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Japan's Consumer Prices Fall At Decade-Fast Pace, Add To Deflation Fears

Japan's core consumer prices slumped in December at the fastest annual pace in a decade, a sign of intensifying deflationary pressures that sharpen the cas...

Tuna Goes For $200,000 At Tokyo Market's New Year Auction

A bluefin tuna sold for 20.8 million yen ($202,197) in the first auction of the new year at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Tuesday, as it reopened after the...

Tokyo Consumer Prices Post Steepest Drop In Decade, Japan Retail Sales Subdued

Tokyo consumer prices fell the fastest in more than a decade, while Japan's jobs market and retail sales remained subdued, data has shown, raising the risk...

Coronavirus Won't Stop Japanese Firms Buying Abroad, Says Suntory CEO

The chief executive of Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings said on Thursday the coronavirus crisis and other geopolitical risks would not deter his co...

Walmart Sells Majority Stake In Seiyu, As Japan Exit Nears

Walmart Inc is selling a majority stake in Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu to investment firm KKR and e-commerce company Rakuten for over $1 billion, afte...

'Worst Summer' For Global Wine Industry, Study Finds

The period between March and August 2020, which was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, was the worst summer in modern history for the global wine industry...

Britain Signs First Major Post-Brexit Trade Deal With Japan

Britain and Japan formally signed a trade agreement on Friday, marking Britain's first big post-Brexit deal on trade, as it continues to struggle to agree...

Danone To Sell Remaining Stake In Japan's Yakult

Danone has announced plans to sell its remaining stake in Japanese probiotics firm Yakult, the company said in a statement. 'In accordance with its cont...