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Sharp has submitted a new restructuring plan to its lenders setting out job cuts of more than 10,000 and the sale of assets including overseas plants.
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Google's popular mapping application likely won't migrate to Apple's iPhone 5 anytime soon, the search giant's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said.
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S&P lowered Sony's long-term rating to triple-B—its second-lowest investment grade—and could further lower the rating if it sees no "solid signs" of recovery.
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Even if Japan Inc. manages to trump KKR's $1.3 billion bid for chipmaker Renesas, the flow of private-equity activity in the country in recent years shows a trend going in the right direction.
Taiwanese fishing vessels and government patrol boats entered territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea Tuesday morning, the Japanese Coast Guard said.
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Toyota is putting weight behind its hybrid strategy, disclosing plans to roll out 21 new or redesigned vehicles powered by gasoline-electric engines by the end of 2015 and playing down other alternative-fuel technologies.
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Japan's prime minister warned China that its inflammatory reaction to a territorial dispute could further weaken the Asian giant's already-fragile economy by scaring away foreign investors.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda vowed to pull the country out of prolonged deflation within a year, pledging to strengthen efforts with the Bank of Japan.
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The government of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda looks increasingly likely to shift its focus to a free-trade pact led by the U.S. from one involving China as a territorial dispute between China and Japan festers.
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An investment fund backed by the Japanese government is considering joining domestic companies to buy a majority stake in Renesas Electronics to stymie a bid from U.S. investment firm KKR.
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Hundreds of Japanese marched through downtown Tokyo in a loud but tightly controlled protest against China's claim to disputed islands in the East China Sea.
Customers world-wide began snapping up Apple's iPhone 5 amid signs of strong demand for the high-profile handset, despite widening controversy over its mapping features.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda talks to the WSJ's Jacob Schlesinger about the song he uses to get fired up for a political fight, but stays mum on the recent tensions with China.
In a worst-case scenario -- highly unlikely at this point -- where Japanese troops actually have to defend an island, how would they do? During our recent trip to Guam, JRT posed the question to some real pros from Japan and the U.S.
Japan's cost guard vessels sail alongside a Chinese surveillance ship, a landslide derails a commuter train outside Tokyo, Toyota unveils a new electric vehicle, and more.
Anxiety about Sharp Corp.'s business downturn is spreading among its business partners across the nation....
The tourism ministry plans to allow duty-free shops to open outlets in the arrival area at Narita Airport and other international airports to enable travelers to buy duty-free goods before going through entry procedures, ministry sources said....
Three Chinese surveillance ships entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Monday morning, their third incursion since Sept. 11, when the government nationalized some of the islets, the Japan Coast Guard said....
BEIJING--The Chinese government apparently canceled a ceremony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations to show Chinese citizens it will not back down on its claim to the Senkaku Islands....
An unsolved brutal murder in a busy nightclub has raised further fears about a deterioration in public safety in Tokyo's Roppongi district, where the number of reported assaults has more than doubled in the past nine years....
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A small network of fellow collectors host buying trips for Japan's record-shop owners, helping them find old LPs and CDs often considered passé in the U.S.—or simply bad—but that Japan's avid music fans have a yen for.
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