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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Says Not Considering Unilateral Talks With Iran on Hormuz]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 03:16:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan to Quadruple Spending Support for Chips, AI in Budget]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 03:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Braces for Further Pain From US Tariffs, Pledges Support]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 03:19:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taiwan’s Powerchip Teams Up With SBI to Build Japan Foundry]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 08:29:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Hagiuda Says No-Confidence Motion Could Dissolve Diet]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2023 04:43:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Daiwa Says Staff Freely Using ChatGPT, Plans Tech Hiring Boost]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takashi Nakamichi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mizuho Cuts Risk in Bond Portfolio, Awaiting BOJ, Fed Shifts]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taiga Uranaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2023 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Banks Resist Buybacks After Predicting Bumper Profit]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taiga Uranaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 06:19:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bankers Chase Startups in Japan as Funding Dries Up Elsewhere]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taiga Uranaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Credit Suisse Shows Well Capitalized Banks Can Lose Trust, Japan Official Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[MUFG Seeks to Buy Alternative Asset Firms to Match Client Flows]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japanese Banks Face ‘Gender Washing’ Spotlight on Its Managers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taiga Uranaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Daiwa to Start Using AI Chatbot Spurned by Wall Street Banks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takashi Nakamichi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 07:47:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Urges Local Banks to Improve Asset Portfolio Management]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taiga Uranaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:41:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sumitomo Mitsui Wants Wall Street Bankers for US Expansion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taiga Uranaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mizuho Teams Up With Lombard Odier to Target Japan’s Super Rich]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taiga Uranaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Adani Turmoil Prompts Nomura, SMFG to Disclose Fund Exposures]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nao Sano]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 01:04:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mizuho Profit Doubles to Beat Estimates as Bad Loan Costs Fall]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taiga Uranaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 06:46:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Urges Regional Banks to Raise Wages as Inflation Jumps]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 05:07:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[MUFG Markets Chief Says BOJ May Ditch Easy Policy by September]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taiga Uranaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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