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Sony starts sales of AI-equipped robot dog Aibo
Kyodo News, Published on 12/01/2018
» Sony Corp on Thursday released its new artificial intelligence-equipped Aibo robot dog in Japan, delivering it to buyers who placed pre-orders last year.
Apple's secret tax bolthole revealed
Kyodo News, Published on 08/11/2017
» TOKYO: Newly leaked corporate records show Apple Inc turned to a new tax haven in the Channel Islands after being accused by a US Senate subcommittee in 2013 of avoiding tens of billions of dollars in taxes by shifting profits into Irish subsidiaries.
IMF keeps world growth forecast at 3.5%
Kyodo News, Published on 24/07/2017
» WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund maintained its world economic growth forecast at 3.5% this year and 3.6% next year, with upward revisions for Japan, China and other Asian emerging markets offsetting a downward projection for the United States.
IMF raises 2017 world growth forecast to 3.5%
Kyodo News, Published on 18/04/2017
» The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it forecasts world economic growth to rise by 0.1 point to 3.5% for 2017, with growth for the United States unchanged at 2.3% and that for Japan up 0.4 percentage points from its estimate in January to 1.2%.
Japan GDP grows faster than forecast
Kyodo News, Published on 20/05/2015
» The Japanese economy grew an annualised real 2.4% in the first quarter of 2015, the government said Wednesday, indicating it is on a moderate recovery track following a setback triggered by last year's consumption tax hike.
Japan prices fall 2.4%, most in 4 yrs
Kyodo News, Published on 12/02/2015
» Japan's wholesale prices dropped 2.4% in January from a year earlier, excluding the impact of last April's consumption tax hike, in the fastest fall in four years, affected by plunging crude oil prices, the Bank of Japan said Thursday.