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- Koizumi Welcomes Bank Decision Lifting Curbs On Defense Investment (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Tuesday welcomed a recent decision by the state-backed Development Bank of Japan to lift restrictions on investments in defense-related businesses...
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- Japan PM Wants Consumption Tax Cut Freeze "As Soon As Possible" (仕事)
- KYODO NEWS
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday she wants to implement a freeze on the country's consumption tax on food products "as soon as possible," despite concerns over the...
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- As Japan Stokes Inflation, Banks Grapple With Loan Growth Outpacing Deposits (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Japan’s banks are grappling with a problem that was unthinkable a few years ago: Loans are growing faster than deposits.
The country is seeing an explosion of borrowing as busines...
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- Japan Action on Currency Wins G7 Understanding: Katayama (ニュース)
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Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Tuesday that her Group of Seven counterparts showed their understanding on Japan's recent yen-buying, dollar-selling market intervention.
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- Two Japanese Attacked With Knife At Shanghai Restaurant (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
A man carrying a fruit knife attacked three people around noon on Tuesday at a Japanese restaurant in Shanghai World Financial Center, a Japanese-developed office building in the fina...
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- Japan Grants Cambodia $11 Million For Mine Clearance, Victim Assistance (ニュース)
- ASIA NEWS NETWORK
The new funding follows the completion of Phase II of the project at the end of 2025, which had a total budget of almost $17 million.
The Japanese government has agreed to provi...
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- Japanese Economy Grows Faster Than Expected In First Quarter (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japanese economic growth surpassed expectations at the start of 2026, official data showed on Tuesday, but Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is mulling an extra budget as concerns grow ov...
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- Lawson Testing New Multilingual System To Help Tourists Make Purchases (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Lawson is testing a new multilingual shopping guide system for foreign tourists who may not be familiar with the protocol for purchasing certain items.
The trial run was launched on M...
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- Japan's Motegi to Attend Quad Meeting in India (ニュース)
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Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will visit New Delhi from Sunday through May 27 to attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the Quad countries--Japan, the United States, Australia a...
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- Japan And Brazil Agree To Enhance Economic Security Cooperation (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, have agreed to strengthen bilateral economic security cooperation, at the two countries’ first strategi...
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- Japan Mulls Introducing Early-Warning Drones To Strengthen Pacific Surveillance (ニュース)
- ASIA NEWS NETWORK
Sources said the government intends to deploy vehicle-mounted warning and control radar systems on Iwoto Island and Chichijima Island of the Ogasawara island chain, which is und...
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- Naphtha Shortage Concern Hits Car Manufacture Industry, Impacting Thinner Supplies, Hiking Tire Prices (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
The de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is having a ripple effect on the car manufacture and repair industries in Japan.
Imports of naphtha, which is made from crude oil, are com...
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- Restaurants In Japan Hit By Visa Pause For High-Demand Foreign Workers (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Restaurant operators in Japan have been forced to review their approach to hiring foreign workers since the government suspended the issuance of special visas needed to work in the se...
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- Japan Supplies Antiviral Drug To U.K. In Response To Hantavirus (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The government supplied antiviral drug Avigan from its stockpiles to Britain on Friday in response to a hantavirus outbreak, health minister Kenichiro Ueno said Monday.
Britain has ac...
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- Japan PM Looks To Mull Extra Budget For FY 2026 To Ease Oil Price Impact (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday her government will consider compiling an extra budget for fiscal 2026 to ease the impact of elevated crude oil prices, fueling renewed concer...
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