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- Japan Content Piracy, Fake Goods Cause 10.4 T. Yen in Damage (仕事)
- NIPPON
Online piracy and counterfeit products related to Japanese anime, games and other content caused estimated damage of 10.4 trillion yen in and outside the country in 2025, an industry minis...
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- Japan Expands Prayer Spaces Amid Rising Muslim Tourism (ニュース)
- QAZIN FORM
The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit a record last year, including those from Muslim-majority regions, drawn by the country's food, pop culture, and seasonal scenery, Kyodo repo...
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- Tearful Goodbyes As Japan Returns Pandas To China Amid Worsening Ties (ニュース)
- BBC
Thousands of people flocked to a zoo in Japan on Sunday to say farewell to the country's last two giant pandas, who are set to return to China on Tuesday.
Emotions ran high at the Ueno zoo in...
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- Heavy Snow Continues To Batter Northern Japan (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Heavy snowfall continued to affect transportation across northern Japan and the Sea of Japan coast on Monday, leaving thousands of travelers stranded.
The latest storm, driven by succ...
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- Japan Parties Gear Up for Election in 1st Weekend since Dissolution (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japanese political parties began gearing up in earnest for the upcoming House of Representatives election on Saturday, the first weekend since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the l...
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- Fans Flock To Zoo For Final Public Viewing Of Last 2 Pandas In Japan (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Fans gathered at a Tokyo zoo on Sunday to bid farewell to the last two giant pandas in the country, long a symbol of Sino-Japanese friendship, two days before they leave for China.
The...
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- Japan Gov't Compiles Foreigner Policy Plans Ahead Of Snap Election (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
The government on Friday compiled a policy package to toughen rules for foreigners in Japan and promote social cohesion, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to show commitment to the...
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- Japan Begins Survey Over Nationality Of Public Housing Residents (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The land ministry said Friday that it has been looking into whether local governments nationwide are aware of the nationalities of residents living in public housing.
The ministry wil...
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- Japan to Raise Basic Pension Benefits by 1.9 Pct in FY 2026 (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The Japanese government will raise basic public pension benefits by 1.9 pct in fiscal 2026 from the previous year, the welfare ministry said Friday.
Benefits under the "kosei nenkin" publi...
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- Takaichi Dissolves Diet After Only 3 Months In Office, Setting Up Snap Election (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of the Diet on Friday, paving the way for a Feb 8 snap election.
The move is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help...
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- Nikkei 225 Gains After Trump Drops Greenland Tariff Threat (仕事)
- NHK
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index rose for the first time in six trading days on Thursday. Investors turned bullish after US President Donald Trump backed away from imposing tariffs on countries...
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- Japan Records 5th Straight Yearly Trade Deficit (仕事)
- ASAHI
Japan posted a trade deficit for the fifth straight year in 2025, according to government data released Thursday, as concerns continued to grow over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs an...
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- Heavy Snow Along Sea Of Japan Could Affect Transportation (ニュース)
- NHK
The Japan Meteorological Agency says a powerful winter pressure pattern has brought heavy snow, mainly along the Sea of Japan side.
Authorities are warning of possible impacts on transportati...
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- Japan Restarts World's Largest Nuclear Plant As Fukushima Memories Loom Large (ニュース)
- BBC
Japan has restarted operations at the world's largest nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster forced the country to shut all of its reactors.
The decision to ...
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- 36th Annual International Snowball Fight Competition to be held in Uonuma in February (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Since the dawn of humanity, whenever we have been blessed with lightly frozen flakes of precipitation, we have been filled with the urge to gather up this natural wonder into our hand...
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