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- Japanese Retailers Trying To Overcome Soaring Rice Prices (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The historic surge in rice prices in Japan has led retailers to seek alternatives, using less expensive ingredients like barley and noodles in bento meal boxes to curb prices and reta...
Gourmet [April 21, 2025] More
- Ishiba Sends Offering To Yasukuni Shrine (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Monday, as the shrine, seen by Japan's neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism, began a three-...
Other [April 21, 2025] More
- University Students Fill Key Role in Teaching Japanese to Foreign Children, as Japan Welcomes More Workers from Abroad (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
More and more university students are teaching children with foreign roots the Japanese language, and working to create places for them to feel comfortable.
Amid a shortage of teachers...
Other [April 21, 2025] More
- Plug And Play Japan Launches First Fund For Startups (仕事)
- TECH IN ASIA
Plug and Play Japan has launched its first fund, “Plug and Play Japan Fund I,” to support startups in Japan.
The fund aims to solve key challenges such as limited access to global ma...
Other [April 20, 2025] More
- Japan To Require Vehicle Gas Pedal Safety Devices Starting In 2028 (ニュース)
- VOI.ID
The Japanese government will require a new vehicle model to be equipped with a device that prevents errors in the use of the pedal starting September 2028.
This provision follows the case ...
Driving [April 20, 2025] More
- Cherry Blossom Season Begins In Town In Hokkaido, Northern Japan (ニュース)
- NHK
Cherry blossoms of the Somei-Yoshino variety have started blooming in a town on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.
Officials in Matsumae Town on the southern tip of the island announced on ...
Cherry blossoms [April 20, 2025] More
- No Concession Over Food Safety In Japan-U.S. Talks: Ishiba (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan will make no concession that could affect food safety in its tariff negotiations with the United States, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday.
"We will not concede over food saf...
Other [April 20, 2025] More
- Shibuya Ward Creates Paper Cycle for Local Production, Consumption; Recycled Toilet Paper Made from Scrap Paper (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
The Shibuya Ward Tourism Association and local businesses in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, are working together to turn paper bags, receipts and other scrap paper into toilet paper for local el...
Event [April 19, 2025] More
- Major Japan Life Insurer To Pile Into Domestic Super-Long Bonds (仕事)
- JAPAN TIMES
Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance plans to invest in Japan’s super-long government bonds this fiscal year after their yields skyrocketed, and is considering shifting from foreign debt.
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Other [April 19, 2025] More
- Japan Bus Driver Steals $7, Loses $84,000 Pension (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
A bus driver with 29 years of service lost his retirement package worth $84,000 after being fired for stealing $7 from passengers' fares.
The city of Kyoto sacked the man, who was not...
Other [April 19, 2025] More
- Widow Of Japan Ex-PM Abe Links Taiwan's Safety With That Of Japan (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Akie Abe, widow of slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said Saturday that Taiwan's security is directly tied to Japan's, offering her view on remarks made by her late husband about...
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- Japanese Airport Given Full Hello Kitty Rebrand For World Expo 2025 (ニュース)
- CNN TRAVEL
Don’t freak out when you try to board a flight to this southwestern Japanese prefecture and the destination on the ticket says “Hello Kitty” — you’re definitely on the right plane.
Oit...
Event [April 19, 2025] More
- Scams to Hijack Securities Accounts on Rise in Japan (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Many in Japan have recently fallen victim to scams in which their online securities accounts are hijacked and used to trade shares, possibly for market manipulation by criminal groups.
Sec...
Other [April 17, 2025] More
- Trump Hails 'Big Progress' In Japan Tariff Talks (ニュース)
- REUTERS
President Donald Trump touted "big progress" in tariff talks with Japan on Wednesday, in one of the first rounds of face-to-face negotiations since his barrage of duties on global imports...
Other [April 17, 2025] More
- Celebrate Showa 100 with Kyoro-chan Ice Maker (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
In recent years, Japan has seen a wave of Showa era (1926–1989) nostalgia, particularly among the younger generations. Iconic products and appliances that were once considered everyda...
Event [April 17, 2025] More