forming departments to analyze "big data" as part of efforts to cut costs, raise product quality or otherwise improve operations.

[6] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 100% match

Japan election results confirm super-majority for Takaichi's party

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 315 seats in weekend snap elections, giving it a two-thirds majority, official results confirmed Tuesday.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-11-15 · 100% match

Hyundai's skid in China opens lane for Japanese automakers

GUANGZHOU -- Three major Japanese automakers have roared ahead in Chinese sales this year, recapturing once-wary customers with quality and cost savings as geopolitical tensions drive South Korea's Hyundai Motor off the road.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-11-16 · 100% match

KKR and Rakuten to buy 85% of Seiyu from Walmart

investment company KKR and Japanese e-commerce major Rakuten on Monday announced that the two companies will buy 85% of Seiyu, the Japanese supermarket chain owned by U.S. retail giant Walmart.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-28 · 100% match

Toshiba woes dent financial sector's profits by nearly $2bn

TOKYO -- Six major Japanese financial institutions are expected to book Toshiba-related losses totaling more than 200 billion yen ($1.79 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31 amid the conglomerate's struggles.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-11-02 · 100% match

Japan's electronic parts makers see phones, cars lifting profit

OSAKA -- Six of seven major Japanese electronic parts manufacturers have upgraded their net profit outlooks for the year through March 2018, riding smartphones' increasing sophistication and the inclusion of more devices in automobiles.

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