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        <title><![CDATA[Natsuko Katsuki]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Natsuko Katsuki is an editor for Bloomberg News in Tokyo covering Japanese company news.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Toto Halts Bathroom Orders After Iran War Upends Supply Chain]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-13/japan-s-toto-halts-bathroom-orders-on-material-shortage-amid-war</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:27:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Osaka Tourism Endures Heavy Hit as China-Japan Tension Simmers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kanoko Matsuyama]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Moonshot Chip Push Rapidus Plots Path to IPO Around 2031]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:37:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Accounting Scandal Threatens Legacy of Billionaire Nidec Founder]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Once thriving under the hard-driving leadership of Japanese business icon Shigenobu Nagamori, the top motor maker is now in crisis.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yuki Furukawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deals for Startups Reach Record in Japan Before Listing Curbs]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Min-Jeong Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 21:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Condo Associations Start Buying Bonds to Fund Repairs]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natsuko Katsuki]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buffett Lifts Stakes in Japan Trading Houses, Buoys Shares]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/mitsubishi-corp-says-berkshire-hathaway-s-stake-rises-to-10-23-meutunbj</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shoko Oda]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 03:11:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Popular Chiikawa Understands Our Modern Anxieties]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natsuko Katsuki]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:04:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buffett’s Successor Abel Met With Japan’s Trading Houses]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natsuko Katsuki]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 09:16:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s New Generation of Risk-Taking Investors Is Finally Here]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasutaka Tamura]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 21:02:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An ad for a Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA) displayed at a branch of Nomura Securities Co. in the Kichijoji area of Tokyo on April 22.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Daiichi Sankyo Eyes Newer Cancer Drugs to Stave off Rivals]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-11/daiichi-sankyo-to-boost-adc-cancer-drug-production-coo-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natsuko Katsuki]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:58:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gender Pay Gap Fails to Narrow After Japan Forces Disclosure]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natsuko Katsuki]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[JT Group to Buy US Cigarette Maker Vector for $2.4 Billion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Connelly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:26:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Trading Houses See Rate Hike Positive for Business]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shoko Oda]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 05:23:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japanese Pension Funds Tiptoe Into Moonshot Tech Investments]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Min-Jeong Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:25:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Toyota Buying Back $5.2 Billion in Shares From Banks, Insurers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 05:33:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sumitomo Looks to Tap US Shale Boom Despite Exiting Production]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shoko Oda]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2024 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Takeda To Keep Pushing for China Biotech Partnerships, CEO Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akemi Terukina]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mitsubishi, Sumitomo Mitsui Banks to Divest $8.5 Billion in Toyota Shareholdings]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:39:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fortress’s Japan Hotel Unit Doubles Pay to Fight Labor Shortage]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Akemi Terukina]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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