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Japan to Sell $10 Billion Stake in Cigarette Firm

The Finance Ministry, which owns just over 50 percent of the former state monopoly, will sell 333 million of its shares in the cigarette manufacturer, according to a company statement issued on Monday.
New York Times
added Feb 25, 2013 11:37
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Japan's LDP to Postpone Tobacco Tax Hike

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has not included a tobacco tax hike in a preliminary tax reform draft for fiscal 2013 proposed Tuesday to the party's tax panel, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported in its Tuesday evening edition.
4-traders.com (fr)
added Jan 15, 2013 13:09
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[Japan] Above-limit radioactive cesium detected in Fukushima tobacco, JT says

Japan Tobacco Inc. says radioactive cesium levels in some dried tobacco leaves harvested this year in Fukushima Prefecture exceeded the company's limit of 100 becquerels per kilogram.
Japan Times
added Oct 11, 2012 05:10
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Japan Tobacco stock hit as $10 billion stake sale nears

Japan's government is set to launch the sale of part of its stake in Japan Tobacco (2914.T), a move that hit the company's stock as investors sold ahead of the $10 billion offering.
Reuters
added Feb 20, 2013 16:31
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[Japan] Fukushima tobacco farmers prepare to ship

Farmers in Fukushima Prefecture have harvested leaf tobacco for the first time since cultivation was temporarily stopped due to the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and are making preparations to ship the product around December.
Yomiuri Shimbun.
added Sep 24, 2012 16:23
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[Japan] NPA to poll public about letting 18-, 20-year-olds drink, smoke

Japan Times
added May 5, 2012 09:13
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Japan Society for Tobacco Control warns against appointing ex tobacco executive to national broadcaster

the former president of Japan Tobacco Company Mr Katsuhiko Honda is being considered for appointment as the next Chief Executive Officer of Japan Broadcasting Company (popularly known as NHK). Mr Honda continues to be affiliated with JT as a consultant ad
Tobacco Control Journal blogs
added May 19, 2013 11:39
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Japan Tobacco share up after government withholds stake sale

The Japanese government has stated it will withhold on selling its 50% stake in Japan Tobacco as a result of next month's Lower House elections and a turbulent market. As Japan Tobacco controls nearly two-thirds of the country's cigarette market, the gov
Japan Daily Press (jp)
added Nov 19, 2012 15:25
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Japanese firm says no smoking if you want a job

it comes as a big surprise that there is a company here that is being biased about hiring employees who smoke. Apparently Hoshino Resorts is pretty obvious about their opinion on smokers.
Japan Daily Press (jp)
added Nov 15, 2012 10:30
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[Japan] Lower levels of a key lung protein increase the risk of developing cigarette-smoke-induced emphysema

a research team from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Wako, Japan, has discovered one gene implicated in vulnerability to smoke-induced emphysema, a finding that could help doctors identify those cigarette smokers at highest risk of end-stage chro
physorg.com
added Oct 19, 2012 09:13
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