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Economic news(2024/05/31)


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Unauthorized leak detection and announcement of Bitcoin worth 48 billion yen DMM Bitcoin

2024-05-31 22:53:00
DMM Bitcoin, which operates a crypto asset exchange business, announced that it has detected that 48 billion yen worth of Bitcoin has been illegally leaked. The company says it is investigating the details of the damage and has restricted some services.

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Panasonic problem with using different images Other models also use external images, etc.

2024-05-31 22:15:00
In response to an issue in which Panasonic used images not taken with this product on its new camera introduction site, the company revealed that it had also used images from external sites for other models.

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Nissan Motor Company president violates subcontracting law by creating new department for optimization

2024-05-31 20:07:00
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has been dealing with the issue of unilaterally reducing payments to subcontractors, and President Makoto Uchida held a press conference and explained that he would create a new department and take action in order to optimize transactions.

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Major banks to raise fixed mortgage interest rates effective June

2024-05-31 19:52:00
Major banks have announced fixed interest rates for home loans that will apply in June. All of these rates have been raised in response to the rise in long-term interest rates, with some reaching their lowest levels in about 13 years.

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The total market intervention amounted to more than 9.78 trillion yen in the one month period ending on the 29th, according to the Ministry of Finance.

2024-05-31 19:39:00
As the yen continues to experience historic depreciation in the foreign exchange market, it has been revealed that the government and the Bank of Japan invested a total of 9,788.5 billion yen in market intervention from April to May.

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Yen market price falls slightly

2024-05-31 19:21:00
At the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 31st, the yen fell slightly against the dollar.

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The total market intervention amounted to more than 9.78 trillion yen in the one month period ending on the 29th, according to the Ministry of Finance.

2024-05-31 19:07:00
According to an announcement by the Ministry of Finance, the government and the Bank of Japan invested a total of 9,788.5 billion yen in market intervention between April 26th and May 29th.

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Why are banks making money through ATMs in the cashless era? [Economy column]

2024-05-31 18:37:00
With the full-fledged arrival of the ``world of interest rates,'' the financial industry is facing increasingly fierce competition in services. Among these, each bank is focusing on the handling of ATMs. While some financial institutions are reducing the number of ATMs they use by going cashless, others are daring to increase the number of ATMs. What is its business strategy? (Economy Department reporter Airi Enoshima)

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Prime Minister Kishida meets with governors of candidates for designation as “Special Financial and Asset Management Zones”

2024-05-31 17:23:00
Prime Minister Kishida met with the governors and mayors of four regions, including Tokyo and Osaka, which are candidates for designation as "Special Financial and Asset Management Zones," and talked about strengthening cooperation between the country and the region with the aim of realizing an international financial center. I have expressed my thoughts on the future.

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Keidanren Chairman Tokura's final year in office: “Accelerate wage increases and overcome deflation”

2024-05-31 16:45:00
Keidanren Chairman Tokura is entering his fourth and final year in office, and has emphasized his desire to accelerate wage increases over the past year, creating a virtuous cycle for the Japanese economy and overcoming deflation.

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The “Revised Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act” was enacted to support the growth of “medium-sized companies”

2024-05-31 16:43:00
In order to expand domestic investment and achieve sustainable wage increases, the revised Act on Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness includes the new positioning of companies larger than small and medium-sized enterprises as "medium-sized companies" and support for their growth. ” was approved and enacted at the House of Councilors plenary session on the 31st.

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Personal information leak at four non-life insurance companies “Investigating scale and causes” Finance Minister Suzuki

2024-05-31 11:46:00
Regarding the issue of four non-life insurance companies leaking personal information such as the contract details of insurance policy holders to competitors, Financial Affairs Minister Suzuki said, ``I would like to confirm the specific details of the incident,'' and confirmed the scale of the information leak. It has been announced that an investigation into the cause is underway.

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Industrial production index for April was 0.1% lower than the previous month, the first decline in two months

2024-05-31 11:16:00
The industrial production index in April, which measures corporate production activity, fell for the first time in two months.

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Tokyo's 23 Wards May consumer price index increased by 1.9% compared to the same month last year

2024-05-31 10:24:00
The consumer price index for May in Tokyo's 23 wards is preliminary, and the index, which excludes fresh food, which is subject to large fluctuations due to weather, rose by 1.9% from the same month last year, an increase rate of 0.3% from April. Expanded points.

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Unemployment rate in April was 2.6%, unchanged from the previous month

2024-05-31 09:21:00
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the national unemployment rate last month was 2.6%, unchanged from the previous month.

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Industrial production index for April was 0.1% lower than the previous month, the first decline in two months

2024-05-31 09:20:00
The Industrial Production Index for last month/April, which indicates the production activity of companies, was 101.6 with 2020 as 100, which was 0.1% lower than the previous month and the first decline in two months. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry maintained its basic assessment that the economy is "in a weak tone, with some fluctuations."

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Tokyo's 23 Wards May consumer price index increased by 1.9% compared to the same month last year

2024-05-31 09:03:00
The consumer price index for May in Tokyo's 23 wards is preliminary, and the index, which excludes fresh food, which is subject to large fluctuations due to weather, rose 1.9% from the same month last year. The rate of increase was 0.3 points up from 1.6% in the previous month, April. This was due to the increase in the "renewable energy surcharge," which is added to electricity prices as a cost for the spread of renewable energy.

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Unemployment rate in April was 2.6%, unchanged from the previous month

2024-05-31 08:40:00
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the national unemployment rate in April was 2.6%, unchanged from the previous month.

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NY Dow Jones Industrial Average declines for 3rd day in a row, causing concerns about the future of US IT giants

2024-05-31 06:48:00
On the 30th, the New York stock market saw an increase in sell orders due to concerns about the future performance of American IT giant Salesforce, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the third consecutive day.

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