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Global Manufacturing PMI

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 6, 2023 - Brand new cars for sale are stored at a 4S shop in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 6, 2023. According to the data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on July 6, in June 2023, the global manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) was 47.8%, down 0.5 percentage points from the previous month, and fell for four consecutive months, which is a new low in the stage since June 2020.

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Global Manufacturing PMI

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 6, 2023 - Brand new cars for sale are stored at a 4S shop in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 6, 2023. According to the data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on July 6, in June 2023, the global manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) was 47.8%, down 0.5 percentage points from the previous month, and fell for four consecutive months, which is a new low in the stage since June 2020.

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Global Manufacturing PMI

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 6, 2023 - Brand new cars for sale are stored at a 4S shop in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 6, 2023. According to the data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on July 6, in June 2023, the global manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) was 47.8%, down 0.5 percentage points from the previous month, and fell for four consecutive months, which is a new low in the stage since June 2020.

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Global Manufacturing PMI

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 6, 2023 - Brand new cars for sale are stored at a 4S shop in Yichang, Hubei province, China, July 6, 2023. According to the data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on July 6, in June 2023, the global manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) was 47.8%, down 0.5 percentage points from the previous month, and fell for four consecutive months, which is a new low in the stage since June 2020.

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Top managers ordered to pay for employee's death from overwork

KYOTO, Japan - Satoru Fukiage (L) and his wife Takako, whose son Motoyasu died in 2007 while employed at an outlet of major restaurant chain Nihonkai Shoya, speaks to reporters in Kyoto, on May 25, 2010, after the Kyoto District Court recognized their son as having died of overwork and ordered Nihonkai Shoya and its four top managers to pay them about 78.6 million yen in damages. The court's decision was the first to find the top management of a major business corporation liable to pay damages in a suit involving the death from overwork of an employee.

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Osaka Gov. Ota gives up seeking 3rd term

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Fusae Ota tells reporters in Osaka on Dec. 3 she has given up seeking a third four-year term in January's gubernatorial election after failing to obtain support from parties that had backed her in the two previous elections. Ota has been under fire for money scandals such as receiving large sums for delivering speeches at meetings of managers of small and midsize businesses.

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4 baseball managers hold new conference before Asian Series

TOKYO, Japan - China's China Stars Manager James Lefebvre (L), Taiwan's Sinon Bulls Manager Liu Jung-hua (2nd from L), South Korea's Samsung Lions Manager Sun Dong Yol (2nd from R) and Japan's Chiba Lotte Marines Manager Bobby Valentine join hands during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 8. The four baseball clubs will compete in the Asia Series 2005 at Tokyo Dome between Nov. 10 and 13.

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Head of Tokyo equipment maker held over Iran export

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a jet mill that can be used in missile development. Tokyo police arrested on June 12 Haruhiko Ueda, president of Seishin Enterprise Co., a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer, and four managers on suspicion of illegally exporting the grinding machines to Iran.

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Osaka Gov. Ota gives up seeking 3rd term

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Fusae Ota tells reporters in Osaka on Dec. 3 she has given up seeking a third four-year term in January's gubernatorial election after failing to obtain support from parties that had backed her in the two previous elections. Ota has been under fire for money scandals such as receiving large sums for delivering speeches at meetings of managers of small and midsize businesses. (Kyodo)

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Top managers ordered to pay for employee's death from overwork

KYOTO, Japan - Satoru Fukiage (L) and his wife Takako, whose son Motoyasu died in 2007 while employed at an outlet of major restaurant chain Nihonkai Shoya, speaks to reporters in Kyoto, on May 25, 2010, after the Kyoto District Court recognized their son as having died of overwork and ordered Nihonkai Shoya and its four top managers to pay them about 78.6 million yen in damages. The court's decision was the first to find the top management of a major business corporation liable to pay damages in a suit involving the death from overwork of an employee. (Kyodo)

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Head of Tokyo equipment maker held over Iran export

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a jet mill that can be used in missile development. Tokyo police arrested on June 12 Haruhiko Ueda, president of Seishin Enterprise Co., a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer, and four managers on suspicion of illegally exporting the grinding machines to Iran. (Kyodo)

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Metalworkers get record-low pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - A union official fills in wage hike offers made March 15 by Japan's auto, steel, shipbuilding and electrical appliance industries. Managers at those four industries offered record-low wage increases, citing poor economic conditions that have weighed heavily on their earnings results.