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Convenience store chain operator FamilyMart Co and its top shareholder, major Japanese trading house Itochu Corp, are in the final stages of negotiations over acquiring smaller rival am/pm Japan Co, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. ...
Tags: machinery orders, am/pm Japan Co, joint venture, Tokyo, core machinery, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, also known as Rengo, began its regular convention Thursday in Tokyo, marking the 20th anniversary of its establishment. During the two-day convention, Japan’s largest labor organization will discuss how to improve...
Tags: machinery orders, Bloomberg, Japan, Tokyo, Nintendo, core machinery
The number of Japanese corporate bankruptcies in the first half of 2009 increased 8.28 percent from a year earlier to a six-year high of 8,169, a private credit research agency said Wednesday. The year-on-year rise in the first half was the fourth in...
Tags: National › Japan, machinery orders, core machinery, regional banks, health ministry
The House of Representatives passed the ¥1.8 trillion supplementary budget bill Wednesday to finance an emergency economic stimulus package. The bill is now set to be sent to the opposition-controlled Upper House, where its passage is expected early next...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Concern Japan, machinery orders, prime minister, minister taro, Taro Aso, supplementary budget, core machinery, Bloomberg, economic stimulus
The yen stayed near a seven-month low against the dollar in Asian trade Thursday amid growing fears that Japan is entering into a recession, dealers said. The dollar was at 109.58 yen in Tokyo afternoon trade against 109.76 in New York late Wednesday,...
Tags: Japan, machinery orders, Cabinet Office, core machinery
Japan's core machinery orders, a key gauge of private-sector capital spending, rose a higher-than-expected 10.4 per cent in May from the previous month, the government said Wednesday. The gain, which followed a 5.5 per cent rise in April, was much bigger...
Tags: japan, Japan Machinery Orders Leap, core machinery, year, previous month, capital spending