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- Sip With Snorlax – Clever Drinkware Design Creates Pokemon In Your Glass With Every Pour (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
There’s no Pokemon who’s better at relaxing than Snorlax, who sleeps so much that the species has hardly ever been seen with eyes open.
Unfortunately, we humans can’t catch quite as m...
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- Japan's Births Likely To Fall Under 700,000 For 1st Time In 2024 (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
The number of births in Japan in 2024 is likely to fall under 700,000 for the first time after government data showed Tuesday that the figure in the first half fell 6.3 percent from a ...
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- Japan Stocks Higher At Close Of Trade; Nikkei 225 Up 2.16% (仕事)
- INVESTING
Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Glass, Transportation Equipment and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gaine...
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- Japan Textile Maker Toray Draws Curtain on Campaign Girls (仕事)
- NIPPON
Japanese textile maker Toray Industries Inc. said Wednesday that it will end the use of promotional models known as Toray campaign girls after 43 years.
The Toray campaign girl program, la...
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- Japan Business Circle Calls for China Resuming Visa-Free Travel; Keizai Doyukai Visit to Country Marks 1st in 8 Years (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
The delegation of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) on Monday called for China to exempt Japanese short-term visitors from visa requirements soon in its fi...
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- Tokyo Stock Exchange Extends Closing Time For 1st Time In 70 Years (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
The Tokyo Stock Exchange has extended its trading hours by 30 minutes starting Tuesday without any trouble on the first day, as it aims to make the bourse more attractive to foreign i...
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- Service Industry Takes Stand Against Customer Abuse In 'Polite' Japan (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
The Japanese are often said to be well-regarded for their etiquette and social graces.
But if this is especially true for those working in Japan's service industry, the same cannot al...
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- Japan's Parliament to Start Special Session on Monday (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan's parliament will start a special session on Monday following last month's general election, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Shige...
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- Japan Police Bust "Village" Of Overstaying Vietnamese (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
When police searched a group of abandoned motels in a city some 50 kilometers northeast of Tokyo earlier this year, they found more than 20 Vietnamese men and women living together in ...
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- China's Wang, Japan Security Adviser Agree To Keep Bilateral Dialogue (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, and Takeo Akiba, Japan's chief national security adviser, held marathon talks in Beijing on Monday and agreed to maintain dialogue at various levels, inc...
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- Nissan, Mitsubishi to Establish Joint Venture for Level 4 Autonomous Driving Service; EV Batteries also Within Scope (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. have decided to establish a joint venture by the end of fiscal 2024 to provide services involving self-driving cars and electric vehicles, it ha...
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- Japan Gov't-Backed Agency Opens Kyiv Office To Promote Trade, Business (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
A Japanese trade promotion agency has opened an office in Kyiv to facilitate private businesses' entry into Ukraine, in one of Japan's latest efforts to support the war-ravaged countr...
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- How Japan's Youngest CEO Transformed Hello Kitty (仕事)
- BBC
Hello Kitty, arguably Japan's best loved creation, is celebrating her 50th anniversary.
But all has not always been well at Sanrio, the Japanese company behind the character. The business has...
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- Japan Successfully Launches 4th H3 Rocket (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, on Monday successfully launched the fourth of its H3 rocket carrying an X-band defense communication satellite.
The Kirameki-3 geostationar...
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- Dollar Profits From Japan Political Uncertainty, Pound Awaits UK Budget (仕事)
- REUTERS
The dollar hit three-month highs against the yen on Tuesday as the loss of a parliamentary majority for Japan's ruling coalition in weekend elections muddied the political and monetary pi...
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