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- Ishiba Thanks Outgoing South Korean Envoy (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday expressed his appreciation to outgoing South Korean Ambassador to Japan Park Cheol-hee for his contributions to improving relations between Ja...
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- UNESCO Panel Nixes S. Korean Request over Japan Heritage Site (ニュース)
- NIPPON
A UNESCO committee has rejected Seoul's request for a re-examination of Japan's handling of its Meiji-era industrial revolution sites on the World Heritage list, including now-defunct coal...
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- Nissan Mulls EV Partnership With Taiwan's Foxconn (仕事)
- NISSAN
Nissan Motor Co is exploring a partnership with Taiwan's electronics giant Foxconn in the electric vehicle sector, a source familiar with the matter said Sunday.
The plan under considerati...
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- In Reversal, Japan Now Wants Rice Farmers To Produce More. Will It Work? (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices of the national staple grain remained relatively high and...
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- Indonesian Defense University Triumphs at 2025 JDIE in Japan (ニュース)
- RRI
The innovative achievements of the academic community at the Indonesian Defense University (Unhan RI) marked a remarkable milestone at the prestigious Japan Design and Invention Expo (JDIE) 2...
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- Japan PM Says Won't 'Easily Compromise' To Trump On Tariffs (ニュース)
- CNA
As Tokyo seeks to avert the US' threat to impose tariffs of up to 35 per cent on Japanese goods, Prime Minister Ishiba stressed that Japan, as the biggest investor nation in the US economy, s...
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- Japan's Average Pay Up Over 5% For 2nd Year In A Row (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japanese companies agreed to raise wages by an average 5.25 percent in this year's spring wage talks, the second straight year to exceed 5 percent, the country's largest labor union s...
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- Another Quake Rocks Islands In Southwestern Japan (ニュース)
- NHK
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck in waters off Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
Meteorological Agency officials say the quake occurred near the Tokara Islands at a depth of 19 k...
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- Record 80% Of Japanese Mothers Are Employed (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
A record 80% of mothers in Japan were employed in 2024, a welfare ministry survey showed Friday.
The proportion of working mothers rose 3.1 percentage points from the previous year to...
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- LDP-Komeito Coalition Could Lose Upper House Majority; Single-Seat Constituencies Seen as Deciding Factor (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may be able to secure only around 40 seats in the upcoming House of Councillors election as its candidates are struggling in prefectural constituenc...
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- Technical Port Training Deepens Indonesia-Japan Maritime Partnership (ニュース)
- ANTARA NEWS
Sea Transportation Directorate General at Indonesia’s Transportation Ministry, along with Japan’s Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism Ministry (MLIT), is reinforcing maritime...
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- S. Korea Pres. Lee Arranging Early Visit to Japan (ニュース)
- NIPPON
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said Thursday that he is working to arrange an early visit to Japan, hoping to continue the two countries' "shuttle diplomacy," or mutual visits by the...
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- Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Jars Tokara Islands Amid Flurry Of Seismic Activity (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture at 4:13 p.m. Thursday, according to the Meteorological Agency.
Authorities said there was no risk of ...
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- Japan’s Carmakers Absorbing Tariffs May Bolster Trump's Position (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Japanese carmakers have largely absorbed the cost of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on auto imports, a move that may undermine the Asian nation’s negotiating power ahead of a J...
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- New Banknotes Account for Only 30% of All Bills in Circulation; Increased Use of Cashless Payments Seen as Cause of Slow Adoption Rate (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Japan’s newest issued banknotes marked their first anniversary on Thursday, yet the new bills still only account for about 30% of all bills in circulation.
Although more vending machin...
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