Japan Adds Russia Sanctions, U.S. Envoy Offers Home To Ukrainians

Japan Adds Russia Sanctions, U.S. Envoy Offers Home To Ukrainians

(Fixes typo in paragraph two) By Kantaro Komiya and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will impose sanctions on 15 Russian individuals and nine organisations, it said on Friday, among them defence officials and the state-owned arms exporter, Rosoboronexport. The sanctions, which include the freezing of assets, are Japan’s latest measures since Russia’s invasion of…

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Exclusive - Infra Funds Circle Vodafone For $16 Billion Vantage Towers Deal - Sources

Exclusive – Infra Funds Circle Vodafone For $16 Billion Vantage Towers Deal – Sources

By Anshuman Daga, Pamela Barbaglia and Andres Gonzalez SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – Global infrastructure funds have approached Vodafone to invest in its $16 billion mast company Vantage Towers but the telecoms giant’s preference is for an industry merger, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The bidders, which include investment firms Brookfield and Global Infrastructure Partners…

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Japan's Big Firms Likely Turned Less Optimistic In Q1, BOJ Tankan Expected To Show - Reuters Poll

Japan’s Big Firms Likely Turned Less Optimistic In Q1, BOJ Tankan Expected To Show – Reuters Poll

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s big manufacturers’ business mood likely turned less optimistic in the first quarter, as firms struggled with supply disruptions and surging energy prices after Russia launched its war in Ukraine, a Reuters poll showed. Other data next week is expected to show core consumer prices in Tokyo likely rose at the fastest…

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Japan Manufacturers Restart Some Of The Northeast's Quake-hit Plants

Japan Manufacturers Restart Some Of The Northeast’s Quake-hit Plants

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese manufacturers began restarting production at some of the plants that were halted following an earthquake that jolted the country’s northeast late on Wednesday. Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd, the top global supplier of ceramic capacitors used in smartphones and cars, said it is restarting production on Friday at two of four factories that…

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