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Economic news(2023/02/06)


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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to withdraw from domestic jet aircraft "SpaceJet" business

2023-02-06 22:44:00
It turns out that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has decided to withdraw from the business of Japan's first jet airliner, also known as the "Hinomaru Jet". Although we invested a large amount of development costs, we withdrew from the business without any prospect of commercialization.

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Rally before the full-scale spring labor offensive of the Union

2023-02-06 22:03:00
Before the full-scale negotiations for this year's spring labor offensive, the labor group "Rengo" held a rally in Tokyo and reconfirmed their attitude to work hard to raise wages by 5% in order to realize a virtuous cycle of the economy. bottom.

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Nissan-Renault formally agrees on a new partnership on an equal footing

2023-02-06 21:43:00
Nissan Motor and Renault passed resolutions at their respective boards of directors regarding new partnerships, including reassessing the investment ratios of the two companies on an equal footing, and formally agreed to a series of negotiations. The relationship between the two companies will move to a new stage, including Nissan's investment in a new EV company to be established by Renault and collaboration in India and Latin America.

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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Joined in April Starting salary for new graduates uniformly raised by 50,000 yen

2023-02-06 21:43:00
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, a major bank, plans to uniformly raise the starting salary of new graduates entering the company in April by 50,000 yen. This is the first increase in starting salaries in 16 years.

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Nissin Foods Cup Noodles will be raised again to 236 yen from June About 170 items

2023-02-06 21:23:00
Nissin Foods, a major food manufacturer, has decided to raise the price of about 80% of its products, such as its main cup noodles, from June this year.

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Nissan-Renault formally agrees on a new partnership on an equal footing

2023-02-06 20:03:00
Nissan Motor and Renault passed resolutions at their respective boards of directors regarding new partnerships, including reassessing the investment ratios of the two companies on an equal footing, and formally agreed to a series of negotiations. The relationship between the two companies will move to a new stage, including Nissan's investment in a new EV company to be established by Renault and collaboration in India and Latin America.

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Six new vice chairmen of Keidanren, the first foreign-affiliated company to appoint them

2023-02-06 19:55:00
Keidanren has announced a personnel plan to appoint six people, including a female manager who is the top of a Japanese subsidiary of a foreign-affiliated company, as the new vice chairman.

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“Equal” capital relationship with Nissan Renault Background to the agreement?

2023-02-06 18:48:00
"Nissan Motor" and "Renault" formally agreed to a new partnership, such as reviewing the investment ratio to an equal position. Why did you come to review the capital relationship now? Let us look back on the history of the partnership between the two companies.

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Yen exchange rate drops by more than 3 yen

2023-02-06 18:46:00
In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 6th, the beginning of the week, there was a movement to sell the yen due to the view that large-scale monetary easing measures will continue even under the new system over the appointment of the governor of the Bank of Japan, and the yen exchange rate fell last weekend. It has become a significant price drop of more than 3 yen.

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Yamato Transport courier service fare to increase by about 10% on average from April 3

2023-02-06 18:43:00
Yamato Transport Co., Ltd., a major home delivery company, announced that it will raise the fare of its home delivery service by about 10% from April 3. Sagawa Express has already announced a price increase, and against the backdrop of the serious labor shortage in the logistics industry, there is a growing movement to secure human resources and improve treatment.

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"Government-labor-management meeting" to realize spring labor wage hike Keidanren chairman "willingly attend"

2023-02-06 17:52:00
Regarding Rengo Chairman Yoshino's meeting with Prime Minister Kishida, in order to raise wages in the Spring Labor Offensive, Keidanren Chairman Tokura asked for a ``Government-Labor-Management Conference'' to be held by the government, the business community, and the labor community. If it is held, I will be happy to attend," he said.

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Prime Minister Kishida, Governor of the Bank of Japan, avoids commenting on some reports on successor appointments

2023-02-06 17:06:00
Prime Minister Kishida refrained from directly commenting on reports that the government had approached Masayoshi Amemiya, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, for the appointment of Kuroda's successor. I reiterated my thoughts on what to do.

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Nissan-Renault formally agrees on a new partnership on an equal footing

2023-02-06 16:54:00
Nissan Motor and Renault passed resolutions at their respective boards of directors regarding new partnerships, including reassessing the investment ratios of the two companies on an equal footing, and formally agreed to a series of negotiations. The relationship between the two companies will move to a new stage, including Nissan's investment in a new EV company to be established by Renault and collaboration in India and Latin America.

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Stock prices rise Buy orders for export-related stocks that have received a decline in the yen exchange rate

2023-02-06 15:59:00
On the Tokyo stock market on the 6th of the week, as the yen exchange rate fell, buying orders spread to export-related stocks such as automobiles, and stock prices rose.

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Calbee also raises prices 84 items such as potato chips Sequentially from June

2023-02-06 15:48:00
Calbee, a major confectionery maker, has announced that it will raise the price of some products such as its main snacks from June this year. Of these, potato chips will be the third price increase since last year.

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Yen exchange rate temporarily drops to the middle of the 132 yen range Bank of Japan Governor successor personnel etc.

2023-02-06 09:22:00
In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 6th, the beginning of the week, the yen exchange rate temporarily fell to the mid-132 yen level against the dollar due to the view that large-scale monetary easing measures will continue even under the new system over the appointment of the governor of the Bank of Japan. Did.

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Movement to reduce electricity bills Widespread use of electric vehicles as storage batteries

2023-02-06 07:09:00
As the rise in electricity bills becomes a burden on companies and households, there is a growing movement to reduce electricity bills by using EVs (electric vehicles) as storage batteries.

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Government considers legal development for installation of offshore wind power generation facility in EEZ

2023-02-06 05:48:00
Toward the realization of a decarbonized society, the government has decided to consider legal development to enable the installation of offshore wind power generation facilities in Japan's EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone).

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Last year's October-December GDP forecast by the private sector was +1.0% to 3.0%, the first positive growth in two quarters

2023-02-06 05:27:00
GDP = gross domestic product from October to December last year will be announced on the 14th of this month. Inbound demand is recovering due to the recovery in service consumption and the easing of border measures, and private sector forecasts are expected to increase for the first time in two quarters.

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Expansion of AI dialogue software "Chat GPT"

2023-02-06 00:02:00
The use of “Chat GPT,” interactive software with AI, is rapidly expanding among individuals and companies. On the other hand, there are also voices pointing out the problem that it is difficult to notice errors because the answers are too human.

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