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7-Eleven Battle Shows Resilience Of Japan Inc's Family Ties

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 ...

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Golf: Japan Money Champ Takumi Kanaya Closes In On PGA Tour Card

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

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

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

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 ...

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JR Kyushu May Withdraw from Japan-S. Korea Ship Route

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

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

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

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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Character For Gold (金) Picked As Most Symbolic Kanji Of 2024

Character For Gold (金) Picked As Most Symbolic Kanji Of 2024 (ニュース)
JAPAN TODAY
 
The kanji for gold (金 kin) was chosen as the single most representative character symbolic of the social mood in Japan this year, a Kyoto-based organization said Thursday.
The charac...

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Facing Labor Crisis, Japan Hopes for Indonesian Workers' Assistance

Facing Labor Crisis, Japan Hopes for Indonesian Workers' Assistance (ニュース)
TEMPO
 
Japan Association for Construction Human Resources (JAC) admitted that it really hopes for help from workers from neighboring countries, including Indonesia, in overcoming the labor crisis ...

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Japan Parties Widely Divided over Corporate Donations

Japan Parties Widely Divided over Corporate Donations (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and opposition parties were widely divided Thursday over whether to ban donations from companies and organizations to political parties, a key issue...

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Warner Music Japan and NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Establish Partnership for Anime-Related Music

Warner Music Japan and NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Establish Partnership for Anime-Related Music (ニュース)
BILLBOARD PHILIPINES
 
This team-up between the two Japanese companies is expected to provide wider distribution and accessibility outside of Japan for anime-related music.
Warner Music Japan (WMJ)...

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Uber Japan Launches Taxi Service for Teenagers

Uber Japan Launches Taxi Service for Teenagers (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Uber Japan said Wednesday that it has launched a new service to allow children aged 13 to 17 to safely use taxis, including on their way to extracurricular activities.
The app for the serv...

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U.S. Ospreys Resume Flights In Japan After Halt Over Safety Concerns

U.S. Ospreys Resume Flights In Japan After Halt Over Safety Concerns (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
U.S. forces said Wednesday they resumed flights of their Ospreys in Japan after temporarily grounding all their tilt-rotor aircraft worldwide due to safety concerns.
A U.S. Marine Corp...

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