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Brewer Sapporo Raises Soft-Drink Stake
Japanese beer and beverage maker Sapporo Holdings said Thursday it will boost its stake in soft-drink company Pokka, and also reported its net more than doubled in 2010; rival Kirin Holdings separately reported a 77% earnings drop.

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Support for Japan's Cabinet Hits Low
The support rating for Prime Minister Naoto Kan's cabinet dropped to an all-time low of 19.9% in the latest Kyodo News survey, down 12.3 percentage points from the previous poll a month ago.
U.S. Faults Drivers, Not Toyota
A lengthy U.S. probe found that engine electronics played no role in incidents of sudden, unintended acceleration of Toyota cars, saying drivers stepped on the gas instead of the brake in many instances. It is examining the pedals' design and placement.
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Canon Expects Dollar to Strengthen in Second Half
Canon Inc.'s chief financial officer said the Japanese electronics maker expects the dollar to rebound somewhat and average around 87 yen in the second half of 2011, on a recovery in the U.S. economy during the period.
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Japan Machinery Orders Revive
Japanese core machinery orders in December were up a modest 1.7% from November, the first rise in four months but well short of expectations.
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Nissan Profit Rises 78%
Nissan Motor raised its earnings forecast for the full fiscal year after reporting a stronger-than-expected third quarter, powering ahead of the competition as its overseas sales grew despite the yen's strength.
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IMF Warns on Japan Banks
Japanese banks may need to raise their capital ratios as they face various risks including a potential global economic slowdown and a possible increases in bad loans, a senior IMF official said.
WSJ's New Japanese Web site
The Wall Street Journal has launched japan.wsj.com, a Japanese-language digital edition, featuring news from our bureaus around the world and content from a team of reporters, editors and translators in Japan.
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Japan, Australia agree on expediting EPA talks
SYDNEY--Japan and Australia have agreed to accelerate efforts to conclude a bilateral economic partnership agreement at an early date. The agreement came when visiting Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda met with ...
Elpida's Taiwan target seeks debt forgiveness
Taiwan's ProMOS Technologies Inc., the world's seventh-largest dynamic random access memory (DRAM) maker, has asked Taiwan authorities and local banks to partially forgive its debt as the firm tries to finalize a business integration with Elpida Memory Inc., it has been learned. ...
Richer chocolate sales / Valentine's Day falls on weekday for 1st time in 3 years
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Hopes rise for peace in Egypt
In the wake of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation, Japanese residents in Egypt expressed relief while Egyptian residents in Japan articulated their joy. "We hope calm will return [now that Mubarak has resigned]," a Japanese resident in Cairo said, ...
Politicians look to online media / Drawn by ability to speak unedited; experts warn of one-sided messages
A growing number of politicians are shunning conventional media in favor of video Web sites, drawn by the ability to convey their thoughts without any editing. The most high-profile of these is former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa. On ...
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Trading Places: Chinese Students Reflect on Japan as No. 3
As Asia watchers digest the shift in power and influence, Chinese students in Japan say China's rise up the GDP ladder is neither a triumphant moment for China nor a woeful one for Japan.
Japan's Mission Impossible Q4 GDP Number: Up 27%
It is almost certain Japan will have been overtaken by China as the world's second-largest economy when it reports its fourth quarter GDP on Monday. That is unless the fat lady sings 27%.
Chocolatiers Go for Valentine's-Day Gold
The weeks leading up to Valentine's Day in Japan are a marketing jackpot for chocolatiers.
Valentine's in Japan: Sweets For All the Men in Her Life
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