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- Japan Sports Agency To Use AI To Strengthen Athletes (ニュース)
- ASIA NEWS NETWORK
The agency hopes to process huge amounts of data using AI and thereby help Japanese athletes improve their performance.
The Japan Sports Agency plans in March to revise their st...
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- Nippon Steel To Sue U.S. Gov't Over Decision To Block Acquisition Of U.S. Steel (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Nippon Steel Corp is set to file a lawsuit in response to U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to block its $14.1 billion takeover of United States Steel Corp, sources close to the mat...
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- Tokyo's Toyosu Market Holds First Tuna Auction Of 2025 (仕事)
- NHK
Traders have started bidding at the first tuna auction of 2025 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market. The top item fetched the second highest price on record.
The lively auction began with a bell sho...
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- Japan to Map Out Defense Export Strategy within 2025 (仕事)
- NIPPON
Japan plans to map out a strategy within 2025 to boost defense equipment exports by enhancing the international competitiveness of its defense industry.
The government aims to strengthen t...
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- Japan to Help Ukraine Eradicate Corruption (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
The Japanese government will begin a program this year to strengthen law enforcement efforts by the Ukrainian government to eradicate corruption.
It also plans to help Ukraine take jud...
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- Japan Firms Working To Attract, Retain Skilled Foreign Workers (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
As labor-strapped Japan faces a growing exodus of foreign workers due to low wages and other employment challenges, some companies are working overtime to keep them from leaving.
Eat &...
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- Japanese Cosmetics Giants Struggle with Sales in China: Firms Seek to Develop New Markets in Global South (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Japanese cosmetics giants are struggling in the Chinese market and are making moves to develop new markets in the Global South and other regions.
In the past, China was seen as an area...
Shopping [January 4, 2025] More
- Biden Blocks Nippon Steel's Proposed Deal To Acquire U.S. Steel (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
President Joe Biden has blocked the nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel — affirming his earlier vow on the presidential ...
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- Heavy Snow Hits Mountainous Areas In Northern Japan (ニュース)
- NHK
Japanese weather officials are calling on people returning from their holidays in northern Japan to brace themselves for traffic disruptions. The warning comes as record amounts of snow pile ...
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- U-Turn Rush Begins After New Year Holidays (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
The U-turn rush of people who spent the New Year holidays in their hometowns or overseas began on Saturday with bullet trains, airports and expressways crowded from the morning.
Accor...
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- Tomiko Itooka Of Japan, World’s Oldest Person, Dies At 116 (ニュース)
- NEW YORK TIMES
Born in 1908, she raised four children, ran a family textile factory during World War II, and remained an avid hiker into her 80s.
Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman born before the s...
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- Osaka Expo 'Grand Ring' A Symbol Of Unity: Architect (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
A towering wooden "Grand Ring" built for Expo 2025 in Osaka pays homage to Japan's architectural history and is a symbol of unity despite criticism over costs, its creator says.
The t...
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- Nippon Steel Promises No Cuts To U.S. Steel's Output For 10 Years (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Nippon Steel Corp has promised it will not cut output capacity at United States Steel Corp's mills for 10 years, in its latest proposal to the administration of President Joe Biden ai...
Other [January 2, 2025] More
- 2025 Could Be Turning Point for Dual Surname Option in Japan (ニュース)
- NIPPON
This year could be a turning point in the family law system in Japan. Calls for introducing a dual surname option for spouses have been growing among politicians, even members of the rulin...
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- Japan Police and Airlines Urge Caution Amid Rise in Inflight Thefts (ニュース)
- AVIATION SOURCE NEWS
Passengers flying in and out of Japan are being advised to take extra precautions with their belongings following a recent surge in inflight thefts.
Both the Japanese police ...
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