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Uniqlo Japan May Same Store Sale Increase By 8.4 Percent

Uniqlo Japan May Same Store Sale Increase By 8.4 Percent (仕事)
FASHION UNITED
 
May same-store sales including online sales at Uniqlo Japan increased by 8.4 percent year on year while total sales including online sales increased by 9.3 percent.
The company par...

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Japan Auto Safety Scandal Widens, Toyota Halts Some Shipments

Japan Auto Safety Scandal Widens, Toyota Halts Some Shipments (仕事)
REUTER
 
 
A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor (7203.T), opens new tab and Mazda (7261.T)
, opens new tab both halting shipments of some vehicles after...

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48 Billion Yen In Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Disappears From Japan Exchange

48 Billion Yen In Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Disappears From Japan Exchange (仕事)
KYODO NEWS
 
DMM Bitcoin Co., the operator of a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, said Friday that digital assets worth at least 48.2 billion yen ($300 million) have disappeared for an unknown reas...

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Family Mart Stationery Takes Japanese “Stationary” To New Levels

Family Mart Stationery Takes Japanese “Stationary” To New Levels (ニュース)
SORA NEWS
 
Exclusive new collection focusses on convenience with interesting design details. 
Japanese convenience stores are known for being, well, convenient, but Family Mart has been taking tha...

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Strong Quake Shakes Japan's Hard-Hit Noto Peninsula Area

Strong Quake Shakes Japan's Hard-Hit Noto Peninsula Area (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
A strong earthquake registering an upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture early Monday, the Meteorological Agency said, just ...

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Learning Japanese Tea Ceremony As A Foreigner

Learning Japanese Tea Ceremony As A Foreigner (ニュース)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Since moving to Japan, I have studied the Urasenke style of sado, or chado (Japanese tea ceremony) in Shimane Prefecture.
My original goal was simply to learn about the matcha culture...

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Japanese Companies Help Build Metro Lines Overseas; JR East And Others Share More Than A Century’s Worth Of Knowledge

Japanese Companies Help Build Metro Lines Overseas; JR East And Others Share More Than A Century’s Worth Of Knowledge (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
Around the world, railroads, which are environmentally friendly and help alleviate road congestion, are becoming more and more central to mass transportation networks.
Many large citie...

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Japan Enacts Bill for Support to Midsize Companies

Japan Enacts Bill for Support to Midsize Companies (仕事)
NIPPON
 
Japan's parliament Friday enacted a bill to provide targeted support to midsize companies, including tax benefits for those conducting mergers and acquisitions.
The revised law on strength...

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April Factory Output In Japan Falls 0.1% On Aircraft, Car Weakness

April Factory Output In Japan Falls 0.1% On Aircraft, Car Weakness (仕事)
KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's industrial output in April fell 0.1 percent from the previous month, weighed down by a decrease in production of airplane parts as well as cars amid a Toyota Motor Corp. worldw...

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Toyota, Mazda, Subaru To Develop New Engines In Hybrid Push

Toyota, Mazda, Subaru To Develop New Engines In Hybrid Push (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota Motor Corp, Mazda Motor Corp, and Subaru Corp said Tuesday that they will each develop engines to enhance the performance of their electrified vehicles, including hybrid and pl...

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Japan To Waive Graduate Scholarship Loan Repayments For Teachers

Japan To Waive Graduate Scholarship Loan Repayments For Teachers (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan's education ministry will fully exempt teachers at elementary, junior high and senior high schools from repaying scholarship loans they took out during their graduate studies.
T...

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Japan Constructs World's First Wood Satellite

Japan Constructs World's First Wood Satellite (ニュース)
NEWS.AZ
 
Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry announced Tuesday the completion of LignoSat, the world's first wooden artificial satellite, News.Az reports citing the Japan Times.
LignoSat will ...

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Japan to Allow Bus, Train Firms to Enter Ride-Hailing Biz

Japan to Allow Bus, Train Firms to Enter Ride-Hailing Biz (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Japan's transport ministry plans to allow bus, train and other transportation companies, in addition to taxi firms, to operate ride-hailing services, it was learned Wednesday.
The plan was...

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Japan Company Uhuru Signs Mou For Smart City Business In Saudi Arabia

Japan Company Uhuru Signs Mou For Smart City Business In Saudi Arabia (仕事)
ARAB NEWS
 
Tokyo-based Uhuru Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Web Arabia, an IT company operating in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, to promote smart city-related business ...

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Japan Seeks International Coordination To Thwart Online Manga, Anime Piracy

Japan Seeks International Coordination To Thwart Online Manga, Anime Piracy (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
The government said Tuesday Japan will strengthen coordination with foreign investigative authorities to thwart online piracy of the country's anime and manga, as overseas sites hostin...

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