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- Japan Jobless Rate Up In July As Workers Seek Better Conditions (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan's unemployment rate rose to 2.7 percent in July, up from 2.5 percent in the previous month in the first deterioration in five months, as more workers left their jobs in search o...
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- Tropical Storm Shanshan Drenches Japan (ニュース)
- NHK
Tropical Storm Shanshan is heading slowly eastward across Japan, bringing record rainfall to wide areas. The Meteorological Agency says bands of heavy rainclouds that cause torrential rain co...
Nature [September 1, 2024] More
- Japan Protests Second Territorial Incursion By China In Under A Week (ニュース)
- CNA
Japan lodged a protest with China after one of its naval survey vessels entered Japanese waters on Saturday (Aug 31), the second incursion into its territory by the Chinese military in less t...
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- Japan Wants Its Hardworking Citizens To Try A 4-Day Workweek (ニュース)
- AP NEWS
Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death, is trying to address a worrisome labor shortage by coaxing more people and companies to adop...
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- Electric Scooter That Can Be Driven Without License Launched; Vehicle Reaches Maximum Speed of 20 kph (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Tokyo-based Future Inc., a maker of electric bicycles, has launched “Future board 2,” an electric scooter that can be ridden without a driver’s license.
The scooter, which reaches a ma...
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- Kenya Karasawa Claims Silver in Men’s 5,000-Meter T11 Event at Paris Paralympics; Brazil’s Agripino dos Santos Wins Gold (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Kenya Karasawa claimed the silver medal in the men’s 5,000-meter T11 event at the Paris Paralympics on Friday.
The Japanese para athlete finished in 14:51.48 behind Brazilian Julio Ces...
Event [August 30, 2024] More
- Nearly 40,000 People Died Home Alone In Japan This Year (ニュース)
- BBC
Almost 40,000 people died alone in their homes in Japan during the first half of 2024, a report by the country’s police shows.
Of that number, nearly 4,000 people were discovered more than a ...
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- Malaysians To Require Authorisation To Visit Japan Under New Tourism Plan (ニュース)
- THE STAR
Malaysia will be among the 71 countries whose citizens will need authorisation to enter the country under a new tourism plan by the Japanese government.
According to Japan Today, these c...
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- 7-Eleven’s Japanese Owner Wants To Be Considered As Important As Chipmakers As Circle K’s Operator Mounts A Takeover Bid (仕事)
- YAHOO FINANCE
The owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, Seven & i Holdings, hopes the Japanese government can give it leverage against a takeover by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard.
Se...
Other [August 29, 2024] More
- 3 Dead, Over 80 Hurt As Typhoon Makes Landfall In Southwest Japan (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Typhoon Shanshan made landfall on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu on Thursday, the weather agency said, bringing heavy rain and strong winds that left at least 80 people inj...
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- Japan Is Next Level For Retro Game Collectors (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
U.S. tourist David Madrigal is over the moon after paying $200 for a "vintage" console at a busy Tokyo store that is tapping into booming global demand for retro gaming kit.
"When I c...
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- Nippon Steel To Invest Additional $1.3 Bil In U.S. Steel Plants (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Nippon Steel Corp said Thursday it will make an additional investment of over $1.3 billion in United States Steel Corp, in an apparent bid to help clinch its planned acquisition of th...
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- Toyota Shutters Factories As Typhoon Approaches (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Auto giant Toyota is suspending production at all its factories in Japan because of an approaching typhoon, the company said Wednesday.
"From today's No. 2 (afternoon) shift through t...
Other [August 28, 2024] More
- Japan Issues Special Typhoon Alert For Kagoshima Pref. (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japan's weather agency issued a rare special typhoon warning Wednesday for most parts of Kagoshima Prefecture in the country's southwest as powerful Typhoon Shanshan, which has already...
Nature [August 28, 2024] More
- Japan And India Progress Towards UNICORN Stealth Antenna Deal (ニュース)
- NAVAL NEWS
Japan and India have agreed to proceed with Tokyo’s planned export to New Delhi of the UNICORN integrated stealth antenna system that is currently used for the Mogami-class multirole f...
Tourism [August 28, 2024] More