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PANASONIC CORP

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2019
Panasonic to suspend supply of some parts to Huawei in wake of U.S. ban
Panasonic Corp. has decided to halt the supply of some components to Huawei Technologies Co., officials said Thursday, the latest sign that last week's U.S. blacklisting of the Chinese telecoms giant is affecting major Japanese firms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2019
Mitsubishi and Panasonic lose permits to hire foreign trainees after violations
The Justice Ministry said the firms ordered workers to perform tasks other than those specified in their contracts, among other violations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2018
Maverick Harvard MBA shakes up a century of Panasonic's corporate culture
Panasonic Corp. has carefully cultivated a culture befitting its 100-year history, with many employees starting the day doing calisthenics and singing the corporate anthem. Now, Yasuyuki Higuchi is supposed to shake up those traditions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2018
Panasonic beefs up TV lineup in Thailand with eye on 76% sales rise
Panasonic Corp. is aggressively promoting television sales in Thailand with the launch of new ultra-high-definition 4K models featuring screens 55 inches and larger amid the growing popularity of such premium products in the country.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2018
Mitsubishi Electric and Panasonic eye greater shares of Thai air conditioner market
Electronics giants Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are ramping up sales for greater slices of the pie in the Thai air conditioner market, aiming to cash in on growing demand for energy saving products equipped with an inverter function.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
Philippines wants U.S. and Japan to take over rail deal eyed by China
Delfin Lorenzana
'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.
At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
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.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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Vol. 34: Tokyo, a vanguard city for sustainability
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