TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japan's Nintendo Co.
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will become the latest company to investigate working conditions at a Chinese firm to which it outsources production after a string of suicides there, Japanese business daily Nikkei reported Friday. Several workers have apparently taken their own lives at a Shenzhen facility operated by Foxconn Technology Group
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the core subsidiary of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.
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Apple Inc.
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said Wednesday it will independently investigate measures Foxconn is taking. Nintendo outsources production of some goods, including its Wii game console, to Foxconn.
