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- Japanese Films Tugging at Chinese Moviegoers' Heartstrings (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japanese movies are riding on a wave of popularity in China, despite Beijing's restrictions on imported film.
Japanese anime director Hayao Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron," which hit th...
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- Select Asian Students To Study Medicine In Japan For Free; New Program To Start As Early As FY26 (勉強)
- ASIA NEWS NETWORK
This is the first time for the ministry to attempt such an initiative, which it is undertaking with the aim of both contributing to the international community and expanding use...
Tourism [December 16, 2024] More
- Japanese Sake Dassai’s Brewery to Make Sake in Space; If Successful, Limited-Edition Sake to be Sold for ¥100 Million (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Asahi Shuzo Co., known for its sake Dassai, announced on Wednesday that it will attempt to brew sake in the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on the International Space Station (ISS).
If...
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- Foreign-Born CEO Says Japan Needs Immigration To Thrive (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
The Indian-born head of one of Japan's most famous snack brands has warned that the country must change its mindset and admit more immigrants to get the economy back to the glory of i...
Gourmet [December 16, 2024] More
- Stabbed Students in Kitakyushu Have No Defensive Wounds; Lack of Hand Wounds Demonstrates Attack’s Speed (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
The two junior high school students who were stabbed by a man at a fast-food restaurant on Saturday have no defensive wounds, indicating that they were assaulted without any time to pr...
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- Bank Of Japan May Hold Off On Interest Rate Hike; Results Of Spring Wage Negotiations, U.S. Policy May Impact Decisions (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
The Bank of Japan may hold off on a further interest rate hike at its Monetary Policy Meeting to be held on coming Wednesday and Thursday.
There is a growing view within the central ba...
Other [December 15, 2024] More
- 7-Eleven Battle Shows Resilience Of Japan Inc's Family Ties (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
A rise in shareholder activism in Japan is poised to fuel a new wave of management buyouts by founding families, after the battle for 7-Eleven's parent company prompted a $58 billion ...
Shopping [December 15, 2024] More
- Golf: Japan Money Champ Takumi Kanaya Closes In On PGA Tour Card (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Takumi Kanaya, this year's top money winner on the Japanese professional men's golf tour, is in contention for a U.S. PGA Tour card after moving up to third in the penultimate round of...
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- Japan Post Starts Accepting New Year's Cards (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan Post Co. started accepting New Year's cards for 2025 on Sunday.
Postal rates in Japan were raised in October, with the price of a New Year's postcard, like a regular postcard, going ...
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- Police Searching For Man Following Deadly Knife Attack In Western Japan (ニュース)
- NHK
Police in western Japan are searching for a man who fled with a knife from the scene of a stabbing incident at a fast-food restaurant that left a teenage girl dead.
The incident took place Sa...
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- Japan Planning To Deepen Economic Ties With Africa (仕事)
- NHK
NHK has learned that Japan's government plans to deepen cooperation with the African Development Bank. The goal is to help Japanese companies boost their investments on the continent.
Africa ...
Event [December 13, 2024] More
- JR Kyushu May Withdraw from Japan-S. Korea Ship Route (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, is considering withdrawing from a ship route between Japan and South Korea, over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water leak incident on a hig...
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- Japan High Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
The Fukuoka High Court on Friday became the third high court in Japan to rule the country's lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, but upheld a lower court...
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- Japan business Sentiment Improves Slightly, BOJ Tankan Shows (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Japanese big manufacturers’ sentiment improved slightly in the three months to December, a quarterly survey showed on Friday, boding well for the central bank’s plans to gradually rais...
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- Nippon Steel Slams 'Inappropriate' Politics In U.S. Steel Deal (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Nippon Steel on Wednesday slammed the "inappropriate" role of politics after Bloomberg News reported that President Joe Biden would block its planned takeover of U.S. Steel.
The deal ...
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