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Line App Operator Shareholders May Settle Talks Without Stake Change

Line App Operator Shareholders May Settle Talks Without Stake Change (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese and South Korean shareholders of LY Corp, the Tokyo-based operator of the popular Line messaging app, may conclude talks on reviewing their capital relationship without any p...

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Foreign Visitors To Japan Top 3 Mil. For 2nd Straight Month In April

Foreign Visitors To Japan Top 3 Mil. For 2nd Straight Month In April (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
The number of foreign visitors to Japan totaled over 3.04 million in April, up 56.1 percent from a year earlier and exceeding the 3 million mark for the second consecutive month, amid ...

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Japan’s Wedding Gift Etiquette Rule Too Expensive, Young People In Survey Say

Japan’s Wedding Gift Etiquette Rule Too Expensive, Young People In Survey Say (ニュース)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan doesn’t have wedding gift registries. That’s because the expectation is that when guests come to celebrate the newlywed couple, they’ll give cash instead of, say, a toaster or c...

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Sony Net Profit Dips On-Year But Beats Estimate

Sony Net Profit Dips On-Year But Beats Estimate (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Sony said Tuesday that annual net profit dipped 3.5 percent on-year but beat its forecast as takings in games and music offset losses in the financial and chip sectors.
The entertainm...

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Japan To Provide 140 Billion Yen Loan To Jakarta For Rapid Train Project

Japan To Provide 140 Billion Yen Loan To Jakarta For Rapid Train Project (仕事)
KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government said Monday it will provide a loan of up to about 140.7 billion yen ($900 million) for the construction of the second train line in Jakarta under Indonesia's ma...

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Political Group Office Raided Over Alleged Election Campaign Obstructions

Political Group Office Raided Over Alleged Election Campaign Obstructions (ニュース)
NHK
 
Tokyo police have raided the main office of a political group named "Tsubasa no To," or Tsubasa party, on suspicion that it obstructed campaigning by other candidates during a Lower House by-...

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Japan To Introduce Online Booking For Mount Fuji Trail

Japan To Introduce Online Booking For Mount Fuji Trail (ニュース)
CNA
 
An online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular trail was announced on Monday (May 13) by Japanese authorities trying to fight overtourism on the active volcano.
Japan's highest mounta...

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Teleworking In Japan Falls After COVID; Hybrid Working On Rise

Teleworking In Japan Falls After COVID; Hybrid Working On Rise (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
The ratio of teleworkers in Japan continued to fall as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes while more turn to "hybrid work" combining remote work and in-office work, a fiscal 2023 government ...

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iSpace Sees Possibility in Japan-US Artemis Agreement

iSpace Sees Possibility in Japan-US Artemis Agreement (ニュース)
GEOS PATIAL WORLD
 
ispace, a space robot development company, supports Japan’s participation in the Artemis Agreement. The agreement between Japan and the US for the Artemis mission will benefit t...

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Japan-Born Wrestler’s Olympic Dream Comes True As Samoan

Japan-Born Wrestler’s Olympic Dream Comes True As Samoan (ニュース)
ASIA NEWS.NETWORK
 
Akazawa earned his ticket to Paris in the 65-kilogram weight class with an emotional victory at the Africa-Oceania Qualifier held in March in Alexandria, Egypt.
 
Gaku Akazawa a...

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Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet Support Rate Edges Up To 24.2%: Kyodo Poll

Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet Support Rate Edges Up To 24.2%: Kyodo Poll (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet has edged up by 0.4 percentage point to 24.2 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Monday, with a political funds ...

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Sake Takes UK By Storm As Japan’s National Drink Goes Mainstream

Sake Takes UK By Storm As Japan’s National Drink Goes Mainstream (ニュース)
THE GUARDIAN
 
No longer just drunk for courage at karaoke clubs, the ‘food-friendly’ rice spirit is becoming a first choice of connoisseurs
When sommelier Erika Haigh opened the UK’s first indepen...

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New York Hosts A Japan Parade

New York Hosts A Japan Parade (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
The third Japan Parade, aimed at promoting Japanese culture, was held in New York City's Manhattan on Saturday.
About 100 groups, including a delegation from the city of Yamaguchi, wh...

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JAL Looks To Diversify Workplace, Businesses Under 1st Female CEO

JAL Looks To Diversify Workplace, Businesses Under 1st Female CEO (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan Airlines Co's newly appointed top executive Mitsuko Tottori said she will press ahead with diversity in its workplace and businesses, as she looks to devise the carrier's post-C...

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Tech Japan’s CEO Naotaka Nishiyama Moves To Bengaluru, Says ‘Will Make Positive Impact On World From India’

Tech Japan’s CEO Naotaka Nishiyama Moves To Bengaluru, Says ‘Will Make Positive Impact On World From India’ (ニュース)
MINT
 
Tech Japan founder Naotaka Nishiyama, in a post on LinkedIn, said that he is relocating to India and this is a "definitely big new chapter" of his life.
In a post, he said, “The time has fin...

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