Japan Airlines said Thursday it had upgraded its earnings forecast for the fiscal year to March because of lower fuel costs and tax-related profit gains.
The State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Ministry plans to establish a state-owned insurance holding company and state-owned banking holding company in March and April ,respectively, in trying to improve efficiency of government businesses in the two sectors.
State electricity firm PLN hopes its customers will use more electricity this year through incentive measures amid the ongoing construction of mega power plant projects, which have been criticized as unnecessary as consumption growth has been slowing.
A resurgent Mitchell Starc took five wickets as Australia wrapped up a confidence-boosting 2-0 series thrashing of Sri Lanka Monday, with the tourists skittled for 149 in the second Test at Canberra. In front of a sparse crowd on day four, Sri Lanka resumed on 17 without loss, needing a daunting 516 to win and ending 366 short.
E-commerce platform Bukalapak launched its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing innovation center at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in West Java on Friday.
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Chugoku Electric announced on January 1 that it will participate in hydroelectric power plant project in North Sumatra Province in the northern part of Indonesia.
The unemployment rate in Japan fell to the lowest level in 26 years in 2018, as businesses sought to hire more workers amid a deepening labor shortage, government data showed Friday.
Chen Wan-xuan, a student from Taiwan, raises a spoonful of salad to the mouth of an elderly resident at a nursing home in Asahikawa as she speaks quietly to him. “Please eat this slowly,” the caregiver says in clear Japanese to the man, who is in his 90s.
Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita has said Indonesia will export more tempeh to Hong Kong, South Korea and a number of Middle Eastern countries in which many Indonesians live.
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