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- Heavy Snow In Japan Disrupts Holiday Air Traffic (ニュース)
- CNA
Heavy snow in Japan's northern region cancelled dozens of flights on Tuesday (Dec 31) as millions of families were returning home to spend the New Year holiday with their loved ones.
Japan Ai...
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- Do Not Wipe Toilet Seat With Toilet Paper: Japanese Maker (ニュース)
- BBC
Japanese toilets - equipped with music players, automatic flushes, and heated seats - are clearly not afraid of making a splash with their innovative designs.
But these cutting edge seats hav...
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- Japan Urges Schools To Avoid Trips In Peak Season Amid Labor Shortage (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japan's education ministry has urged that school trips be planned for the off-season due to a recent labor shortage in transportation and accommodations amid a boom in inbound tourism,...
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- Japan's Factory Activity Shrinks At Slower Pace, PMI Shows (仕事)
- REUTERS
Japan's factory activity shrank at a slower pace in December as declines in production and new orders eased, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, edging closer to stabilisation after...
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- Japan Plans To Support ‘Urban Mining’ In ASEAN Countries (仕事)
- ASIA NEWS
“Urban mining” is a term referring to recovering useful materials such as copper and rare metals from the circuit boards of used electronic devices, like computers and smartphones. Th...
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- Japan's Nikkei Ends 2024 With Nearly 20% Rise (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
The Nikkei share average retreated on 2024's last trading day on Monday from the five-month high hit in the last session, as investors locked in profits on the index that rose nearly ...
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- Japan's Economy Likely To Grow In 2025 But Trump Tariffs Cast Shadow (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
The Japanese economy is expected to continue to grow at a moderate pace in 2025 supported by solid consumer spending on the back of wage hikes and the government's policies aimed at e...
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- Japanese Princess Kako Turns 30 (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 30 on Sunday.
According to the Imperial Household Agency, the princess is concerned about p...
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- Top Japan Defense Firms Saw Revenue Increase 35% In 2023: Think Tank (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
The top five Japanese defense firms tallied sales of $10 billion in 2023, up 35 percent from the year before, according to an international security think tank, as the country contin...
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- Japanese Lawmaker Dies In Maldives (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Japanese lawmaker Toshiyuki Adachi of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has died during his visit to the Maldives, informed sources said Saturday.
Adachi, 70, was believed to have d...
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- 45% Of Amazon Japan Delivery Drivers Involved In Accidents (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Around 45 percent of self-employed delivery drivers working for the Japanese unit of Amazon.com Inc said they had been involved in a traffic accident while on the job, a recent survey...
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- Indonesia, Japan Encourage Innovation To Tackle Climate Change (ニュース)
- ANTARA
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia affirmed that Indonesia and Japan can combine abundant mineral potential, encourage innovation, and contribute to global ef...
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- Influenza Cases On Rise Across Japan (ニュース)
- NHK
Influenza is on the rise across Japan, with weekly case counts increasing in all 47 prefectures.
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases and other organizations say about 5,000 hospital...
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- Japan To Ease Visa Requirements, Agrees On Top China Diplomat Visit (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japan and China on Wednesday continued efforts to improve bilateral ties, with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya outlining a plan to ease visa requirements for Chinese tourists a...
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- Aeon Bank Receives Business Improvement Order For Inadequate Anti-Money Laundering Measures (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
The Financial Services Agency has issued an order to Aeon Bank to improve its business practices after it judged the bank’s measures against money laundering to be inadequate.
Aeon Ba...
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