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- Top Executives Resign Over Japanese TV Host's Sex Scandal (ニュース)
- BBC
The chairman and president of Fuji TV, one of Japan's biggest networks, have resigned in the wake of a sexual misconduct allegation against a famous TV host.
Dozens of companies have pulled t...
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- Price Rises Planned for Rice Products at Retailers, Restaurant Chains, Food-Product Manufacturers (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
In response to the rising price of rice, retailers, restaurant chains and food-product manufacturers are taking steps to deal with the situation.
They are trying to absorb the costs by...
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- Meta Begins Testing Ads On Threads In US, Japan (ニュース)
- TECH IN ASIA
Meta Platforms has started running advertisements on its social network Threads in the US and Japan.
A select group of brands will display these ads, as announced by Instagram head A...
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- Japanese Medical Institutions Face Rubella Vaccine Shortage (ニュース)
- NHK
Japanese medical institutions are having difficulty obtaining supplies of rubella vaccines. Some have temporarily been unable to provide vaccinations.
The Tokyo Medical Association conducted ...
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- Japan Oks 83 Bil. Yen In Extra Loans For New Indonesia International Port (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japan will provide Indonesia with an additional 83.4 billion yen ($530 million) in low-interest loans for an ongoing project to build a new international seaport east of Jakarta.
The l...
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- Ishiba Rallies Opposition Support In Diet To Achieve Policy Goals (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday pledged to build a cross-party consensus through parliamentary debate as his minority government seeks to ensure sustained pay hikes a...
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- Japan Department Store Sales In 2024 Top Pre-Pandemic Levels Of 2019 (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Department store sales in Japan in 2024 totaled 5.75 trillion yen, surpassing the pre-coronavirus pandemic levels of 2019 amid inbound tourism boom, data by an industry body showe...
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- Japan Raises Interest Rates To Highest Level In 17 Years (仕事)
- CNN
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its ...
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- Central Tokyo Condo Prices Top ¥100 Mil Again In 2024 (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
The average price of new condominiums released last year in central Tokyo topped 100 million yen ($639,000) for the second year in a row, as costs for building materials remained high...
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- Speed Skating: Miho Takagi Wins 34th World Cup Gold To Tie Japan Record (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Miho Takagi won her 34th speed skating World Cup gold medal Friday, tying Hiroyasu Shimizu and Nao Kodaira for the most by a Japanese.
The 30-year-old won the women's 1,000 meters at C...
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- One Killed, Two Injured In Central Japan Stabbing (ニュース)
- CNA
A man stabbed three people at a train station in central Japan on Wednesday (Jan 22) before fleeing the scene, leaving one person dead, local media reported.
The attack occurred around 8pm, l...
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- Births In Japan Set To Fall Below 700,000 For 1st Time In 2024 (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
The number of births in Japan in 2024 is set to fall below 700,000 for the first time after government data showed Friday that the figure for the first 11 months of the year dropped 5....
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- Boyfriend Of Missing Woman Arrested After Bones Found On Beach (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 45-year-old man on Friday on suspicion of mutilating and abandoning the remains of his girlfriend, whose bones were discovered on a beach on Izu O...
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- Tomica Miniature Car for Adults to be Released on 55th Anniversary of Toy Car’s First Appearance; Major Auto Makers to Collaborate (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
To commemorate the 55th anniversary of the tomica miniature car, Tomy Co. announced on Tuesday that it would release products for adults in cooperation with five automobile manufacture...
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- Japan's Exports Hit Record High In 2024, But Trade Deficit Continues (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan saw record-high exports last year, as its annual trade deficit declined 44% from the previous year, the Finance Ministry reported Thursday.
The trade deficit, which measures the...
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