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- British Navy Carrier Group Makes Port Call In Japan, 1st In 4 Years (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
A British aircraft carrier strike group made a port call in eastern Japan on Tuesday, marking the first such visit in about four years in a show of deeper security cooperation between ...
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- Competition for Japan Govt Jobs Lowest Ever (ニュース)
- NIPPON
One out of 2.9 applicants passed employment examinations for Japan’s career-track national public servants in fiscal 2025, the lowest rate ever, the National Personnel Authority said Tuesd...
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- Popular Japanese Character 'Npochamu' Aims For Overseas Expansion (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japanese character "Npochamu," marketed as a goofy and rotund yoghurt fairy, is aiming to capitalize on its popularity overseas, with trading house Itochu Corp gaining merchandising r...
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- Families Mourn 40 Years Since Deadly Japan Airlines Crash (ニュース)
- RFI
On August 12, 1985, the doomed Boeing 747 was around 40 minutes into an hour-long flight from Tokyo to Osaka, when it crashed into a mountain about 120 kilometres (75 miles) northwest of the ...
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- The Shape Of Pocky Is Now Legally Trademarked In Japan (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Every box of Pocky has a picture of the chocolate-covered pretzel sticks on it, but you could make the argument that it’s sort of redundant. In the 59 years that it’s been on the mark...
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- Competition Intensifying Among Chinese Carmakers over EV Sales in Indonesia, Thailand; Japanese Automakers Concerned About Market Share Loss (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Competition is intensifying among Chinese automakers over electric vehicles sales in Indonesia and Thailand, the No. 1 and No. 3 automobile markets in Southeast Asia.
The increase in c...
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- Japan Asks South Korea To Lift Ban On Japanese Seafood Imports (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japan's farm minister on Monday urged the South Korean foreign minister to scrap restrictions on Japanese seafood imports imposed after the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power...
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- Japan School Exits Hugely Popular Baseball Event Over Bullying (ニュース)
- CNA
A Japanese high school hit by a bullying scandal has withdrawn from the country's hugely popular summer baseball tournament after a social media frenzy, officials said on Sunday (Aug 10).
The...
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- More Of Kumamoto Facing Heavy Rain Emergency Warning (ニュース)
- NHK
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a heavy rain emergency warning for 5 cities and 2 towns in Kumamoto Prefecture.
A heavy rain emergency warning is in effect for the cities of Tamana...
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- Japan Summer Holiday Travel Rush Underway As Trains, Flights Full (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japan's summer holiday travel rush got underway Saturday, with many shinkansen bullet train services and flights fully booked as people returned to their hometowns or set off on domest...
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- Shigetoshi Kotari Dies Of Brain Injury Six Days After fight in Japan (ニュース)
- RING MAGAZINE
Shigetoshi Kotari died Friday from a brain injury he suffered during his draw with Yamato Hata on Aug. 2 in Tokyo, according to multiple reports.
Kotari, 28, lost consciousness ...
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- Nearly A Million More Deaths Than Births In Japan Last Year (ニュース)
- BBC
Almost a million more deaths than births were recorded in Japan last year, representing the steepest annual population decline since government surveys began in 1968.
Prime Minister Shigeru I...
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- Major Japan Newspaper Sues 'Free-Riding' AI Firm Perplexity (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world's biggest by circulation, is suing U.S.-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly "free-riding" on its content on its search engine.
T...
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- Sony Hikes Profit Forecasts After Strong Quarter For Games (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
PlayStation-maker Sony raised its annual profit forecasts on Thursday, citing strong performance in its key gaming business and a smaller-than-expected negative impact of U.S. trade t...
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- Toyota Cuts Forecast For Full-Year Profit (ニュース)
- NHK
Toyota Motor says US tariff increases would shave almost 10 billion dollars off operating profit for the current fiscal year.
Japan's biggest automaker also said operating profit will probabl...
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