Japan's Toppan to Buy DuPont Photomasks
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Japan's Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. said on  Tuesday it would buy DuPont Photomasks Inc., a U.S.-based maker  of glass plates used in chip production, for 71 billion yen  ($640 million).
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Holograms and kaleidoscopes of shimmering  colors will be part of Japan's latest hi-tech response to the  growing number of banknote counterfeiting cases troubling  authorities.
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Chemicals maker DuPont Co. said on  Monday it would sell its protective coatings product lines and  related assets to Swiss chemicals firm Sika AG.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 5--TOKYO -- The Japanese unit of Manhattan-based brand Coach said  Monday it will auction 65 bags designed by U.S. and Japanese celebrities,  including Leonardo DiCaprio, via Yahoo Japan Corp.'s auction site from March  2.
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The DuPont Co. has agreed to pay up to $340 million to settle a lawsuit that it contaminated water supplies in West Virginia and Ohio with a chemical used to make Teflon, one of its best-known brands.
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The Japanese retailer eyes acquisitions to spur U.S. growth.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will be in Mexico City September 17 to sign a Japan-Mexico free trade treaty, Mexican officials said.
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Japanese fashionistas queued around the block to spot celebrities and buy handbags at the opening of Giorgio Armani's new tower in Tokyo, showing that when it comes to a love for luxury labels, few can match Japan.
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The front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister vowed Saturday to extend his nation's support for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.
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U.S. chemical company DuPont Co   on Tuesday unveiled a technology transfer alliance with UTEK  Corp .
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TOKYO/LONDON  - Japan Tobacco Inc.  said on Friday it had agreed to buy British cigarette maker Gallaher Group Plc  for 7.5 billion pounds ($14.7 billion) in cash, the biggest-ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company.
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Japan's Sharp Corp. plans to spend up to 200 billion yen (&#36;1.91 billion) to build a cutting-edge domestic plant to make liquid crystal display panels for flat-screen TVs, a business newspaper reported on Sunday.
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NTT (NYSE:DCM) DoCoMo,Japan&#39;s leading mobile phone company, is set to make a &quot;sizeable&quot; investment in the booming markets of Vietnam, China or India, reversing a long-held decision to stay away from overseas markets after losing $9bn in botched investments six years ago.
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U.S. cosmetics and health care company  Neways Inc. is on sale in Japan for about $600-700 million,  with private equity houses among the bidders, sources familiar  with the process said on Tuesday.
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TOKYO -- Japan Tobacco Inc. announced plans Friday to buy Britain's Gallaher Group PLC for 2.25 trillion yen ($19.1 billion) in reportedly the largest-ever corporate acquisition by a Japanese company.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is in talks with  the founding family Takefuji Corp., the biggest player in  Japan's $100 billion consumer finance industry, that may result  in the U.S. firm buying about a third of the company for more  than $2.7 billion, a financial source said.
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Nomura Holdings, Japanâs biggest securities firm, will buy a 15 percent stake in the Fortress Investment Group.