Keizai

A poll published Monday by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun economic daily showed the approval rating for Mr. Kan's cabinet plunged to 40% in late October from 71% in September soon after the prime minister defended his position as the head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in an internal party election and reshuffled his cabinet.

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A poll published Monday by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun economic daily showed the approval rating for Mr. Kan's cabinet plunged to 40% in late October from 71% in September soon after the prime minister defended his position as the head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in an internal party election and reshuffled his cabinet.

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The Nihon Keizai Shimbun business newspaper reported Monday that a dozen life insurers and banks would, combined, book nearly $5 billion of charges for the fiscal year ended March 31 on losses in Tepco shareholdings.

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The report issued Tuesday said achieving that goal was unrealistic, especially given that the corporate sector has less gender equality than the political sector: In listed Japanese companies, women made up just 1.2% of senior executives last year, according to a survey by business publisher Toyo Keizai.

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Mr. Mundell also gave a lecture in 2004 at Tokyo Keizai University, piggybacking on a trip to Japan that Axes was paying for, according to a spokeswoman for the university.

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While the Keizai Doyukai and Japan Business Federation, the top big business associations have typically been in synch on major economic policies, they appear to be split on the near-term implementation of a corporate tax cut, which Japanese business circles have long cherished.

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"It seems like the corporate tax cut may be shelved, but that's a big problem," Masamitsu Sakurai , chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyoukai, told The Wall Street Journal.

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According to a poll published by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun economic daily on Monday, the support rating for Mr. Kan's cabinet slumped to 22%, down nine percentage points from January and hitting a new low.

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"It seems like the corporate tax cut may be shelved, but that's a big problem, " Masamitsu Sakurai , the chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyoukai, told The Wall Street Journal.

Japanese Trade Group Wants Planned Tax Cut to Proceed Chester Dawson 2011

In an editorial Sunday, the Nihon Keizai, Japan's largest business daily, called on Japan's two main industry associations to take the lead in organizing "rotating holidays" to reduce demand everywhere from gritty factory floors to fancy department stores.

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