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DEMAND

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 29, 2017
Japan's strong inflation, factory output point to robust recovery
A flurry of positive Japanese economic indicators bolsters optimism about the world's No. 3 economy.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2015
Fuji TV starts streaming ultrahigh-def 4K programs online
Fuji Television Network Inc. began streaming 4K ultrahigh-definition programs online Monday, becoming the first commercial broadcaster in the country to start such a service.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 15, 2015
Machinery orders logged weak 1.3% gain in November
Core machinery orders edged up 1.3 percent from a month earlier to ¥788.0 billion in November, the government said Thursday, a weak figure that suggests companies are reluctant to boost investment as the yen sinks and import costs rise, and one that caused it to downgrade its outlook.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2014
Toyota labor unions to seek ¥6,000 monthly raise
The labor unions of Toyota Motor Corp. will consider demanding a raise of at least ¥6,000 in monthly pay in annual wage talks starting early next year, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2014
Boeing lands $8.8 billion BOC Aviation order on Asian demand
Boeing Co. won an order for $8.8 billion in jets from BOC Aviation Pte. as the aircraft lessor made its biggest-ever purchase to help meet surging travel demand in Asia.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2014
Chip makers skip summer break to meet smartphone demand
While much of Japan relaxes during the Bon summer holiday period, its top semiconductor makers are keeping their factories running to meet fierce demand from China for the technology that runs smartphones.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2014
Deceptive labor shortages
Is Japan experiencing a real economic recovery or an attempt by the Abe administration to cheer people up with the appearance of lively labor markets?
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2014
Rebooting China to a different growth model
China has no choice but to change its growth model by pursuing a balanced program of high-return investment, high-value government services and a higher level of household consumption.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 19, 2014
Machinery orders jump by record 19%
Core private-sector machinery orders surged by a record 19.1 percent in March in a sign that many companies brought forward investment outlays ahead of the April 1 consumption tax hike.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2014
Tradable gains in Spain rain hope for recovery
Though domestic investment is constrained by credit availability, major European and Latin American multinationals have begun investing in the Spanish economy, attracted by its enhanced competitive posture, structural flexibility and recovery in domestic demand.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 3, 2014
Cash-rich firms spurn banks' offers
Banks are the most keen to lend companies money in 17 years. Corporate treasurers don't need the cash.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 19, 2014
Japan logs record trade deficit for month of February
Japan registered a goods trade deficit of ¥800.3 billion in February, a record for the month and up 3.5 percent from a year before, the government said Wednesday, amid growing imports of fossil fuels after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2014
Future looks dull from Washington
Absent an event that upends the country, Washington seems likely to be a lot less important over the next few years than it was over the past few years.
EDITORIALS
Dec 24, 2011
Vaclav Havel, eternal dissident
The death of North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong Il, has obscured the passing of a truly heroic figure: Vaclav Havel. The Czech writer and dissident who became his country's first postcommunist president died Dec. 18. Mr. Havel was Mr. Kim's worst nightmare — an incorrigible and irrepressible dissenter, who never lost his moral compass, remaining suspicious of power even when he was his country's leader. The world is surely smaller after his passing.
EDITORIALS
Dec 22, 2011
Water, water, everywhere ...
It is estimated that some 60 million people depend on the 4,900-km-long Mekong River and its tributaries for their lives and livelihoods — food, water and transportation. It is the world's largest inland fishery; an estimated 1,000 species of fish live in the Mekong, making it the second-most biodiverse river in the world behind the Amazon. Its waters irrigate farmland as well as provide the lifelines for trade and communication.

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