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- Japan’s Hopes for Seafood Exports Shot Down in China Spat (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Exports of Japanese marine products to China have hit another snag, just days after they resumed this month for the first time in about two years.
Apparently, this is a response to Pri...
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- Japan's Exports To The World Rise But Drop To U.S. Due To Tariffs (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan’s global exports rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier while imports from the world edged up 0.6%, according to government data released Friday.
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Exports to the U.S. dipped ...
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- Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi heads to G20 summit in South Africa (ニュース)
- NHK
Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae is on her way to South Africa to attend the Group of 20 summit and meet with world leaders.
Takaichi left Tokyo on a government plane on Friday for the f...
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- Japan to Charge Foreigners More for Residence Permits, Looking to Align with Western Countries (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
The government is set to raise fees for residence procedures for foreign nationals to levels comparable to those in Europe and the United States in the next fiscal year, according to g...
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- With A Sushi Lunch, Taiwan President Shows Support For Japan In China Dispute (ニュース)
- REUTERS
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te posted pictures on social media of himself eating Japanese-sourced sushi on Thursday to show his support for Japan in a bitter and worsening diplomatic dispu...
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- Japan Voice Actors To Launch Group To Tackle AI Piracy (ニュース)
- NHK
Voice actors in Japan plan to set up an organization to protect their voices against unauthorized use by generative artificial intelligence.
The members of Voice Integrity and Dubbing Advance...
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- Japan-China-S. Korea Ministerial Meeting Postponed (ニュース)
- NIPPON
A meeting of culture ministers from Japan, China, and South Korea, scheduled for Monday in Macau, has been postponed, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a press conference...
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- Massive Fire In Southwest Japan Mostly Contained, Uninhabited Still Burning (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
A massive fire raging for a third day in the southwestern Japan prefecture was brought under control, except on an uninhabited island it leaped to, the city of Oita said Thursday, afte...
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- Burger King Japan To Be Bought By America’s Goldman-Sachs (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
You don’t have to be a financial genius to realize that you could buy a lot of hamburgers with 70 billion yen. But did you know that dropping that much cash would allow you to buy all...
Gourmet [20/11 19:39] More
- Sprinter Yamada Wins Japan's 1st Gold at Tokyo Deaflympics (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japanese sprinter Maki Yamada won the men's 400-meter race at the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics on Wednesday, earning Japan its first gold medal at the ongoing event.
Yamada finished the race in ...
Event [19/11 21:18] More
- Roasted Sea Bream Production Peaks In Central Japan's Mie Prefecture (ニュース)
- NHK
Workers are busy making roasted red sea bream in central Japan's Mie Prefecture.
Sea bream are a symbol of good fortune in Japan. People offer them as year-end gifts and they're eaten during ...
Gourmet [19/11 20:50] More
- Toyota To Invest $912 Mil In U.S. Factories To Meet Hybrid Demand (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Toyota Motor Corp said Tuesday it would invest a total $912 million in five factories in the United States to meet the growing demand for hybrid vehicles.
The move is part of the comp...
Driving [19/11 20:27] More
- Niigata Gov. to OK Restart of N-Plant; Kashiwazaki-Kariwa May Be Tepco’s 1st Restarted Plant Since 2011 (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Niigata Prefecture Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi has told relevant parties that he intends to approve the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in t...
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- Japan's Biggest Fire In Nearly 50 Years Ravages 170 Buildings, Kills One (ニュース)
- REUTERS
A fire ripped through more than 170 buildings and killed one person in a southern Japanese coastal city on Wednesday, with military and firefighting helicopters scrambling to extinguish t...
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- Essential Services Shortage to Hit Japan’s GDP By Up to ¥76 Tril. By 2040 (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
A projection estimates that if shortages persist in essential services such as caregiving, transportation, and logistics, Japan’s real GDP, adjusted for price fluctuations, could decli...
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