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- Japan's US Exports Fall For Second Straight Month (仕事)
- NHK
Japan's exports to the United States fell for the second straight month in January, indicating the lingering impact of the Trump administration's tariff measures.
Finance Ministry figures rel...
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- Japan Lower House Names Takaichi as Prime Minister (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan's House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Wednesday named Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi as prime minis...
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- Japan Set To Prohibit Use Of Power Banks On Flights (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Japan is considering a ban on the use of power banks on flights following incidents in which batteries have emitted smoke or caught fire in aircraft.
An NHK report Wednesday said the ...
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- Japan Tourist Arrivals In January Mark First Year-On-Year Fall In Four Years (ニュース)
- CNA
Visitors to Japan fell 4.9 per cent in January from the previous year to mark the first decline in four years, government data showed on Wednesday (Feb 18), as Chinese tourists stayed away am...
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- Japan Boosts Pay, Job Security For Lowly Paid Embassy Chefs (仕事)
- ASAHI
Japan is turning up the heat on its “gastrodiplomacy” by making embassy chefs’ posts more attractive and better paid.
After years of chronic shortages in the kitchens of its embassies and ...
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- Nojima Eyes Mergers And Acquisitions Deals Worth Up To ¥300 Billion (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Japanese home electronics retailer Nojima is eager to boost its merger and acquisition activities, ready to spend up to ¥300 billion per deal, sources have said.
"There is a possibili...
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- Takaichi Won't Send Cabinet Ministers To Takeshima Day Ceremony (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will not send any Cabinet minister to an annual ceremony for the Takeshima islets, now under effective control of South Korea, in Shimane Prefecture, sou...
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- Infectious Gastroenteritis On The Rise In Japan For Fifth Straight Week (ニュース)
- NHK
Cases of infectious gastroenteritis caused by the norovirus and other viruses have increased in Japan for the fifth consecutive week.
The disease, also called stomach flu, causes fever, vomit...
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- Japan Ties Record Winter Games Medals with Figure Skating Pairs Gold (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara secured gold in figure skating pairs at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Monday, the first Olympic medal of any color in the event for Japan.
With this, ...
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- Japan to Update Free, Open Indo-Pacific Vision (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The Japanese government is working to update its vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Monday.
The vision "needs to be evolved in the most appr...
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- Takagi Wins Second Speed Skating Bronze At Winter Olympics (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japanese speed skater Miho Takagi won her second bronze medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday when she finished third in the women's 500 meters.
Dutchwoman Femke Kok took gold...
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- Sony’s Entertainment Focus Becomes Even Clearer; Shift Away from Consumer Products Marks Move Toward Entertainment (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Sony Group Corp. has continually been downsizing its once stellar consumer electronics business and clarifying its shift to the entertainment industry, which includes games and music.
...
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- U.S. Restaurant Chain Anna Miller's To Reopen In Japan After 3-Year Hiatus (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
U.S. restaurant chain Anna Miller's will reopen in Japan for the first time in three years on Friday, with its distinctive staff uniforms unchanged from the previous run, according to...
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- High-Hydration Bread On The Rise In Japan (ニュース)
- ASIA NEWS NETWORK
There has been a noted increase in specialty shops and recipe searches online.
The popularity of “high-hydration bread,” made from dough with a high water content and characteri...
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- Warning Issued After Fake Social Media Account Impersonating Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka Discovered (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Fake social media accounts impersonating Kyoto University Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, who is also a Nobel laureate, have been spotted on social media, according to the Center for iPS Cell R...
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