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- Suntory Faces Ripples in Food Business After Niinami’s Resignation; Incident Could Cause Confusion, Lost Consumer Trust (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Suntory Holdings Ltd.’s announcement of the resignation of its chairman, Takeshi Niinami, has sent shockwaves through political, governmental and business circles.
Amid these ripples...
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- Anger In Japan After Instagrammer Drinks Burial Site Offering (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
The Australian Embassy in Japan issued a warning to travelers to behave themselves after an Instagrammer drank offerings from a Japanese burial site, provoking widespread anger online...
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- Japan Alerting Consumers to Cash-on-Delivery Problems (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan's National Consumers Affairs Center is raising an alert over unexpected cash-on-delivery goods.
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the NCAC received inquiries and gave advice on...
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- Suntory Chairman Niinami Steps Down After Probe Into His Purchase Of Dietary Supplements (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Suntory Holdings Ltd Chairman Takeshi Niinami has stepped down due to an ongoing investigation over the alleged purchase of a dietary supplement suspected to be illegal, the major Jap...
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- Japan’s Factory Activity Shrinks on Falling Export Orders, PMI Shows (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Japan’s factory activity shrank in August on decreasing orders from overseas, a private sector survey showed on Monday, as the impact of U.S. tariffs began to squeeze the country’s exp...
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- Krispy Kreme Releases A Special 'Tsukimi' Moon-Viewing Doughnut In Japan (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
Krispy Kreme is world-famous for its original glazed doughnuts, but in Japan, where competition for doughnuts is fierce, the chain is consistently compelled to up its game with new li...
Gourmet [September 2, 2025] More
- Upper House Election: Moriyama Says He’s Willing to Resign, Will Leave Final Decision to PM Ishiba Following Summary of July Election Defeat (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama announced on Tuesday that he is willing to resign from his post but that he would leave it to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...
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- Japan Govt to Support Cross-Prefectural Cooperation (ニュース)
- NIPPON
The Japanese government Tuesday announced a system to support a new regional cooperation framework beyond prefectural boundaries.
The central government plans to provide grants and subsidi...
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- Japanese Automakers Try to Regain Ground Lost to Chinese Car Firms in Thailand with Low-Priced Hvs (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
Major Japanese automakers are trying to regain lost ground in Thailand, where they have been squeezed by the aggressive sales tactics of Chinese car companies. In Thailand, Japanese au...
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- Prices Of 1,422 Food Items To Rise In September (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
A survey of 195 major food companies by Teikoku Databank found that prices of 1,422 food and beverage items are scheduled to rise in September. This marks the ninth consecutive month ...
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- Japan PM Ishiba Inspects Anti-Disaster Drill For Major Quake In And Around Tokyo (ニュース)
- NHK
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru inspected an anti-disaster drill on Disaster Prevention Day on Monday.
The drill was conducted based on the scenario that a magnitude 7.3 earthquake str...
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- Woman Dies After Glider Crashes During Student Contest In Eastern Japan (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
A woman was killed on Sunday in a crash during a university glider competition in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, local police said.
Police found the pilot, a woman believed to be in h...
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- Japan Logs Hottest Summer on Record (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japan logged its hottest summer ever this year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday.
The country's average temperature in June-August was 2.36 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-ye...
Nature [September 1, 2025] More
- Toyota Reports Global Sales, Output In July (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Toyota Motor Corp said Thursday its global sales and production for July hit records for the month on the back of robust demand for hybrids in North America and China, although the im...
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- String of ANA Wings Pilot Error Incidents Lead to Stern Warning from Transport Ministry (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
After a string of operational incidents attributed to pilot error, the transport ministry issued a stern warning to ANA Wings Co., an ANA Group member, on Friday. The ministry has orde...
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