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Fishing Boat Capsizes Off Eastern Japan, Leaving 2 Dead, 3 Missing

Fishing Boat Capsizes Off Eastern Japan, Leaving 2 Dead, 3 Missing (ニュース)
NHK
 
A Japanese fishing boat has capsized off the Pacific coast in eastern Japan. Two of 20 people onboard are dead and three others remain unaccounted for.
Japan Coast Guard officials say they re...

Nature [January 6, 2025] More

Japan's Service Sector Jumps As Consumers Spend, Firms Expand

Japan's Service Sector Jumps As Consumers Spend, Firms Expand (仕事)
MARKET SCREENER
 
Japan's service firms enjoyed a festive end to the year.
The sector expanded for a second straight month during December according to figures out Monday.
The closely watched servi...

Tourism [January 6, 2025] More

Wages Hold Key to Japan Economy in 2025

Wages Hold Key to Japan Economy in 2025 (仕事)
NIPPON
 
Whether Japanese employers will raise wages in 2025 faster than the previous year holds key to the economy's ability to put itself on a domestic demand-led sustainable growth path this yea...

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Increased Defense Spending Pledge Taxing Japan's Strained Coffers

Increased Defense Spending Pledge Taxing Japan's Strained Coffers (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
Uncertainty about tax revenues is causing concern about how Japan will pay for an expansion in its defense budget the government believes is necessary to deal with threats from an aggr...

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Japan Sports Agency To Use AI To Strengthen Athletes

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

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...

Event [January 5, 2025] More

Tokyo's Toyosu Market Holds First Tuna Auction Of 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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