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- New Sony Building In Tokyo's Ginza District Completed; To Open 2025 (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
The newly completed Ginza Sony Park, a renovation project on the former site of the iconic Sony Building in Tokyo, was unveiled to the press Friday, with the new complex promising to ...
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- TICAD Ministerial Meeting Adopts First Joint Statement (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
A two-day ministerial meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD, ended Sunday with the adoption of a joint communique aimed at strengthening colla...
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- Japan Records Trade Deficit As Surging Global Prices Push Imports Higher (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan racked up a 621 billion yen ($4.3 billion) trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged, according to government data released Wednesday.
Japan’s imports grew nearly 17% f...
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- Taiwanese President Meets Japan's LDP Youth Division Members (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has met with members of the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Youth Division, including its director, Takako Suzuki, at the president's office in ...
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- Japan’s Two-Month Shut-In Pilgrimage – A 1,200-Year-Old Way To Deal With A Modern Issue (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Hikikomori is the Japanese term used to refer to shut-ins, individuals who have withdrawn from educational, professional, and social life.
Entirely dependent on others, usually family...
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- Football: Nadeshiko Japan Manager Ikeda Leaves Upon Contract Expiry (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Manager Futoshi Ikeda has parted ways with the Japan women's national football team upon the expiry of his contract, the Japan Football Association said Wednesday.
The 53-year-old took...
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- Nintendo To Open Museum In Kyoto On Oct. 2 (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Nintendo said Tuesday it will open its much-awaited first museum on Oct. 2 featuring vintage video games and an interactive shoot-em-up with Super Mario characters.
The museum in Uj...
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- Summer Sales Heat Up with Hotter Temperatures; Consumers Buy Up Portable Air Conditioners, Parasols (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
The summer shopping season is reaching its peak amid scorching daily temperatures. In addition to strong sales of such items as beer and ice cream, sales of products that help keep you...
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- Japanese Government Considers Taking Precautions Against Mpox (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Government officials considered taking action against mpox on Friday, following the World Health Organization's declaration earlier that week of a public health emergency due to outbr...
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- Flights Cancelled In Japan After Scissors Go Missing (ニュース)
- BBC
Thirty six flights were cancelled and 201 delayed at a Japanese airport on the weekend after a pair of scissors went missing in a store near the boarding gates.
Security checks at Hokkaido’s ...
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- Heatstroke Sufferers in Japan Climb in July (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The number of people in Japan who were sent to hospital due to heatstroke climbed by some 20 pct in July from a year before to 43,195, the second highest level for the month since records ...
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- Ishiba to Announce Candidacy for LDP Presidential Election; Kobayashi 1st to Throw Hat into Ring (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Former LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention to announce this week his candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election in September.
Speak...
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- Department Stores, Malls In Japan Set Up Prayer Rooms As Muslim Visitors Increase (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Department stores and shopping malls in Japan are increasingly setting up prayer rooms to meet the need for Muslims amid a growing number of visitors from Islamic countries on the b...
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- 7-Eleven Owner Receives Japan’s Biggest Ever Foreign Takeover Approach (仕事)
- FINANCIAL TIMES
Seven & i market capitalisation jumps 23% to $39bn after proposal from Canadian convenience store rival Couche-Tard
The Japanese operator of 7-Eleven, the world’s biggest convenie...
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- National, Tokyo Governments Seeking ¥700 Billion Valuation For Tokyo Metro IPO (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan's national and Tokyo governments are seeking a 700 billion yen valuation for Tokyo Metro as they prepare to list the subway operator as early as the end of October, three source...
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