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Economic news(2024/05/19)
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Saito inspects the new Lapidus factory, which aims to domestically produce cutting-edge semiconductors
2024-05-19 14:25:00
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Saito inspected a new factory being constructed in Chitose City, Hokkaido by Lapidus, which aims to domestically produce cutting-edge semiconductors, and company executives said that the construction of the building where the prototype production line will be installed is about 30% complete. I received an explanation.
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``With the weak yen, we need to improve the environment to raise wages and expand domestic investment.'' Representative Director Niinami
2024-05-19 13:07:00
Niinami, representative secretary of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, appeared on NHK's Sunday debate on the subject of the weak yen, saying that while the weak yen had boosted the overseas profits of Japanese companies and led to wage increases, he also called for expanding domestic investment in the future. He expressed the idea that it would be necessary to create an environment in which to do so.
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Norinchukin Bank considers capital increase of 1 trillion yen, large amount of unrealized losses from investments such as US bonds
2024-05-19 10:47:00
It has been revealed that the Norinchukin Bank has a large amount of unrealized losses from investing in bonds such as U.S. government bonds, and is considering increasing its capital by 1 trillion yen in order to deal with these losses.
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Is the part-time hourly wage more than that of a full-time employee? Wage increases for non-regular employees [Economic Column]
2024-05-19 00:40:00
``The hourly wage of part-time workers was higher than that of full-time employees.'' This is an incident that actually happened at a food and beverage company. As the wage increase rate rose to the highest level in 33 years due to this year's spring labor union, hourly wages for part-time workers have also increased, reaching a record level. The move to increase wages for non-regular workers seems to be a positive sign towards a virtuous cycle between wages and prices. When we investigated the current situation... (Economy Department reporter Aya Shinoda)
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