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- Experts Move To Allay Replicon COVID Shot Fears In Japan Amid Backlash (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
A new COVID-19 vaccine has sparked extreme anxiety among parts of the public, leading some businesses to deny services to those who have received the shot and causing at least one cli...
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- Japan Logistics Industry Struggles Amid Shortage of Drivers; Increasing Number of Transport Companies Going Bankrupt (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Six months have passed since the introduction in April of new overtime restrictions for truck drivers. Despite much concern about the “2024 problem,” which refers to the serious shorta...
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- Japan's Top FX Diplomat Warns Against Speculative Moves As Yen Falls (仕事)
- REUTERS
Japan's top currency diplomat on Monday issued a warning against speculative moves on the foreign exchange market as the yen fell below 149 per dollar.
"We will monitor currency market mo...
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- Dragon Float Marches During Japan Autumn Festival; Nagasaki Kunchi Festival Sees Various Performances from City Residents (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
A boat-shaped float with the head of an Oriental dragon marches on the grounds of Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki on Monday.
The performance is part of Nagasaki Kunchi, an autumn festival dati...
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- Comedian Shinji Saito Investigated Over Sexual Assault (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The Metropolitan Police Department has referred Shinji Saito, a member of popular comedy trio Jungle Pocket, to prosecutors over allegations of sexually assaulting a woman and perform...
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- Japan Gov't Admits Group Photo Of New Cabinet Edited (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
A group photo of the new Cabinet, appointed by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba last week, was edited before being posted on the official website of his office, the top governmen...
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- Japan Plans ‘Conveyor Belt Road’ Linking Tokyo (仕事)
- MOBILITY PLAZA
The high-tech corridor will use unmanned transport boxes to streamline logistics, with trials planned by 2027.
Japan is developing a high-tech “conveyor belt road” between Tokyo an...
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- Convenience Store Familymart To Abolish Eat-In Spaces (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
There’s a lot of joy to be found in just randomly browsing through a Japanese convenience store, where the high-quality and uniqueness of the ever-changing lineup of food and drinks...
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- Japan PM Ishiba Tells Cabinet To Compile Stimulus Package (ニュース)
- REUTERS
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba formally instructed his ministers on Friday to compile a fresh economic package to cushion the blow to households from rising living costs, as the n...
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- Mother Despairs Over N Korea-Abducted Daughter On Her 60th Birthday (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
The mother of Megumi Yokota, an iconic victim among Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, is growing increasingly despondent over the prospects of reuniting with her...
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- Possible Dud Shell Found In Residential Area Of Tokyo (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
An object resembling an unexploded bomb has been found in a residential area in Tokyo, with nearby residents temporarily urged to stay away from the site of the discovery.
Around 4:20...
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- Toyota Boosts Its Investment In Air Taxi Company Joby Aviation By Another $500 Million (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Toyota is investing another $500 million in Joby Aviation as part of a partnership aimed at helping get the American air taxi company's commercial business off the ground.
Toyota's in...
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- JR East Eyes Freight-Only Cars for Shinkasen Trains as Japan Logistics Industry Suffers from Labor Shortage (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
East Japan Railway Co. is considering the development of a dedicated Shinkansen car that will have no seats and carry only freight, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Although JR compani...
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- Survey: Japan’s Ishiba Cabinet Receives 51％ Approval Rating; Ruling Party Gets Boost After New Prime Minister Takes Post (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
The approval rating for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet stands at 51%, and support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has noticeably rebounded since Ishiba became its new ...
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- Tokyo Expands Underground 'Cathedral' Complex To Counter Climate Change Rains (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Just after 5 a.m. on August 30, water began flooding a vast underground chamber called the "cathedral" in Saitama Prefecture. The gushing water, captured by security cameras, was the ...
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