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- IBM Japan President Yamaguchi to Chair Executives Group Keizai Doyukai (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
IBM Japan President Akio Yamaguchi has been chosen to succeed Takeshi Niinami as chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai.
Yamaguchi, 61, is...
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- Quarterly 'Tankan' Survey Shows Slight Improvement As BOJ Weighs Rate Hike (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
A quarterly survey of major Japanese manufacturers released Monday shows business sentiment improving to its best level in four years, even after President Trump raised tariffs on good...
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- Japan Govt Presents Draft of Retrial System Revision (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan's Justice Ministry presented a draft plan to revise the retrial system at a meeting of a subgroup of the Legislative Council on Tuesday.
The ministry included two options on each of ...
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- Japan Lifts Quake Advisory But Urges Continued Caution (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) lifted a special advisory for further earthquakes and tsunamis in the Hokkaido and Sanriku coastal areas at the end of Monday, one week after it ...
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- Foreigners Bought 3,498 Properties Near Japanese Sensitive Sites In FY2024: Gov't (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
A total of 3,498 properties around critical security facilities and remote islands in Japan were purchased by foreign individuals or entities in fiscal 2024, with nearly half from...
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- Virya Energy Acquires 60 Mwp Solar Platform From Baywa In Japan (ニュース)
- RENEWABLES NOW
Belgian renewables firm Virya Energy has entered the Japanese market by acquiring BayWa r.e.’s local solar platform of over 60 MWdc and operational team.
The integrated platform ...
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- Man Arrested In Connection With Stabbing Attack In Fukuoka, Western Japan (ニュース)
- NHK
Japanese police have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with Sunday's stabbing attack in the western city of Fukuoka, which injured two people.
The poli...
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- Japan's Only Two Pandas To Be Sent Back To China (ニュース)
- CNA
Two pandas at a Tokyo zoo will be returned to China in January, Japanese media said on Monday (Dec 15), potentially leaving Japan without the beloved animals for the first time in half a cent...
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- Japan City of Kusatsu Uses Name Mix-Up as PR Opportunity (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The city of Kusatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga, often confused for the famous "onsen" hot spring town in eastern Japan sharing the same name, is using the mix-up as a public ...
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- Softbank Billionaire Son Trims Share Pledges After AI Rally (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Masayoshi Son reduced the SoftBank Group shares he’s pledged to lenders by $2.1 billion in recent months, lowering his collateral after bets on artificial intelligence propelled the l...
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- Journalist Ito's Documentary Debuts in Japan (ニュース)
- NIPPON
"Black Box Diaries," an Oscar-nominated film directed by Japanese journalist Shiori Ito documenting her experience after suffering sexual violence, was released in Japan on Friday.
"I spen...
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- Japan To Ask Owners Of Forested Land To Register Nationality (ニュース)
- NHK
The Japanese government plans to ask buyers of forested land to register their nationalities, starting next April. The move is aimed at keeping track of foreign property ownership across the ...
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- Japan Builds Up ‘Missile Archipelago’ Near Taiwan To Counter China (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines.
Sitting ju...
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- Japan Auto Unions Eye Pay Hike of 12,000 Yen or More (仕事)
- NIPPON
The Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions compiled a draft proposal on Friday to seek a monthly pay scale hike of at least 12,000 yen in next year's "shunto" spring wage negoti...
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- Japan Eyes Record Defense Budget Of About 9 Trillion Yen For FY 2026 (仕事)
- KYODO NEWS
Japan is considering allocating about 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for next fiscal year's defense budget, including plans to deploy long-range missiles and drones, sources close to the...
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