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- Panel To Propose Japan Raise Defense Spending Above 2% Of GDP (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
A Defense Ministry panel is set to propose that the government consider raising defense spending beyond the current goal of 2 percent of gross domestic product, sources close to the m...
Other [June 17, 2025] More
- Mercury Rises To Mid-Summer Levels In Wide Areas Of Japan (ニュース)
- NHK
Extremely hot weather hit wide areas in Japan from the Kyushu to Hokuriku regions on Monday. Weather officials say people should continue to stay alert for heatstroke on Tuesday.
The Japan Me...
Nature [June 17, 2025] More
- Japan to Scrap Rice Crop Yield Index (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The Japanese agriculture ministry on Monday announced the abolition of the rice crop yield index, effective with this year's harvest.
The step comes as rice farmers have complained that th...
Gourmet [June 17, 2025] More
- High Prices Squeeze Hospitals In Japan, 60% Now In The Red (ニュース)
- ASIA NEWS NETWORK
The effects are becoming apparent as some hospitals are reducing medical services or not replacing aging medical equipment.
Rising prices and labor costs are causing hospitals n...
Other [June 16, 2025] More
- Half Of A Lifetime Devoted To Developing Relations Between Indonesia And Japan (ニュース)
- KOBE UNIVERSITY
KOBAYASHI Kazunori, Chairperson, Indonesia Japan Friendship Association
It’s been 43 years since KOBAYASHI Kazunori was first assigned to work in Indonesia as a trading company em...
Experience [June 16, 2025] More
- Indonesia-Japan Forum Yields Mous Worth US$200 Million (仕事)
- ANTARA NEWS
Indonesian business actors inked memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth US$200.8 million with their Japanese counterparts during the Indonesia-Japan Business Forum in Osaka, Japan,...
Event [June 15, 2025] More
- Now, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, UK, Germany, and France. And Other Countries Enjoying A 240-Hour Visa-Free Transit to China (ニュース)
- TRAVEL AND TOUR WORLD
China has officially extended its 240-hour (10-day) visa-free transit policy to travelers from 55 countries, including Indonesia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France...
Tourism [June 15, 2025] More
- Japan PM Ishiba Expected To Discuss Tariffs With Trump At G7 (ニュース)
- NHK
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is scheduled to arrive in Canada on Sunday to attend the Group of 7 summit of world leaders. He is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump to di...
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- Japan Team Creates Device To Measure Dizziness Symptoms In Children (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Graduate school students in Japan have developed a device to easily measure symptoms of orthostatic dysregulation, a disorder common among children that causes them physical difficulty...
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- Sakuranesia Hosts Indonesia-Japan Cultural Dialogue At Osaka Expo (ニュース)
- ANTARA NEWS
The Sakuranesia Foundation is strengthening cultural ties between Indonesia and Japan through a cultural dialogue at the 2025 Osaka Expo at the Indonesia Pavilion in Kansai, Japan.
Fo...
Event [June 13, 2025] More
- Govt, LDP Discuss Increasing Taxation on Foreign Visitors; Abolition of Tourist’s Consumption Tax Exemption Urged (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
There are growing discussions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party about how to tax the rapidly increasing number of foreign visitors to Japan more effectively. The LDP argues th...
Tourism [June 13, 2025] More
- Japan Instructs Airlines To Check Boeing 787s After Air India Crash (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan's transport ministry said Friday it has instructed Japanese airlines operating Boeing 787s to inspect them following the fatal crash of an Air India 787-8.
In the instruction da...
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- Japan’s JR East to Launch New Overnight Train in Spring 2027; Overnight Train to Connect Tokyo, Northern Tohoku Region (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will launch a new overnight express train in the spring of 2027, connecting the Tokyo metropolitan area and the northern part of the Tohoku region, the...
Experience [June 13, 2025] More
- Japan to Move Up Auctions for Imported Rice (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The Japanese government will hold the first round of annual auctions earlier than usual for rice imported under a minimum market access agreement as part of efforts to stabilize rice price...
Gourmet [June 12, 2025] More
- Helicopter Rescue Drill For Tourists Held At Tottori Sand Dunes, Western Japan (ニュース)
- NHK
A rescue drill for taking tourists with heatstroke to hospital by helicopter has been held at the Tottori Sand Dunes on the Sea of Japan coast.
About 20 officials from the Tottori prefectural...
Other [June 12, 2025] More