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- Japan Gov't Compiles Foreigner Policy Plans Ahead Of Snap Election (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
The government on Friday compiled a policy package to toughen rules for foreigners in Japan and promote social cohesion, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to show commitment to the...
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- Japan Begins Survey Over Nationality Of Public Housing Residents (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The land ministry said Friday that it has been looking into whether local governments nationwide are aware of the nationalities of residents living in public housing.
The ministry wil...
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- Japan to Raise Basic Pension Benefits by 1.9 Pct in FY 2026 (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The Japanese government will raise basic public pension benefits by 1.9 pct in fiscal 2026 from the previous year, the welfare ministry said Friday.
Benefits under the "kosei nenkin" publi...
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- Takaichi Dissolves Diet After Only 3 Months In Office, Setting Up Snap Election (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of the Diet on Friday, paving the way for a Feb 8 snap election.
The move is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help...
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- Nikkei 225 Gains After Trump Drops Greenland Tariff Threat (仕事)
- NHK
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index rose for the first time in six trading days on Thursday. Investors turned bullish after US President Donald Trump backed away from imposing tariffs on countries...
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- Japan Records 5th Straight Yearly Trade Deficit (仕事)
- ASAHI
Japan posted a trade deficit for the fifth straight year in 2025, according to government data released Thursday, as concerns continued to grow over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs an...
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- Heavy Snow Along Sea Of Japan Could Affect Transportation (ニュース)
- NHK
The Japan Meteorological Agency says a powerful winter pressure pattern has brought heavy snow, mainly along the Sea of Japan side.
Authorities are warning of possible impacts on transportati...
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- Japan Restarts World's Largest Nuclear Plant As Fukushima Memories Loom Large (ニュース)
- BBC
Japan has restarted operations at the world's largest nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster forced the country to shut all of its reactors.
The decision to ...
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- 36th Annual International Snowball Fight Competition to be held in Uonuma in February (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Since the dawn of humanity, whenever we have been blessed with lightly frozen flakes of precipitation, we have been filled with the urge to gather up this natural wonder into our hand...
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- Japan 2025 Convenience Store Sales Hit Record ¥12 Trillion (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Sales from seven major Japanese convenience store chains hit a record 12.06 trillion yen ($76.34 billion) in 2025, bolstered by the development of high-value-added products, increased...
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- Japan Stops Short of Committing to Trump-Proposed Peace Board (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Wednesday declined to clarify whether Japan will participate in the Board of Peace proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump for the Gaza St...
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- Life Sentence For Man Who Killed Japan's Ex-PM Shinzo Abe (ニュース)
- BBC
The man who killed Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison, three and a half years after he shot him dead at a rally in the city of Nara in 2022.
Tetsuya...
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- Poké Ball Cakes Celebrate Pokémon Franchise’s 30th Anniversary (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
The visual design/naming of Japanese
confectioner Ariake’s flagship Harbour baked goods is pretty abstract. With Ariake being based in the port town of Yokohama, they wanted some sort...
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- Indonesia Links Smes To Japan Retail To Boost FMCG Exports (仕事)
- ANTARA NEWS
Indonesia’s Trade Ministry has linked 30 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with major Japanese retailers to expand export access for Indonesian fast-moving consumer goods (FMC...
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- Indonesia, Japan Deepen Trade Ties Through Jakarta Business Matching (仕事)
- ANTARA NEWS
Indonesia's Ministry of Trade co-organized a business matching event with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Jakarta on Tuesday to further intensify trade activities bet...
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