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- Japan, Technology, Environment, Motoring, Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars, Automotive industry, Business, Asia Pacific, China, Travel and transport
Why Japan’s carmaking heavyweights could be facing an electric shock
Analysis: The rapid development of battery-only cars is eclipsing petrol vehicles and even hybrids, leaving Ja…
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Hotel Chocolat boosts sales as fans feed craving online
Sales growth across key markets amid Covid lockdowns fuels expansion plansChocoholics turned to the internet d…
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Pyjama suits are next big thing as formal wear is hit under Covid
Two Japanese firms have created working from home pyjamas to adapt to workers’ needsCoronavirus – latest updat…
- Japan, Travel & leisure, Sex, Relationships, Life and style, Business, World news, Asia Pacific, Art and design
An uncertain future for Japan’s love hotels – in pictures
With Japan’s rules on movement less restrictive than many other countries, its love hotels have fared relative…
- Japan, Travel & leisure, Economics, Business, Economic growth (GDP), Coronavirus, Dollar, US news, Stock markets, World news, Asia Pacific, Vaccines and immunisation, UK news
Sterling reaches $1.39 in best performance for three years
FTSE 100 posts biggest daily gain for over a month as investors buoyed up by vaccine and US economy hopesThe p…
- Japan, Economics, Global economy, Business, Coronavirus, US news, World news, Asia Pacific, China, US economy, UK news, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Uneven recovery from Covid recession could hit poorer countries hard | Kenneth Rogoff
If higher inflation leads the US Fed to raise rates soon, emerging markets will face problemsEconomic recovery…
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Drinks giant Kirin urged to cut ties with Myanmar joint venture linked to military
Japanese beer company effectively ‘empowers’ junta through its joint ventures, rights group saysMyanmar coup: …
- Japan, Technology, Environment, Business, Renewable energy, Technology sector, Asia Pacific, Energy, Energy industry, UK news, Mergers and acquisitions
UK’s Octopus Energy valued at $2bn after Japan supply deal
British startup in joint venture with Tokyo Gas, which buys 9.7% stake for $200mThe one-time owner of a London…
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Nike Japan ad on teenage bullying and racism sparks debate
Two-minute film draws support as ‘amazing’ while others accused company of creating a false impression of Japa…
- Japan, Thailand, Joe Biden, Australia news, International trade, Business, World news, Asia Pacific, New Zealand, China, South Korea, India, Donald Trump
China and 14 Asia-Pacific countries agree historic free trade deal
Signing of RCEP unites nations totalling 2.2 billion people and covers 28% of global tradeThe leaders of China…
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Biden win boosts global stock markets as FTSE 100 surges
UK index jumps back above 6,000 mark as Nikkei reaches its highest level since 1991Financial markets around th…
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Boyfriends for rent, robots, camming: how the business of loneliness is booming
Even before the Covid pandemic, loneliness had been deemed an official epidemic in several countries – and som…
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Tokyo stock exchange trading halted for the day due to technical problem
Trading called off on Thursday amid uncertainty over when the issue would be resolved Trading on the Tokyo Sto…
- Japan, Amazon, Tax, BBC, Politics, YouTube, Business, Radio, Media, Television & radio, Television, UK news, Culture
Can the BBC survive by opening up? | Letters
Former MP Derek Wyatt thinks the BBC needs to evolve quickly in order to survive, while Don Keller says the br…
- Japan, Politics, Boris Johnson, Europe, Brexit, Foreign policy, European Union, Business, World news, Asia Pacific, UK news
Brexit: consortium of companies led by Fujitsu wins £200m Irish Sea contract
Deal is the first concrete implementation of the special arrangements for Northern IrelandA £200m contract to …
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Hitachi’s ‘disappointing’ exit from Wylfa nuclear deal is no great loss
Even government experts were not banging the drum for new fleets of giant power plantsThe government officiall…
- Japan, Environment, Nuclear power, Business, Renewable energy, Technology sector, Energy, Hitachi, Energy industry, UK news
Hitachi to pull plug on north Wales nuclear power station
Scrapping of £16bn project on Anglesey down to lack of UK government investment in new nuclear, says unionThe …
- Japan, Technology, Business, US news, World news, Technology sector, Asia Pacific, UK news, Mergers and acquisitions, Smartphones, Mobile phones
Cambridge staff ‘fobbed off’ at meeting over Arm sale to Nvidia, says union
UK government urged to intervene in SoftBank’s $40bn deal with US tech firmOpposition to the $40bn (£31bn) sal…
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UK tech giant Arm Holdings to be sold to US company Nvidia in $40bn deal
Chip designer’s co-founder says deal is ‘absolute disaster’ that will lead to UK job lossesOne of Britain’s mo…
- Japan, Politics, Europe, Economics, Trade policy, European Union, Business, World news, Asia Pacific, UK news
Japan trade deal is small beer – but a welcome distraction
Agreement offers more for its symbolism than what Britain stands to gain economicallyThe international trade s…