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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...
Snow [January 22, 2026] More
- 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 ...
Other [January 22, 2026] More
- 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...
Other [January 22, 2026] More
- Japan 2025 Convenience Store Sales Hit Record ¥12 Trillion (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Sales from seven major Japanese convenience store chains hit a record 12.06 trillion yen ($76.34 billion) in 2025, bolstered by the development of high-value-added products, increased...
Other [January 21, 2026] More
- Japan Stops Short of Committing to Trump-Proposed Peace Board (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Wednesday declined to clarify whether Japan will participate in the Board of Peace proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump for the Gaza St...
Other [January 21, 2026] More
- Life Sentence For Man Who Killed Japan's Ex-PM Shinzo Abe (ニュース)
- BBC
The man who killed Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison, three and a half years after he shot him dead at a rally in the city of Nara in 2022.
Tetsuya...
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- Poké Ball Cakes Celebrate Pokémon Franchise’s 30th Anniversary (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
The visual design/naming of Japanese
confectioner Ariake’s flagship Harbour baked goods is pretty abstract. With Ariake being based in the port town of Yokohama, they wanted some sort...
Gourmet [January 21, 2026] More
- Indonesia Links Smes To Japan Retail To Boost FMCG Exports (仕事)
- ANTARA NEWS
Indonesia’s Trade Ministry has linked 30 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with major Japanese retailers to expand export access for Indonesian fast-moving consumer goods (FMC...
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- Indonesia, Japan Deepen Trade Ties Through Jakarta Business Matching (仕事)
- ANTARA NEWS
Indonesia's Ministry of Trade co-organized a business matching event with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Jakarta on Tuesday to further intensify trade activities bet...
Other [January 20, 2026] More
- Foreign Visitors to Japan Top 40 M. for 1st Time in 2025 (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The annual number of foreign visitors to Japan came to some 42.7 million in 2025, up from 36,870,148 in the previous year, exceeding 40 million for the first time, tourism minister Yasushi...
Tourism [January 20, 2026] More
- Chatgpt Gets Full Marks In 9 Japan Unified Univ. Entrance Exam Subjects (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
The artificial intelligence ChatGPT earned perfect scores in nine subjects in this year's unified university entrance examinations, marking its first full score, an AI venture said Tue...
Other [January 20, 2026] More
- Japan’s 2026 Sakura Season Set To Be Most Affordable In Years (ニュース)
- ASIA NEWS NETWORK
The lower prices are widely expected to persist into March and April, which coincide with peak cherry blossom season.
Travellers eyeing Japan for its famed cherry blossom season...
Cherry blossoms [January 20, 2026] More
- Valentine's Day Sales Campaigns In Japan Feature Experiences (仕事)
- NIPPON
Department store operators and confectionery makers are trying to ride a wave of the Valentine's Day-related shopping binge in Japan by offering products and services featuring experiences...
Gourmet [January 19, 2026] More
- Japan's Remaining Twin Pandas To Leave For China On Jan. 27 (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Twin pandas at a zoo in Tokyo will depart for China on Jan. 27, the Tokyo government said Monday, marking the first time in about half a century that Japan will be without any pandas -...
Park [January 19, 2026] More