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- Japan Foreign Min. to Seek 874.3-B.-Yen Budget for FY 2026 (仕事)
- NIPPON
Japan’s Foreign Ministry will seek 874.3 billion yen in its budget request for fiscal 2026, up 15.3 pct from the fiscal 2025 initial budget, informed sources said Wednesday.
The ministry p...
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- Japan, East Timor Affirm Security, Economic Cooperation (仕事)
- NIPPON
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta met in Tokyo on Tuesday and confirmed their countries' security and economic cooperation.
The two leaders a...
Event [August 26, 2025] More
- Japan Plans Stricter Visa Rules For Foreign Entrepreneurs (仕事)
- NEWS AZ
Japan is set to tighten requirements for visas for foreign entrepreneurs, with a proposed six-fold increase in minimum capital to 30 million yen ($204,000) and a mandate to employ at leas...
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- Japan Asked Countries To Skip China's WWII Commemorative Events In Sept. (ニュース)
- KYODO
The Japanese government asked European and Asian countries to refrain from attending a military parade and other events that China will hold next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the ...
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- Warming Seas Worsen Japan's Price Shock With ¥18,000 Urchin Rice Bowls (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan faces its hottest summer in history, a sharp decline in the catch of sea urchin in the country's north has made the spiny delicacy further out of reach for many consumers alread...
Gourmet [August 26, 2025] More
- Rice Prices Up 91% Year-On-Year In Japan (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Rice prices in Japan soared 90.7 percent in July year-on-year, official data showed Friday, but the rate of increase slowed from previous months offering some relief for Prime Ministe...
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- Japanese Firms Expanding Medical Businesses in Africa, Aiming to Provide Quality and Sense of Security (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Japanese companies are expanding their medical businesses in the African continent, which has a population of about 1.5 billion. Amid massive investments by Chinese competitors, the co...
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- Japan Considers New Accommodation Taxes Amid Tourism Boom (ニュース)
- INTELLINEWS
Japan is witnessing a wave of interest in lodging taxes, with 92 municipal governments reportedly considering the introduction of levies on hotels and traditional ryokan inns, accordi...
Tourism [August 25, 2025] More
- Yomiuri Survey Shows 81% See LDP Lawmakers Tainted by Money Scandal Bear Responsibility for Upper House Election Loss (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Eighty-one percent of respondents in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey said the Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were part of a “politics and money” scandal bear a heavy responsibi...
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- Japan Fully Joins Massive Drills in Indonesia (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Multinational drills led by Indonesia and the United States began with an opening ceremony in Jakarta on Monday, with Japan's Self-Defense Forces making their full presence for the first t...
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- Japan Eyes 2.6% Provisional Rate For Government Bonds In FY2026, Yomiuri Says (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
The Finance Ministry plans to set the provisional rate for interest payments on government bonds at 2.6% for the next fiscal year, the highest level in 17 years, according to a local ...
Other [August 22, 2025] More
- Japan City Proposes Two-Hour Daily Smartphone Limit (ニュース)
- CNA
A Japanese city will urge all smartphone users to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school under a proposed ordinance that includes no penalties.
The limit - which will b...
Other [August 22, 2025] More
- Indonesia, Japan Explore Opportunities For Migrant Workers (ニュース)
- ANTARA NEWS
Deputy Minister for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Christina Aryani highlighted both opportunities and challenges in placing Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) in J...
Other [August 22, 2025] More
- Japan To Revise Romanization Rules For First Time In 70 Years (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The Agency for Cultural Affairs submitted a recommendation to education minister Toshiko Abe on Wednesday to replace the government’s romanization system for the Japanese language, th...
Other [August 22, 2025] More
- One Piece Happy Meals Indefinitely Postponed As Mcdonald’s Japan Battles Scalpers (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
McDonald’s Japan runs a lot of cool Happy Meal promotions, but none of them stick around for all that long. For example, the Pokémon Happy Meals that went on sale August 8 are only go...
Other [August 21, 2025] More