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YURI KAGEYAMA

YURI KAGEYAMA

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Director of new Godzilla film pursuing 'Japanese spirituality' of 1954 original

Godzilla, the nightmarish radiation spewing monster born out of nuclear weapons, has stomped through many movies, including several Hollywood remakes

Director of new Godzilla film pursuing 'Japanese spirituality' of 1954 original
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Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after Wall Street ticks up

Asian shares are mixed in muted trading as attention focuses on prospects for improved China-U.S. relations from meetings next week on the sidelines of a Pacific Rim summit

Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after Wall Street ticks up
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Japan's Nintendo profits jump as its game sales get a boost from the hit Super Mario movie

Nintendo is reporting an 18% rise in its net profit for the first fiscal half, as sales were boosted by its hit Super Mario movie

Japan's Nintendo profits jump as its game sales get a boost from the hit Super Mario movie
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'The Legend of Zelda' will be made into a live-action film

Nintendo is developing a live-action film based on its hit video game “The Legend of Zelda.”

'The Legend of Zelda' will be made into a live-action film
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Profits slip at Japan's Sony, hit by lengthy Hollywood strike

Sony has reported that its profit in the July-September quarter slipped 29% from a year earlier, as damage from a strike in the movie sector offset boosts from a favorable exchange rate

Profits slip at Japan's Sony, hit by lengthy Hollywood strike
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Japan's SoftBank hit with $6.2B quarterly loss as WeWork, other tech investments go sour

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group has reported it racked up a huge loss in the July-September quarter, as some of its investments soured

Japan's SoftBank hit with $6.2B quarterly loss as WeWork, other tech investments go sour
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Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of US inflation data and a US-China summit

Asian shares are trading mostly higher ahead of potentially market-moving developments, including a U.S.-China summit and data releases in the U.S., Japan and China

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of US inflation data and a US-China summit
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Stock market today: Asian shares get a lift from rally in US following encouraging inflation report

Asian shares are mostly higher, cheered by a rally on Wall Street that was one of the best days of the year following a surprisingly encouraging report on inflation

Stock market today: Asian shares get a lift from rally in US following encouraging inflation report
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Japan's economy sinks into contraction as spending, investment decline

Japan has reported that its economy contracted at a 2.1% annual pace in July-September as consumption and investment weakened

Japan's economy sinks into contraction as spending, investment decline
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Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rally led by Microsoft gains

Asian shares are mostly higher after a rally on Wall Street led by gains in Microsoft after it announced it was hiring Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rally led by Microsoft gains
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Stock market today: Asia trading mixed after strong US consumer confidence data push Wall St higher

Asian shares are mixed after a strong report on U.S. consumer confidence and hopes the Federal Reserve is finished with its aggressive interest rate hikes sent shares higher on Wall Street

Stock market today: Asia trading mixed after strong US consumer confidence data push Wall St higher
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Toyota selling part of Denso stake to raise cash to develop electric vehicles

Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward electric vehicles and other innovations

Toyota selling part of Denso stake to raise cash to develop electric vehicles
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Stock market today: Asian shares slip ahead of key US economic reports

Asian shares have declined in cautious trading ahead of some key reports this week on the U.S. job market that might provide insight into the Federal Reserve’s thinking about interest rates

Stock market today: Asian shares slip ahead of key US economic reports
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Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed

The bid-rigging trial around the Tokyo Olympics is playing out in a Japanese courtroom — more than two years after the Games closed — with advertising giant Dentsu and five other companies facing criminal charges

Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed
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Nintendo cancels its Live 2024 Tokyo event after persistent threats to workers and customers

Nintendo has canceled an upcoming video game event and postponed several others because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and players

Nintendo cancels its Live 2024 Tokyo event after persistent threats to workers and customers
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Ex-Tokyo Olympics official pleads not guilty to taking bribes in exchange for Games contracts

A former member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has appeared in district court and pleaded not guilty to taking $1.4 million in bribes in exchange for contracts for the Games

Ex-Tokyo Olympics official pleads not guilty to taking bribes in exchange for Games contracts
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Japan lowers tsunami warning after a series of earthquakes but tells people to stay away from coast

Japan has dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes on Monday

Japan lowers tsunami warning after a series of earthquakes but tells people to stay away from coast
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Powerful earthquakes in Japan leave at least 62 dead. Fears grow about saving people still trapped

A series of powerful earthquakes has hit western Japan, leaving at least 62 people dead

Powerful earthquakes in Japan leave at least 62 dead. Fears grow about saving people still trapped
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Rescuers race against time in search for survivors in Japan after powerful quakes leave 78 dead

Rescuers in Japan are braving the cold in a race against time as they search for survivors along the country's western coastline after a powerful earthquake earlier in the week smashed homes and left at least 78 people dead and 51 people missing

Rescuers race against time in search for survivors in Japan after powerful quakes leave 78 dead
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Stock market today: Asian shares slip, echoing Wall Street's weak start to 2024

Asian stocks are lower, tracking a weak start to 2024 on Wall Street as Japan's markets reopened

Stock market today: Asian shares slip, echoing Wall Street's weak start to 2024
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Stock market today: Asian shares trade mixed, mirroring Wall Street finish

Asian shares are mixed, mirroring the finish on Wall Street, although export-related Tokyo stocks got a boost from a strengthening dollar

Stock market today: Asian shares trade mixed, mirroring Wall Street finish
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Scenes of loss play out across Japan's western coastline after quake kills 92, dozens still missing

Rescue workers are braving the cold to save people still trapped under collapsed buildings in western Japan

Scenes of loss play out across Japan's western coastline after quake kills 92, dozens still missing
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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after mixed Wall Street finish

Asian shares are mostly lower after a mixed finish on Wall Street, although export-related Tokyo stocks got a boost from a strengthening dollar

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after mixed Wall Street finish
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Death toll reaches 100 as survivors are found in homes smashed by western Japan earthquakes

The death toll from a major quake in western Japan has reached 100, even as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble

Death toll reaches 100 as survivors are found in homes smashed by western Japan earthquakes
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A woman in her 90s is rescued alive 5 days after Japan's deadly earthquake

A woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and setting off landslides

A woman in her 90s is rescued alive 5 days after Japan's deadly earthquake

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