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Indonesia business lobby says tariffs 'not solution' for industry
TOKYO -- Indonesia's plan to introduce new import tariffs on items like clothing and cosmetics is not the answer for local industries struggling to grow, the head of a major local business group, said in an interview in Tokyo.
Philippines-Japan meeting to eye defense pact, may bud more 'coalitions'
MANILA/TOKYO -- The Philippines and Japan are set to elevate their security partnership when their defense and foreign ministers hold a crucial "two-plus-two" meeting in Manila on Monday amid worsening tensions between the Southeast Asian country and China in the South China Sea.
Analysis: Military purges put Xi Jinping's singer-wife in the spotlight
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
Japanese insurers, banks to unload $3bn in Honda shares
TOKYO -- Major Honda Motor shareholders, including Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance and MUFG Bank, will unload some 500 billion yen ($3.1 billion) of their stakes this month as they work to unwind cross-held shareholdings, the Japanese automaker announced Thursday.
Legislating LOLs: Japanese prefecture passes law asking residents to laugh daily
The local government in Japan’s Yamagata prefecture has just passed an ordinance calling on residents to laugh at least once every day to promote better physical and mental health, although the new law has gone down like a bad joke in some quarters.
Former Japanese soldier reaches settlement with sexual assault perpetrators
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Japan's first new banknotes in 20 years use holograms to defeat counterfeits
TOKYO — Japan began circulating its first new banknotes in 20 years on July 3, featuring three-dimensional portraits of the founders of financial and female education institutions in an attempt to frustrate counterfeiters.