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Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is considering accepting external capital for its slumping automobile system and equipment unit, it has been learned.

Many major Japanese companies fully accepted their unions' pay hike demands on Wednesday (March 18), when this year's "shunto" spring labour-management negotiations reached a climax.

The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan surged by 29 yen from a week earlier to a record high of 190.8 yen per litre as of Monday, the industry ministry said Wednesday (March 18).