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- Core Consumer Prices In Tokyo Rise At Fastest Pace In Over 2 Years (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Core consumer prices in Tokyo climbed 3.6 percent in May from a year earlier, rising at the fastest pace in over two years, official data showed Friday, as the cost of rice remained o...
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- Japan Eyes More Rice Exports As Domestic Consumption Set To Decline (仕事)
- KYODO NEWS
The Japanese government on Friday vowed to explore new overseas markets and provide support for more efficient production as part of efforts to increase rice exports in response to an ...
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- Former Japanese Princess Mako Gives Birth To First Child (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Mako Komuro, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, has given birth to her first child, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday.
In a regular press co...
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- Japan's Emperor Meets with Lao President (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan's Emperor Naruhito met with Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday.
In the talks, which lasted about 25 minutes, the Emperor shared his delight o...
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- Japan Cracks Down On ‘Sparkly’ Names For Babies Like Pikachu Or Nike (ニュース)
- CNN
If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.”
While still a minority, these names have grown in popularity over re...
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- Japan Calls On Colleges To Accept Students In U.S. After Harvard Ban (勉強)
- KYODO NEWS
The Japanese government on Tuesday called on domestic universities to consider temporarily accepting students enrolled at U.S. schools after Washington's move to bar foreign students f...
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- Japan’s Cooperation in Alaska LNG Development Project Emerges in Japan-U.S. Tariff Negotiations; But Industry Concerns Exist (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Japan’s cooperation in the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the U.S. state of Alaska has emerged as a bargaining chip in the ongoing Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.
While ...
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- Catalan President Meets Osaka Mayor During Japan Visit (ニュース)
- CATALAN NEWS
Politicians discuss tourism and adapting health system to ageing population
Catalan president, Salvador Illa, met with Yokohama Hideyuki, mayor of Osaka, the third-largest city of Ja...
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- Japan-Cambodia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (ニュース)
- MOFA
On May 28, at 3:20 p.m., for approximately 45 minutes, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a bilateral meeting with H.E. Mr. Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, M...
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- Japan Breaks With Policy Of Not Controlling Rice Prices (ニュース)
- ASIA NEWS NETWORK
With the average price of rice now doubled from the same period last year — reaching more than ¥4,000 for 5 kilograms at supermarkets — much attention is being paid to whether t...
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- H2O Retailing to Sell Japan Govt-Stockpiled Rice (ニュース)
- NIPPON
H2O Retailing Corp. has applied to sell 2,000 tons of rice to be released from the Japanese government's stockpile under discretionary contracts, company officials said.
Kansai Food Market...
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- Troubled Automaker Nissan Banks On Hybrid EV Technology (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Money-losing Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Corp is banking on its latest “e-Power” technology for a turnaround.
A kind of hybrid, e-Power comes equipped with both an electric motor ...
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- 10 People Injured Following Explosion At Tokyo Construction Site (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Ten people sustained minor injuries, and dozens of buildings were damaged in eastern Tokyo on Tuesday after explosions at a construction site, possibly caused by a gas leak, police sa...
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- Japan Loses Status As World's Top Creditor For 1st Time In 34 Years (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japan lost its status as the world's top creditor for the first time in 34 years, overtaken by Germany, even as its net external assets rose to a record high, partly due to a weaker ye...
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- Japanese Company HAMA, A Newcomer To The UAV Sector, Presented Its New Seaplane UAV Hamadori Family At DSEI Japan. (ニュース)
- NAVAL NEWS
As well as offering UAVs of all types, including fixed-wing, VTOL and Rotary, Hama differs from other drone designers around the world by offering a range of medium-sized aerial UAVs c...
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