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        <title><![CDATA[Yuji Okada - Team Leader:JBN Commodities & Energy]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Half-Full Tanker Heading to Japan Highlights Scramble for Oil]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Weilun Soon]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:29:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Bright Horizon (in white), is now sailing toward Japan after receiving its cargo at sea off Mumbai from Shenlong (blue) this week.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Taps Smaller Ships to Get US Oil Faster on Supply Concerns]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuji Okada]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:24:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Toyoda Taps Bankers for $42 Billion Toyota Industries Buyout]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuji Okada]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 09:00:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mori’s CEO Is Eyeing the Next Roppongi Hills, Casino Resort in Tokyo]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-14/mori-s-ceo-eyeing-next-roppongi-hills-casino-resort-in-tokyo</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Du]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower complex. Photographer: Richard A. Brooks/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Skiing in Japan Is Getting a $1.4 Billion Upgrade Close to Tokyo]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ken Chan, the former Japan head of Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, is planning a snowy second act on the slopes of Mount Madarao.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-10/skiing-in-japan-is-getting-a-1-4-billion-upgrade-close-to-tokyo</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Ramli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[GIC Seeks Japan Property Deals as Yen Falls and Tourists Return]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-29/gic-seeks-japan-property-deals-as-yen-falls-and-tourists-return</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Ramli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Sumida River flows through Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. Japan&apos;s infrastructure is already one of the world’s safest and investment in mitigating natural disasters is ramping up.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Olympics Postponement ‘Inconceivable,’ Says Japan Minister]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-11/olympics-postponement-inconceivable-japan-minister-responds</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gearoid Reidy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 04:31:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The New National Stadium, the main venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, stands in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. The Olympic torch is set to arrive in northern Miyagi prefecture in four weeks, heralding the start of the Games four months later, on July 24. But travel restrictions due to the ongoing coronavirus have already begun to affect some of the qualifying events.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Typhoon Strands More Than 5,000 People at Tokyo’s Narita Airport]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-09/typhoon-strands-more-than-5-000-people-at-japan-s-narita-airport</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuji Okada]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:36:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Startup Making Paper From Rock Seeks More Pre-IPO Funding]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-19/japan-startup-making-paper-from-stone-seeks-more-pre-ipo-funding</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Fraher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2019 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Nobuyoshi Yamasaki, chief executive office of TBM Co., poses for a photograph at the company&apos;s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, June 9, 2017. Yamasaki&apos;s venture TBM makes water- and tree-free paper made from limestone, a rock it proclaims is &quot;almost inexhaustible.&quot; He says it’s the answer to concerns over deforestation and water shortages, with world demand for paper set to double by 2030. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Petrobras’ Japan Unit Sale Said to Draw Interest From JX, Tonen]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-14/petrobras-japan-unit-sale-said-to-draw-interest-from-jx-tonen-ipf2yi8i</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:41:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chinese Nuclear Firms Seen by U.S. Winning Deals With Financing]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-03/chinese-nuclear-firms-seen-by-u-s-winning-deals-with-financing</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Stapczynski]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Producers Need `Sustained Price Signal' Before Output Boost]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-03/oil-producers-need-sustained-price-signal-before-output-boost</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Clark]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 09:46:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Oil Is Too Good, Too Pricey and Too Far for Asia Buyers]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-18/asia-s-problem-with-u-s-oil-is-it-s-too-good-pricey-and-far</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Debjit Chakraborty]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 00:23:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Electric Car Maker GLM Said to Close $14 Million Funding]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Fuel Sales to Japan Weaken Saudi Grip on Cooking Gas Prices]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-11/u-s-fuel-sales-to-japan-weaken-saudi-grip-on-cooking-gas-prices</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2015 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Saudis Are Losing Their Lock on Asian Oil Sales]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-31/oil-bargains-from-latin-america-erode-saudi-market-clout-in-asia</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asia Readies for Iran Oil Bargains on Potential Nuclear Deal]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-23/asia-readies-for-iranian-oil-bargains-on-potential-nuclear-deal</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Bargains for Asia Stretch to Mexico as Ships Set Sail]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-27/oil-bargains-for-asia-stretch-to-mexico-as-ships-set-sail</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 01:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudis Seen Giving Asia Smaller Oil Discounts on Signs of Demand]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 08:19:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Refiners Surge as Idemitsu and Showa Shell Hold Talks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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