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Fund targeting Asia's plastic waste crisis launched
Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2019
» An investment fund targeted at waste management and recycling projects in Asia was launched Wednesday by a Singapore-based capital fund management firm, backed by some of the world's biggest consumer products and chemical makers.
Hotel Nikko to open in EEC
Kyodo News, Published on 30/08/2019
» Japanese hotel chain Hotel Okura Co plans to open a luxury hotel under its Nikko Hotels International brand at an industrial zone in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor in the first half of 2021.
Japan approves 2018 tax reform package
Kyodo News, Published on 14/12/2017
» TOKYO: Japan's ruling coalition Thursday unveiled a tax reform package for fiscal 2018, which would raise income taxes on salaried workers earning over 8.5 million yen ($75,000) and taxes on tobacco products, as well as introduce a new departure tax on anyone leaving Japan.
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.
Nissan buys 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors
Kyodo News, Published on 12/05/2016
» TOKYO — Nissan Motor Co will take a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corp for 237 billion yen ($2.2 billion), the two companies said on Thursday, in a capital tie-up that will put the scandal-hit smaller rival under the wing of Japan's second-largest automaker.
5.5 quake shakes Tokyo, Narita airport
Kyodo News, Published on 25/05/2015
» An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck the Kanto region in eastern Japan on Monday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of damage and injuries and no tsunami warning.
Japan to loan $160m for Phnom Penh-Thailand highway
Kyodo News, Published on 16/03/2015
» Japan will extend about US$160 million in low-interest loans to Cambodia to improve a major road, a move that would increase transportation capacity and efficiency in the Mekong region.
Japan firms to run Yangon exchange
Kyodo News, Published on 24/12/2014
» YANGON — Japan Exchange Group Inc, operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd have signed an agreement with the government-affiliated Myanma Economic Bank to help establish and run Myanmar’s first stock exchange.