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- Suspicious Plastic Bottle Containing Black Liquid Found on Tokaido Shinkansen Train; Police Working to Identify Contents (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Services of a Kodama train were disrupted on Sunday after a suspicious object was found onboard.
A passenger on the train, which was bound for Nagoya on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, fo...
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- Ishiba Wary Of Pre-Election Inflation-Fighting Consumption Tax Cut (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed caution about a consumption tax cut as an inflation relief step on Sunday, suggesting such a reduction in tax revenue would cause a serious dra...
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- Auto Industry Downturn Could Shake Japan’s Economy; Blow to Exports Could Undermine Wage Hikes (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Given that the automotive industry serves as the “backbone” of the Japanese economy, a decline in its performance could undermine the drive for higher wages in the country.
With its ex...
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- Japan Congratulates New Pope; Aso May Attend Inaugural Mass (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has sent a congratulatory message on the election of Pope Leo XIV as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, saying he hopes to foster Japan-Vatican...
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- Inappropriate Transactions Found at Japan Airport Terminal (ニュース)
- NIPPON
An investigation committee set up by Japan Airport Terminal Co. said Friday that a subsidiary engaged in inappropriate transactions that benefited a consultant firm headed by the 52-year...
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- Rice Planting Starts At Quake-Hit Shiroyone Senmaida In Japan's Noto Peninsula (ニュース)
- NHK
Farmers and volunteers started planting rice on Saturday at terraced paddies on the coast of the Noto Peninsula, central Japan, which were hit by a powerful earthquake and torrential downpour...
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- Panasonic Targets 10,000 Job Cuts Worldwide (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic, which supplies batteries to Tesla, said Friday it will target 10,000 job cuts worldwide as part of efforts to boost profitability.
The cuts, whic...
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- NTT to Fully Acquire NTT Data Group for Over ¥2 Trillion, Seeks to Speed Merging of Telecommunications, IT Services (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
NTT Corp. plans to fully acquire information technology services provider NTT Data group Corp. in a transaction projected to be worth about ¥2.37 trillion, the company announced Thursd...
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- Japan's Real Wages In March Fall 2.1% On Year, Down For 3rd Month (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Japan's real wages in March fell 2.1 percent from a year earlier, marking the third consecutive monthly decline, as income growth continued to fall behind price hikes, government data...
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- Gov't Urges Caution Over Japan Pleasure Flights Near Senkaku Islands (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
The government on Friday urged caution after a small Japanese civilian plane was spotted near uninhabited islets in the East China Sea, around the same time a Chinese helicopter violat...
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- Japan's Princess Kako to visit Brazil from June 4 (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Princess Kako will make an official visit to Brazil for two weeks from June 4, according to a plan approved by the Japanese government at a Cabinet meeting on Friday.
During her stay ...
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- Japan’s KDDI Introduces Direct Mobile Phone Connections via SpaceX’s Starlink Satellite Network (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
KDDI Corp. has started a service for the direct connection of smartphones with the Starlink satellite network of SpaceX of the United States.
It is the first time in Japan that smartph...
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- Whooping Cough Cases Still Surging In Japan (ニュース)
- NHK
Whooping cough cases are continuing to surge in Japan.
The Japan Institute for Health Security says medical institutions across the country reported 2,176 cases in the week through April 27, ...
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- Japan Coast Guard Staffing Shortage Worsens After Almost 400 Quit Due To Personal Reasons (ニュース)
- ASIA NEWS
According to the JCG, the number of JCG personnel who quit for personal reasons has topped 300 for four consecutive years since fiscal 2021, a situation that could hinder enactment of t...
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- New German Govt to Deepen Defense Ties with Japan (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Germany's new government led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz is expected to deepen defense cooperation with Japan, according to a senior think tank official.
In view of disruptions to interna...
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