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- Small Tokyo Bookstore Building Bridges With Korean Literature (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
On a quiet street in Tokyo's Jimbocho district, known for its secondhand bookstores and publishing houses, one shop stands out: Chekccori.
The store's shelves are lined with Korean li...
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- Japan Govt Panel Suggests Minimum Access Rice Sales for Staple Food (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan's Fiscal System Council, which advises the finance minister, proposed at a subcommittee meeting on Friday that the government considers sales of minimum access rice for staple food a...
Gourmet [7/11 19:47] More
- Japanese Film Festival 2025 Expands Reach Across Nine Indonesia Cities (ニュース)
- RRI
The 2025 Japanese Film Festival (JFF) officially opened on Thursday, November 6, 2025, as a cultural platform aimed at deepening ties between Indonesia and Japan.
This year’s edition feature...
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- Cute Robot Sells Souvenirs in Trial Run at Narita Airport as Part of Proposed Solution to Labor Shortages (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
A robot is selling merchandise as part of a trial run at an unstaffed souvenir store at Narita Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture.
The trial, the first of its kind at domestic airport...
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- Japan Panel OKs Increase in Catch Quota for Squid (仕事)
- NIPPON
A Japanese Fisheries Agency panel has approved an expansion of the fiscal 2025 fishing quota for the Japanese common squid by 1,800 tons following bigger-than-expected catches.
At its meet...
Tourism [6/11 18:44] More
- Visitors to Buddhist Sculptor Unkei Exhibition in Tokyo Surpass 200,000; View Works from Kohfukuji Temple in Nara (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
The number of visitors to the exhibition “Expressing Prayer, Capturing Form: Buddhist Sculptures by Unkei from the Northern Round Hall of Kohfukuji Temple” at the Tokyo National Museum...
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- Takaichi Pledges Japan's Continued Support To Ukraine In 1st Phone Talks With Zelenskyy (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday pledged continued support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion during her first phone talks with Ukrainian President ...
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- ¥54 Billion Of Japanese Tax Money Wasted In Fiscal 2024 (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Wasteful and ineffective use of taxpayer money by the Japanese government in fiscal 2024 totaled about ¥54.081 billion in 319 projects, according to a report the Board of Audit of Jap...
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- Japan Panel Begins Fiscal 2026 Budget Talks (仕事)
- NIPPON
A subcommittee of a finance ministry advisory panel Wednesday started discussions to formulate the Japanese government's budget for fiscal 2026, which starts in April next year.
It will be...
Event [5/11 20:57] More
- Beautiful Totoro Bento Box Mixes Classic And Modern Symbols Of Japan (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Film critics and commentators have often drawn parallels between "My Neighbor Totoro" and aspects of Japan’s religious beliefs and folklore, particularly the concept of spirits and de...
Shopping [5/11 20:20] More
- Japan Sends Troops To Combat Deadly Wave Of Bear Attacks (ニュース)
- CNA
Japan's military deployed troops to the country's mountainous north on Wednesday (Nov 5) to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of at...
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- Japanese Experts Warn Of Rapid Spread Of Foreign Bookworm (ニュース)
- NHK
Japanese experts are warning of the rapid spread of a foreign species of bookworm that eats paper and causes damage to ancient documents.
Ctenolepisma calvum, also known as ghost silverfish, ...
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- JIP Co-Leader Fujita Stops Outsourcing To Secretary's Firm After Kickback Report (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
The co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said that he will stop outsourcing work to a company headed by his secretary...
Other [4/11 20:49] More
- Japan to Counter Foreigners Refusing to Pay Health Insurance Premiums (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan's health ministry is planning to deny in principle the renewal or change of residential status for foreign citizens who refuse to pay national health insurance premiums, it was lea...
Other [4/11 19:49] More
- Shinkansen Car Shown for Train That Could Travel at 500 kph in Japan (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
The press got a first look at a train car to be used for the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev line when it was unveiled on Friday on a test line in Yamanashi Prefecture.
The M10, Centra...
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