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- Japan Firms Facing Challenge of Employing More Disabled (仕事)
- NIPPON
Japanese companies are tackling the difficult task of hiring more disabled people as the statutory minimum employment rate for the disabled will be lifted to 2.7 pct next July from 2.5 pct...
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- Tokyo Stocks Achieve Record Close After Strong Performance On Wall Street (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Tokyo stocks ended trading Wednesday at a record-high close for the first time in three weeks, days after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation.
The Nikkei 225 stock...
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- Japan LDP Motegi Announces Bid for Leadership (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Toshimitsu Motegi, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced his candidacy Wednesday for the leadership of the Japanese ruling party.
"I will seek a new coalition...
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- Japan's LDP To Hold Full-Scale Leadership Vote On Oct. 4 (ニュース)
- XINHUA
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has decided to hold its upcoming leadership election in a full-scale format, including votes from both lawmakers and rank-and-file party members, to ...
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- JAL Reprimand Over Drunken Pilots Adds To Airline’s Woes (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Japan Airlines apologized Wednesday over a series of flight delays caused by drunken pilots, following a reprimand from the transport ministry.
There have been at least three cases in...
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- 7-Eleven Robot Trial Targets Labor Shortages (仕事)
- NHK
Japan's biggest convenience store chain has introduced robots on a trial basis in a bid to tackle labor shortages and streamline in-store work.
The trial began at a 7-Eleven outlet in Tokyo. ...
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- Mitsubishi Electric to Accept Voluntary Retirement as Company Seeks to Optimize Personnel Composition (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced Monday it will accept voluntary retirement applications from employees who meet certain criteria.
Regular employees aged 53 or older with at least t...
Other [September 9, 2025] More
- Some Features of Google’s AI Mode Expanded to Support Japanese (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Google LLC has expanded the range of languages supported in its AI Mode search service to include Japanese. The new options started to become available to users on Tuesday.
The free ar...
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- Japan 'Konnyaku' Group Hopes To Boost Export Amid Health Conscious Trend (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
A recent survey in two major export markets of Japan's konnyaku showed the low-calorie foodstuff made from a type of yam is well received, prompting the Japan Konjac Association to ex...
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- Japan, Philippine Defense Chiefs Affirm Deeper Ties (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro agreed Tuesday to strengthen cooperation between Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the Philippine mil...
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- Asian Shares Rise After Japan's Prime Minister Announces Plan To Resign (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Asian shares mostly rose with Japan's benchmark jumping higher in Monday morning trading, despite the looming political uncertainty after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba last night that...
Other [September 8, 2025] More
- New App To Drive More Indian Students To Study In Japan (ニュース)
- THE PIE NEWS
Navi Japan, powered by Acumen with support from Study in Japan’s South Asia initiative and the University of Tokyo, aims to help Indian students, parents, and institutions access rel...
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- Japan, S. Korea Defense Ministers Agree to Boost Communication (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his South Korean counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back, agreed Monday to strengthen bilateral communication, including through mutual visits to each other's ...
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- Japan Prime Minister Ishiba Announces Resignation (ニュース)
- NHK
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has said at a news conference that he plans to step down. Ishiba said he will not run in his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's upcoming special leadersh...
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- Familymart Opens First Clothing Store In Tokyo (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Back in 2016, we were very hard-pressed to put together an outfit using only items bought from convenience store chain FamilyMart. However, since then the company has greatly expanded...
Other [September 6, 2025] More