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Ex-Nippon Life Boss Takes Charge At Japan Business Lobby

Ex-Nippon Life Boss Takes Charge At Japan Business Lobby (仕事)
INSURANCE BUSINESS
 
 
 
Leadership Shift Comes Amid Insurer Investment Shakeup
Tsutsui Yoshinobu, former chair of Nippon Life Insurance, has been appointed as the new chair of Keidanren, Japan’s m...

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Bank Of Japan Urged To Keep Or Slow Bond Taper Pace From Fiscal 2026

Bank Of Japan Urged To Keep Or Slow Bond Taper Pace From Fiscal 2026 (仕事)
BUSINESS TIMES
 
The requests heighten the chance the central bank will proceed slowly in reducing its huge balance sheet
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) received a sizeable number of requests to maintain ...

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Nintendo Aims To Match Switch Success With New Console

Nintendo Aims To Match Switch Success With New Console (ニュース)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Nintendo hopes to match the runaway success of the Switch when its leveled-up new console hits shelves Thursday, with strong early sales expected despite the gadget's high price.
Feat...

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Japanese Small, Midsize Firms Increasingly Employing Foreign Workers; Effort Aims to Secure Talented Employees

Japanese Small, Midsize Firms Increasingly Employing Foreign Workers; Effort Aims to Secure Talented Employees (ニュース)
JAPAN NEWS
 
Many small and midsize companies are actively hiring foreign workers. Of the 2.3 million foreign workers employed in Japan, more than 50% work for companies with under 100 employees.
T...

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Cheaper Stockpiled Rice Starts Hitting Store Shelves In Japan

Cheaper Stockpiled Rice Starts Hitting Store Shelves In Japan (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government's stockpiled rice released through direct contracts with retailers began hitting store shelves Saturday, with consumers flocking to the cheaper products.
Major...

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Japan, U.S. Agree to Deepen Cyber Cooperation

Japan, U.S. Agree to Deepen Cyber Cooperation (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the cyber field.
Meeting in Singapore, Nakatani and...

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Japan Says There Is No Easy Concession On U.S. Tariffs, Seeks More Talks In June

Japan Says There Is No Easy Concession On U.S. Tariffs, Seeks More Talks In June (ニュース)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan and the U.S. on Friday agreed to hold another round of trade talks ahead of the G7 summit next month, Japan's top tariff negotiator said, stressing that no deal would be without...

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6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Japan's Hokkaido

6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Japan's Hokkaido (ニュース)
NEWS AZ
 
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off the coast of Kushiro in Japan's Hokkaido on Saturday, local weather agency said.
The temblor occurred at 5:37 p.m. local time ...

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Core Consumer Prices In Tokyo Rise At Fastest Pace In Over 2 Years

Core Consumer Prices In Tokyo Rise At Fastest Pace In Over 2 Years (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Core consumer prices in Tokyo climbed 3.6 percent in May from a year earlier, rising at the fastest pace in over two years, official data showed Friday, as the cost of rice remained o...

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Japan Eyes More Rice Exports As Domestic Consumption Set To Decline

Japan Eyes More Rice Exports As Domestic Consumption Set To Decline (仕事)
KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government on Friday vowed to explore new overseas markets and provide support for more efficient production as part of efforts to increase rice exports in response to an ...

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Former Japanese Princess Mako Gives Birth To First Child

Former Japanese Princess Mako Gives Birth To First Child (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
Mako Komuro, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, has given birth to her first child, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday.
In a regular press co...

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Japan's Emperor Meets with Lao President

Japan's Emperor Meets with Lao President (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Japan's Emperor Naruhito met with Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday.
In the talks, which lasted about 25 minutes, the Emperor shared his delight o...

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Japan Cracks Down On ‘Sparkly’ Names For Babies Like Pikachu Or Nike

Japan Cracks Down On ‘Sparkly’ Names For Babies Like Pikachu Or Nike (ニュース)
CNN
 
If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.”
While still a minority, these names have grown in popularity over re...

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Japan Calls On Colleges To Accept Students In U.S. After Harvard Ban

Japan Calls On Colleges To Accept Students In U.S. After Harvard Ban (勉強)
KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government on Tuesday called on domestic universities to consider temporarily accepting students enrolled at U.S. schools after Washington's move to bar foreign students f...

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Japan’s Cooperation in Alaska LNG Development Project Emerges in Japan-U.S. Tariff Negotiations; But Industry Concerns Exist

Japan’s Cooperation in Alaska LNG Development Project Emerges in Japan-U.S. Tariff Negotiations; But Industry Concerns Exist (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s cooperation in the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the U.S. state of Alaska has emerged as a bargaining chip in the ongoing Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.
While ...

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