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- 'Sugar Baby Riri' Gets Nine-Year Prison Term Over Romance Scam (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The Nagoya District Court on Monday imposed a nine-year prison term and an ¥8 million ($51,700) fine on a 25-year-old woman — who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri” — for swindling...
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- 70 ％ of Japan Companies to Raise Pay Scales in FY 2024 (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
About 70 pct of companies in Japan will implement pay scale increases in fiscal 2024, a survey by the Finance Ministry showed Monday.
According to the survey, the proportion of compani...
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- Honda To Build Major EV Plant In Canada (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japanese auto giant Honda will open an electric vehicle plant in eastern Canada, a Canadian government source familiar with the multibillion-dollar project told AFP on Monday.
The fed...
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- Japan Helicopters Crash: Search Ongoing For Naval Crew In The Pacific (ニュース)
- BBC
The Japanese navy is continuing its search for seven crew in the Pacific Ocean after the apparent crash of two helicopters on Saturday night, which killed at least one crewman.Rescuers have s...
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- Japan Monitoring Reports Of Professor 'Missing' In China (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The government said Monday it was closely monitoring reports that a Chinese professor at a Japanese university has been missing since he took a trip home over a year ago.
Fan Yuntao, ...
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- North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Waters Outside Japan's EEZ (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
North Korea on Monday fired at least one ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, but no damage was reported as it fell into waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, the Japan...
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- Japan's Takashimaya Plans To Expand Investment In Vietnam (仕事)
- VIETNAM PLUS
Takashimaya, a Japanese operator of upscale department stores, plans to open a shopping centre in Hanoi in 2026 that will be the company's first new location abroad in eight years,...
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- Pakistan Bomb Attack Targets Japanese Nationals, Injuries Reported (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
A van carrying five Japanese nationals was attacked by a suicide bomber and a gunman in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Friday morning, killing a local security guard and i...
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- Japan's Former World No. 1 Momota Kento Announces Retirement From International Badminton (ニュース)
- OLYMPICS
The two-time world champion says his last duty for the national team will be the 27 April-5 May Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Brutally honest as he ann...
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- Japan Court Denies Fishing Rights To Ainu People (ニュース)
- CNA
A court in Japan dismissed a bid by Ainu Indigenous people to reclaim rights over river fishing for salmon, an official said on Thursday (Apr 18).
It was the first court decision on Indigenou...
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- International Furniture Fair Salone del Mobile Kicks Off In Milan; Environmentally Friendly Japan Companies Among Exhibitors (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Environmentally conscious Japanese companies are among those displaying their wares at the 62nd Salone del Mobile.Milano, an international furniture fair that kicked off Tuesday in Mil...
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- Japan Records Trade Deficit For Third Straight Fiscal Year Despite Recovering Exports (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan recorded a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year as the costs of energy and other imports rose and the yen remained weak.
The deficit was 5.89 trillion yen ($38 billi...
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- Eight Reported Injured After Japan Earthquake (ニュース)
- CNA
Eight people were reported injured on Thursday (Apr 18) after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off southwestern Japan, but there appeared to be no major damage or tsunami.
The epicentre of t...
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- No Link To Nankai Trough Quake Seen After Temblor In Shikoku (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake, measuring a lower 6 on Japan's seismic intensity scale, struck off the west coast of Shikoku island on Wednesday night, but authorities reported no link to...
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- Ex-Kanebo chief and JAL Chairman Junji Ito dies at 99 (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Junji Ito, who served as president of Kanebo, currently Kracie, and chairman of Japan Airlines, died in December 2021 at the age of 99, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday....
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