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Middle East Crisis Fuels Anxiety Among Japan Farmers Over Plastic Sheets, Food Containers

Middle East Crisis Fuels Anxiety Among Japan Farmers Over Plastic Sheets, Food Containers (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
As the situation in the Middle East deteriorates, anxiety is spreading among farmers in Japan over rising prices and supply of materials and packaging used in agricultural production.
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Japan to Support Vietnam's Crude Oil Procurement

Japan to Support Vietnam's Crude Oil Procurement (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Vietnamese counterpart, Le Minh Hung, agreed Saturday to position economic security cooperation as a pillar of their countries' bilateral rel...

Event [2/5 19:35] More

M5.7 Earthquake Jolts Western Japan, No Tsunami Warning Issued

M5.7 Earthquake Jolts Western Japan, No Tsunami Warning Issued (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 jolted western Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the country's weather agency said.
The quake, which struck at 6:2...

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Japan Allows Itself Time Off During The “Golden Week”

Japan Allows Itself Time Off During The “Golden Week” (ニュース)
ARAB NEWS
 
The end of April and beginning of May is a time when Japanese people can enjoy some free time and relax thanks to a succession of national holidays that, grouped together, are called Go...

Festival [2/5 18:45] More

JAL Reports Highest Sales Of ¥2.01 Trillion In FY2025

JAL Reports Highest Sales Of ¥2.01 Trillion In FY2025 (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan Airlines Co. said Thursday its revenue rose 9.1 percent from a year earlier to a record 2.01 trillion yen ($12.5 billion) in the fiscal year ended March, the highest since its r...

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Japan-Linked Oil Tanker Sails Toward Japan; ‘No Fee Paid to Pass Through Strait of Hormuz,’ Says Japan Govt Sources

Japan-Linked Oil Tanker Sails Toward Japan; ‘No Fee Paid to Pass Through Strait of Hormuz,’ Says Japan Govt Sources (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
A Japan-linked vessel that had been stranded in the Persian Gulf due to the de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has passed through the waterway and is now sailing toward Japan, t...

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Japan's Koizumi to Visit S. Korea for Defense Talks in June

Japan's Koizumi to Visit S. Korea for Defense Talks in June (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is planning to visit South Korea in late June to hold talks with his South Korean counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back, it was learned Thursday.
This will b...

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Middle East Conflict Dampens Japan Industrial Output In March

Middle East Conflict Dampens Japan Industrial Output In March (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's industrial output in March edged down 0.5 percent from the previous month, pressured by the Middle East conflict that affected output of chemical products due to disruptions in...

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Dragon Diplomacy: Indonesia Lends Komodo Lizard Pair To Japan Zoo

Dragon Diplomacy: Indonesia Lends Komodo Lizard Pair To Japan Zoo (ニュース)
CNA
 
Animal rights group PETA has expressed concern that any dragon offspring born in Japan will be "condemned to a lifetime of confinement".
Indonesia will lend a breeding pair of endangered Komo...

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Global City Leaders at G-NETS Summit Adopt Statement Highlighting Climate, Natural Disaster Measures

Global City Leaders at G-NETS Summit Adopt Statement Highlighting Climate, Natural Disaster Measures (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
Leaders from major cities around the world, gathered in Tokyo for the G-NETS Leaders Summit, have adopted a joint statement stressing the importance of inter-city cooperation for stren...

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Japan PM Vows All-Out Efforts Toward Sustained Pay Hikes At May Day Event

Japan PM Vows All-Out Efforts Toward Sustained Pay Hikes At May Day Event (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday her government will do its utmost to help ensure continued wage hikes as the head of the country's umbrella group for labor unions undersco...

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Japan Seeks to Play Active Role at NPT Review Meeting

Japan Seeks to Play Active Role at NPT Review Meeting (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Japan will seek to play an active role in finding common ground between nuclear and nonnuclear states at a review conference for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which opened Monday, J...

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Japan Considers Making Language Programs A Factor In Residency Screenings

Japan Considers Making Language Programs A Factor In Residency Screenings (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
The government is considering creating programs teaching Japanese language, culture and social rules to foreign nationals and making attendance of the programs a factor in residency s...

Tourism [29/4 18:08] More

Japan Airlines Trials Humanoid Robots As Ground Handlers

Japan Airlines Trials Humanoid Robots As Ground Handlers (ニュース)
BBC
 
Japan Airlines (JAL) will start using humanoid robots in ground handling tasks at Tokyo's Haneda airport from May, in a two-year trial it said is aimed at easing employees' workload.
For a st...

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Japan Panel Calls for Boost in Long-Term Public Works Investment

Japan Panel Calls for Boost in Long-Term Public Works Investment (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Private-sector members of a key Japanese government panel have called for a review of an indicator used to assess the appropriateness of public works projects in order to encourage long-te...

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