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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2017
MUFG plans to make inroads into Canadian market with capital markets platform
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is looking to build a capital-markets platform in Canada, with plans to hire as many as 10 people in Toronto to manage bond deals and stock sales by early next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2017
Daimler launches short-range electric truck in New York, readies long-haul concept for Tokyo Motor Show
Daimler Trucks is trying to gain a foothold in the nascent electric-truck market, with short-range haulers that can make New York City's clogged streets cleaner and quieter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2017
Japanese firms said behind schedule in joining F-35A production
Japanese production of the F-35A stealth fighter remains stuck on the tarmac, a recent survey by Japan's Board of Audit shows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2017
MUFG arms itself with ¥1 trillion war chest for acquisitions
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.'s trust banking arm is seeking acquisitions abroad and has ¥1 trillion to spend as it seeks to become one of the 15 biggest asset managers worldwide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2017
Japan's mega-banks vie for top role as backers of clean energy
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. are in a neck-and-neck race to be the biggest lead arrangers of lending to the renewable energy industry in the first half of the year, highlighting the more active financing role for Japanese banks in clean energy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2017
MUFG's drastic staff restructure set to cut 10,000 positions in 10 years
Japan's biggest bank is set to undergo the most dramatic reduction in head count since it was formed after the nation's banking crisis shook the industry almost 20 years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 23, 2017
U.S. and Japanese firms collaborating on new missile defense radar, sources say
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are working with Japanese partners on rival projects, government and defense industry sources in Tokyo said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2017
Automated factories can't solve Japan's productivity paradox
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has cut the number of workers on its turbocharger production lines west of Tokyo by more than 80 percent, as manufacturers from carmakers to electronics producers push further into automation.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2017
Mitsubishi Aircraft targets Paris Air Show to debut regional jet
Mitsubishi Aircraft is looking to display its new regional aircraft at the Paris Air Show in June as it seeks more overseas orders for Japan's first passenger jet after delaying the plane's debut five times.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2017
Workers at top companies get meager 2017 pay hikes in Abenomics setback
Major firms offered the lowest base-pay hike in four years, a setback for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign dubbed “Abenomics” to spur the long-sluggish economy.

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