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- Soft Drink Vending Machines In Japan Fall Below 2 Million For 1st Time (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
The number of soft drink vending machines installed in Japan in 2025 fell to 1.95 million, preliminary year-end figures show, dropping below 2 million for the first time in the 30 yea...
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- Japan Mulls Extra 20 Days Worth Of Oil Release With Hormuz Passage Unclear (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan is considering an additional release of its oil reserves providing 20 days of domestic consumption in May, as uncertainties remain over safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz...
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- 42 Japan-Linked Ships Still Stranded In Persian Gulf (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
While the United States and Iran have reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, 42 Japan-linked ships still cannot leave the Persian Gulf due to Iran's de facto blockade of the Strait o...
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- In Japan, Subsidies Eyed For Teaching Foreign Residents Daily Rules (ニュース)
- ASIA NEWS NETWORK
The government is planning to subsidize municipalities’ efforts to help foreign residents understand local rules and customs, such as how to properly sort garbage.
The governmen...
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- Japan to Add 17 Airports, Ports for Defense Use (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The Japanese government has decided to add 17 airports and ports to its list of designated facilities to allow the Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Coast Guard to use them from peacetime ...
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- Japan Business Failures Hit 12-Year High In Fiscal 2025 (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan with debts of at least ¥10 million ($63,160) in fiscal 2025, which ended last month, rose 3.5% from the previous year to a 12-year high, ...
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- Sanae Takaichi Says Japan’s Oil Supplies Secure for Rest of Year Despite Hormuz Blockade (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that there is a plan to secure crude oil supplies through strategic reserves and alternative procurement sources through the beginning of nex...
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- N. Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles toward Sea of Japan (ニュース)
- NIPPON
North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Wednesday morning, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Fired from the Wonsan area in...
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- Police Arrest Five More Alleged Members Of Philippines-Based Japan Crime Ring (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police have arrested five more people with alleged links to Philippines-based Japanese crime ring JP Dragon on suspicion of fraud and theft.
The suspects, incl...
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- Cabinet Approves Relaxing Some Personal Info Regulations to Boost AI Development; Penalties for Malicious Violations to Be Made Stricter (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
As part of efforts to support the development of artificial intelligence, the government on Wednesday approved a bill that would relax regulations under the Law on the Protection of Pe...
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- Direct Fuel Sales to Medical Institutions Sought in Japan (仕事)
- NIPPON
Japan’s industry ministry has requested major oil wholesalers to sell fuel directly to medical institutions and public transportation operators affected by crude oil supply disruptions am...
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- Middle Powers Should Create Alternative to WTO, Says Research Group (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
The international trade order should be fundamentally restructured under the leadership of Japan and other middle powers, a research group at the National Graduate Institute for Policy...
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- Japanese Government Passes Bill To Make Digital Textbooks Official (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The government Tuesday adopted a bill to designate digital textbooks as official materials on par with their conventional printed versions and to make them eligible for free distrib...
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- Japan Diet Passes FY 2026 Govt Budget (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan's parliament passed the government's fiscal 2026 budget on Tuesday, marking the first time in 11 years that a regular budget has been enacted after the April 1 start of a fiscal year...
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- Bear Spotted in Residential Area of Fukushima Pref., Japan; Nearby Schools Temporarily Closed (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
A bear measuring about 1.5 meters in length was spotted in a residential area of the Kuwano district in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Tuesday morning.
The bear headed toward the O...
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