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- Chestnut Harvest Season Hits Peak in Obuse, Nagano Prefecture; Nuts Are Reportedly Smaller and Sweeter Than Usual (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Chestnuts peek out from nests of spiky burs on Sunday in Obuse, Nagano Prefecture. Harvest season for the town’s famed chestnuts is now at its peak.
This orchard, called Marron-zine Ob...
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- Japanese Convenience Store Opens New Branch Inside Public High School (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Matsudo High School, a public school in the town of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, used to have a little campus store where students could buy bread, which in Japan encompasses snack-size...
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- Japanese Airline ANA Plans to Raise Mandatory Retirement Age to 65 in FY27, in Effort to Address Labor Shortages (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
All Nippon Airways Co. plans to raise the mandatory retirement age for its employees from 60 to 65 starting in fiscal 2027 and proposed the measure to its labor union on Tuesday.
Amid ...
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- Japanese Yen Slides On Likely New Leader, Euro Pressured By French PM Resignation (仕事)
- REUTERS
Politics dominated currency markets on Monday as the Japanese yen weakened by the most in five months against the dollar with Sanae Takaichi looking set to become Japan's next prime minis...
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- Nissan To Put On Hold EV-Making Plan In U.S. As Sales Slow, Tax Break Ends (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Nissan Motor Co will put on hold a plan to make electric vehicles in the United States as EV sales are slowing and a tax break on EV purchases was eliminated in the country, a source ...
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- Exhibition In Tokyo Highlights Tunisian Culture And Attractions (ニュース)
- ARAB NEWS
An exhibition in Tokyo is offering visitors a chance to experience the artistic and cultural heritage of Tunisia.
“Tunisia: Pathways in Cultural Exchange with the World” opened on Frida...
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- One Dead, One Missing In Japan After Bear Attack (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
A woman in northern Japan has died after being attacked by a bear while picking mushrooms and another was missing, police and local media said on Saturday.
More and more wild bears ha...
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- Sanae Takaichi Set To Become Japan's First Female Prime Minister (ニュース)
- BBC
Japan's ruling conservative party has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, positioning the 64-year-old to be Japan's first female prime minister.
Takaichi is among the more conservative ...
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- Dollar Heads For Worst Week Since July; Yen Underpinned By BOJ (仕事)
- REUTERS
The dollar headed for its worst week since late July on Friday as the U.S. government shutdown increased uncertainty, while the yen pulled back from this week's highs as traders mulled th...
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- Japan And U.S. Business Leaders Call For Transparency In Trade And Investment (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Japanese and U.S. business leaders issued a joint statement Friday demanding that their governments "secure transparency and predictability of international trade and investment."
The...
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- CDP Doesn’t Rule Out Cooperation With LDP (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will push for taxable ¥20,000 ($135) cash handouts to be included in the upcoming extra budget, the party leader said, framing ...
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- Japan Faces Asahi Beer Shortage After Cyber-Attack (ニュース)
- BBC
Japan is facing a shortage of Asahi products, including beer and bottled tea, as the drinks giant grapples with the impact of a major cyber-attack that has affected its operations in the coun...
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- Japan Average Rice Price Falls for 2nd Straight Week (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week ended Sunday fell 35 yen from the previous week to 4,211 yen per 5 kilograms, the agriculture ministry s...
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- Luxury Hotel Opens Near Nagoya Castle; Rooms Priced Up To ¥3.75 Mil (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
A new luxury hotel opened in Nagoya on Wednesday, with standard room prices as high as 3.75 million yen per night, as it seeks to attract affluent tourists with its panoramic view o...
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- Isuzu To Build First Independent U.S. Plant (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Isuzu Motors on Wednesday held a groundbreaking ceremony for a vehicle plant in South Carolina, which will become the Japanese commercial vehicle maker's first independent factory in ...
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