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JOINT VENTURES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 6, 2020
Fujifilm to end brand license and sales cooperation with Xerox
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. said Monday it will dissolve a contract with Xerox Corp. on sales cooperation and the right to use the U.S. office equipment company's brand, opting to enter the U.S. and European markets with its own brand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2019
Major Japanese steel-maker JFE Steel acquires 50% stake in Chinese rival
Major Japanese steel-maker JFE Steel Corp. has acquired a 50 percent stake in a unit of China's top steel-maker, China BaoWu Steel Group Corp., and will start making high-grade specialty bar steel for Japanese automakers in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2019
Japanese self-service laundry operator, Wash House, creates first joint venture in China
A Japanese remote-monitored self-service laundry operator, Wash House Co., will establish its first joint venture in China to develop coin-operated laundry machines in a bid to cultivate the undeveloped market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2019
Japanese adhesive-maker Konishi to form joint venture with Indonesia's Triputra Group
Osaka-based adhesive-maker Konishi Co. is forming a production and sales joint venture with Indonesian conglomerate Triputra Group to boost business in Southeast Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2019
Cash-obsessed Japan slowly buying into digital payment systems
Every few meters along a shopping street near towering Tokyo Skytree, signs with the words "PayPay used here" can be seen promoting the availability of an electronic payment option, an option that remains a relatively uncommon offering in cash-obsessed Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2018
Japan-Thai packaging manufacture joint venture starts operations near Bangkok
A joint Japan-Thailand packaging manufacturing venture has opened a plant near Bangkok to meet growing demand from the food industry in the Southeast Asian country.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2018
Toyota and VW truck units to team up on electric vehicle tech and parts procurement
The truck units of Toyota Motor Corp. and Volkswagen AG have said they will team up on electric vehicle technology and set up a procurement joint venture as part of a broader alliance.
BUSINESS
May 5, 2018
Xerox CEO to stay in surprise U-turn, putting deal with Fujifilm in flux and setting off proxy war
A plan to replace the chief executive officer of Xerox Corp. and several directors fell apart over a technicality, setting the stage for a proxy fight in which activist shareholders will seek to improve the terms of a deal to cede control of the iconic U.S. printer company to Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp., or scrap it entirely.
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2015
Toyota, two firms to help ventures developing new technologies
Toyota Motor Corp. and two other companies will invest a total of ¥13.5 billion ($111 million) in a new fund to support venture companies developing next-generation technologies, the firms said Wednesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

Podcast

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Longform

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