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Japan Display’s backers seek to add new investor

Bloomberg Japan Display Inc, a struggling supplier of screens for Apple Inc’s iPhone, has to find an additional investor to get a $727 million rescue package from a group of Chinese and Taiwanese firms, according to the Asahi newspaper. Negotiations with the consortium, which includes Taiwan’s TPK Holding Co, Harvest Tech Investment Management Co, Cosgrove Global Ltd, and Topnotch Corporate ...

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In aging Japan, 75-year-old job hunters may be the new normal

Bloomberg At the age of 75, Mikiko Kuzuno found herself recently laid off and applying for a job at a factory near Tokyo. She insisted on making the application in person. “I asked them to please take a look at me,” she said. “I wanted to show them how healthy I am. Some people are very frail.” Kuzuno, 78, is ...

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Toyota rebukes Trump for message carmaker ‘not welcomed’

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp rebuked President Donald Trump’s declaration that imported cars threaten US national security, signaling contentious talks are ahead for the White House and America’s key trading partners. In an unusually strong-worded statement, Japan’s largest automaker said Trump’s proclamation that the US needs to defend itself against foreign cars and components “sends a message to Toyota that our ...

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