Grace Huang
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Yen’s Historic Slump May Reach 170 per Dollar, Suntory CEO Says
The yen may extend its decline if the central bank sticks to a policy that’s keeping interest rates low, Suntory Holdings Ltd.'s Takeshi Niinami predicts.
- Friday September 8, 2023
- Author: Matthew Winkler, Kanoko Matsuyama, Grace Huang
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Japanese Drugstore Chain Boosts Duty-Free Counters On China Bets
Welcia Holdings Co., Japan’s largest drugstore chain, is more than tripling the number of stores with duty-free counters.
- Friday August 18, 2023
- Author: Grace Huang, Kanoko Matsuyama
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The Inside Story Of Buffett's Big Japan Bet, Over Glasses Of Coke At Four Seasons
One after another, Japanese executives from some of the country’s most elite firms filed into Warren Buffett’s suite at the luxury Four Seasons Hotel in central Tokyo.
- Tuesday May 2, 2023
- Author: Stephen Stapczynski, Grace Huang
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The Inside Story Of Buffett's Big Japan Bet, Over Glasses Of Coke At Four Seasons
One after another, Japanese executives from some of the country’s most elite firms filed into Warren Buffett’s suite at the luxury Four Seasons Hotel in central Tokyo.
- Tuesday May 2, 2023
- Author: Stephen Stapczynski, Grace Huang
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Astellas Pharma To Buy Iveric Bio For $5.9 Billion
Astellas Pharma Inc. has agreed to acquire Iveric Bio Inc. for about $5.9 billion.
- Monday May 1, 2023
- Author: Grace Huang, Kanoko Matsuyama
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Sushi Pranks At Conveyor Belt Restaurants In Japan Spark Outrage
Japan’s famed conveyor-belt sushi restaurants are scrambling to tackle a craze for making viral videos in which customers commit unhygienic acts.
- Saturday February 4, 2023
- Author: Grace Huang, Low De Wei
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Weak Currency May Be Existential Threat to Iconic 100-Yen Shops
The supremacy of Japan’s 100-yen shops, long a symbol of an economy stuck with flat to falling prices, is beginning to crumble.
- Thursday June 16, 2022
- Author: Grace Huang
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Mitsui & Co. Profit Hits Record, to Stay Involved in Russian Gas
Mitsui & Co. Profit Hits Record, to Stay Involved in Russian Gas
- Monday May 2, 2022
- Author: Masumi Suga, Grace Huang
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Weak Yen Forces Japan Retailers Confronting Possibility of Inflation
‘Nothing Is Going Well’ for Japan Retailers Jolted by Weak Yen
- Thursday April 28, 2022
- Author: Kanoko Matsuyama, Grace Huang
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Activist Fund Executives on Board Bolstered Olympus, CEO Says
Activist Fund Executives on Board Bolstered Olympus, CEO Says
- Tuesday March 22, 2022
- Author: Kanoko Matsuyama, Grace Huang
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Shionogi Says Study Found Covid-19 Shot Effective and Safe
Shionogi Says Covid-19 Vaccine Found Effective and Safe in Study
- Friday March 4, 2022
- Author: Kanoko Matsuyama, Grace Huang
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Japan Tobacco Halts Ukraine Plant as Fighting Intensifies
Japan Tobacco Halts Ukraine Plant as Fighting Intensifies
- Friday February 25, 2022
- Author: Kanoko Matsuyama, Grace Huang
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Shionogi’s Covid-19 Pill Ready to Move to Final Trial Phase
Shionogi’s Covid-19 Pill Ready to Move to Next Trial Phase
- Monday February 7, 2022
- Author: Grace Huang, Kanoko Matsuyama
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Fewest Bankruptcies Since 1966 Raise Fears of Japan Zombie Firms
Fewest Bankruptcies Since 1966 Raise Fears of Japan Zombie Firms
- Friday January 28, 2022
- Author: Yuko Takeo, Grace Huang
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Japan’s Focus on Wealth Equality Rattles Financial Hub Dream
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s rhetoric of distributing wealth more equally appears to signal a change of priorities for Japan.
- Monday December 27, 2021
- Author: Yuko Takeo, Grace Huang