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Unicharm increases annual dividend by 25%

Unicharm Corp. on Feb. 27 said that it increased its total annual dividend for fiscal year 2017 to ¥20, up 25% from the ¥16 it posted in fiscal 2016.

The Japanese maker of consumer goods added that its latest semiannual dividend was ¥11, compared to the ¥8 dividend it distributed in the same period in 2016. The latest dividend will be paid March 7.

Unicharm's dividend for the first half of fiscal 2017 was ¥9 and was distributed to its shareholders Sept. 4, 2017.

As of Feb. 26, US$1 was equivalent to 106.91 Japanese yen.