Canada-Japan Bilateral Business News 

October 25th, 2016 - Tokyo

News topics for this week:  LDP to extend term limit; Japan's Koseki system;  CETA's fate may hang on the Wallons; Toyota markets FC Bus; Japan's exports down 10% for half-year; Canada more room to run deficits; Ontario to import electricity from Quebec; Canada's top entrepreneurial cities and much more.

In a move that may benefit Abe, LDP to extend term limit for party presidency

Japan’s koseki system: dull, uncaring but terribly efficient

77% of Japanese read news via smartphone but newspaper subscribers refuse to budge: survey

Walloon opposition to Canada-EU CETA treaty signals more bad news for free trade deals

Behind CETA’s headlines: What Canadians need to know about the deal and what’s at stake

Toyota to roll out fuel cell buses

Jury's still out on PlayStation VR

As Exports slide 10% Japan still logs trade surplus in April-September

FeliCa-enabled cards speed up the future of e-payments

Toyobo develops drug to detect antibiotic-resistant bacteria faster

One-time flophouses fit the bill for budget travelers in Japan

National Research Council president Iain Stewart has his work cut out for him

Canada has room to run deficits, Poloz says

Ontario to import 2 terawatt hours of Quebec electricity annually under new deal

TD Ameritrade, TD Bank near $4-billion Scottrade deal

Bombardier cutting another 7,500 jobs; rail unit to be hit hardest

Putting Alberta’s idle wells to work could heat up the energy patch

University prof investigates lifespan of wind turbines

Vancouver seeks to protect character of historic Chinatown

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