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Line App Users Top 100 Mil. In Japan Nearly 15 Years Since Launch

Line App Users Top 100 Mil. In Japan Nearly 15 Years Since Launch (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
Users of the Line messaging app topped 100 million at the end of last year in Japan, the operator said, with the service now offering a variety of communication platforms for individua...

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Japan Earns Record 24 Winter Games Medals at Milan-Cortina

Japan Earns Record 24 Winter Games Medals at Milan-Cortina (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Japan earned a record number of Winter Olympics medals, at 24, at the 17-day Milan-Cortina Games that came to an end Sunday.
The Asian country clinched five golds, seven silvers and 12 bro...

Event [23/2 18:54] More

All Rescued From Tokyo Skytree Elevator After Being Trapped For 5.5 Hours

All Rescued From Tokyo Skytree Elevator After Being Trapped For 5.5 Hours (ニュース)
NHK
 
All 20 people, including two children, have been rescued from an elevator at Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward after being trapped there for more than 5 hours. No injuries have been report...

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Starbucks Japan To Raise Prices And Charge For Takeout Bags

Starbucks Japan To Raise Prices And Charge For Takeout Bags (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
There’s been a lot for Japanese Starbucks fans to be happy about over the last few days, as the chain rolled out its new sakura
beverages and drinkware. But while those additions to S...

Tourism [22/2 20:39] More

Japan Aims For 32% Expansion Of Used-Goods Market By 2030

Japan Aims For 32% Expansion Of Used-Goods Market By 2030 (仕事)
KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government plans to expand the market for used goods to around 4.6 trillion yen ($29.7 bllion) in 2030, up 32 percent from 2024, to curb waste and reduce carbon dioxide em...

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Japan, U.S. Discuss China's Alleged Nuclear Test

Japan, U.S. Discuss China's Alleged Nuclear Test (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
The Japanese and U.S. governments held working-level talks this week on China's alleged secret nuclear test and North Korea's nuclear and missile development, it was learned Saturday.
The ...

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Takaichi, Reelected As Japan’s Leader, Wants To Cooperate With US In Rare Earths Development

Takaichi, Reelected As Japan’s Leader, Wants To Cooperate With US In Rare Earths Development (ニュース)
AP NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday expressed hopes of deepening her relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump and strengthen cooperation between the two countries in ...

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Japan To Send Parliamentary Vice Minister To Takeshima Day Ceremony

Japan To Send Parliamentary Vice Minister To Takeshima Day Ceremony (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
The government will send Parliamentary Vice Minister for the Cabinet Office Naoki Furukawa to this year's annual ceremony for the Takeshima Islands, minister for territorial issues Ji...

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Japan, U.S. Name 3 Inaugural Investment Projects; Reached Agreement After Considerable Difficulty

Japan, U.S. Name 3 Inaugural Investment Projects; Reached Agreement After Considerable Difficulty (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan and the United States have chosen three inaugural projects to kick off a $550 billion (about ¥84 trillion) investment package in the United States.
The two nations agreed on the ...

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Lawson To Enter India In 2027; Plans 100 Stores By 2030

Lawson To Enter India In 2027; Plans 100 Stores By 2030 (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Major Japanese convenience store operator Lawson Inc will enter the Indian market, planning to open its first store in Mumbai in 2027 and launch a total of 100 stores in the country b...

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Sakamoto 'Frustrated' At Missing Olympic Skating Gold

Sakamoto 'Frustrated' At Missing Olympic Skating Gold (ニュース)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese superstar Kaori Sakamoto said her feeling was one of "frustration" after missing out on Olympic gold in her final figure skating competition on Thursday.
 
"I was aiming for ...

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Japan Is Getting Its First Cram School For High Schoolers Where All Of The Teachers Are Actual Vtubers

Japan Is Getting Its First Cram School For High Schoolers Where All Of The Teachers Are Actual Vtubers (ニュース)
AUTOMATON MEDIA
 
Japanese company Luminaris announces the opening of their virtual cram school where all instructors are real-life VTubers.
Japanese company Luminaris, which operates a cram school...

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Japan Coast Guard Trains Southeast Asian Counterparts

Japan Coast Guard Trains Southeast Asian Counterparts (ニュース)
NHK
 
Japan Coast Guard personnel have put on a training session for officials from a group of Southeast Asian countries. The aim was to enhance their capabilities in tracking and monitoring suspic...

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FCEV Sales In Japan Fall 83% As Refuelling Stations Close

FCEV Sales In Japan Fall 83% As Refuelling Stations Close (仕事)
AUTOMOTIVE WORLD
 
Japan's hydrogen car market is caught in a familiar spiral: fewer stations mean fewer buyers, which in turn makes fewer stations viable. By Stewart Burnett
Annual sales of fuel-c...

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Japan To Revise Economic Security Law To Support Projects Abroad

Japan To Revise Economic Security Law To Support Projects Abroad (仕事)
JAPAN TIMES
 
The Japanese government plans to revise the economic security promotion law to support companies with economic security-linked projects overseas.
This will be the first revision of th...

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