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MITSUBISHI MATERIALS

JAPAN / History
Jul 24, 2015
Mitsubishi Materials set to settle 3,765 Chinese wartime labor redress claims
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. has offered apologies and compensation of 100,000 yuan (u00a52 million) for each victim in the biggest postwar compensation payout of its kind.
JAPAN / History
Jul 21, 2015
Mitsubishi unit also owes apology to Chinese forced laborers, Xinhua says
China's official Xinhua News Agency said in an article that Mitsubishi Materials Corp. should also apologize to Chinese workers, the day after the company delivered an apology to former American prisoners of war forced to work for the company during World War II.
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JAPAN
Jun 30, 2014
Mitsubishi reopens silicon plant where five workers died in blast
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. on Monday resumed operations at its silicon plant in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, where a massive explosion killed five people and injured 13 workers on Jan. 9.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2014
Mitsubishi Materials bets on U.S. to up cement profit
Mitsubishi Materials Corp., the nation's second-biggest cement maker, plans to reopen its U.S. import terminal for the first time in seven years and seek acquisitions to expand in the world's biggest economy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2013
Nidec to buy out Mitsubishi Material's motor-making unit
Precision motor manufacturer Nidec Corp. said Thursday it will buy out a Mitsubishi Materials Corp. subsidiary that makes motors for automobiles as it prepares to jump into the growing market for such products.
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Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
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Japan's labor crunch persists despite slight improvement
Over 300 companies went out of business in fiscal 2023 due to labor shortages, according to Teikoku Databank.
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.

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