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- Snow Forces Highway Closures In Tokyo (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The transport ministry announced Tuesday that highways in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be closed as a preventive measure ahead of a forecast for heavy snow later in the day.
The c...
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- Japan Deploys Nearly 1,700 Firefighters To Tackle Forest Blaze (ニュース)
- CNA
Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday (Mar 3), as some 4,600 residents remain under an evacuation advisory.
One person die...
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- Prices Of 2,343 Food And Drink Products Going Up In March (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
The prices of more than 2,000 food and drink products will rise during March, research firm Teikoku Databank said.
According to a survey of 195 food manufacturers by Teikoku Databank,...
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- Bandai Namco Cross Store Opens in New York; Customers Shop for Various Japanese Pop Culture Goods (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. opened a Cross Store, which sells anime goods and other products, in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday.
It is the first Cross Store in North America and one of t...
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- Japan Rice Prices Remain High Despite Government Plans To Release Reserves (仕事)
- KYODO NEWS
Rice prices in Japan have remained high despite hopes that they would normalize after the government announced plans two weeks ago that it would release its stockpiles to curb the surg...
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- Japanese Self-Defense Force, U.S. Forces Conduct Joint Drill; Iron Fist Exercises Continue in Okinawa Pref. (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
The Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and other forces conducted a joint drill in the U.S. military’s Blue Beach training field in Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, on Saturday.
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- Fuji Media Tycoon Hieda Quits Adviser Panel Over TV Host Scandal (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Longtime Fuji Media Holdings Inc executive Hisashi Hieda stepped down Thursday from the company's management advisory panel as its broadcasting unit remains under fire for its handlin...
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- More People Ordered To Evacuate As Japan Wildfire Continues (ニュース)
- MEHR NEWS
The Iwate Prefecture government issued a new evacuation order for 333 people from 141 homes, adding to the more than 4,000 residents in around 1,900 households already told to abandon t...
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- Famed Japanese TV Host Monta Mino Dies At 80 (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Monta Mino, who hosted many television shows in Japan, died in the early hours of Saturday, Nikkoku Corp., the water meter company he chaired, said. He was 80.
Mino, whose real name w...
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- Acting South Korea President Hopeful For "New Chapter" With Japan (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
South Korea's acting president, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang Mok, expressed hope Saturday that his nation and Japan can open a new chapter in their bilateral relationship by healing...
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- Japan’s Nikkei Ends at 5-month Low as Chip Stocks Track Nvidia Slump (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Japan’s Nikkei share average ended at a five-month low on Friday, as chip-related stocks tracked Nvidia’s sharp overnight declines, with Advantest tanking nearly 9%.
The Nikkei index f...
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- Japan Ruling Bloc Submits Modified Budget Bill to Diet (仕事)
- NIPPON
Japan's ruling coalition submitted a modified fiscal 2025 government budget bill to the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Friday.
The re...
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- Residents Evacuate To Shelters Amid Forest Fire In Japan’s Iwate (ニュース)
- ASIA NEWS NETWORK
The fire threatened the Ryori district fishing community, whose residents were told to evacuate. Located by a cove on a jagged coastline, the village was devastated by the tsuna...
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- 164 Serious Accidents involving Motorists, Cyclists on Smartphones in 2024 (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
A record 164 incidents that resulted in either deaths or serious injuries were caused last year by people distracted by smartphones or other devices while driving their cars or riding ...
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- Seven & i Founding Family Gives Up on Management Buyout Plan; FamilyMart Owner Decides Not to Invest in Deal (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Seven & i Holdings Co., the operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, announced Thursday that the founding Ito family has told the company that it has been unable to secure fun...
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