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Japan Bullet Train Services Halted 3 Hrs After Train Cars Decouple

Japan Bullet Train Services Halted 3 Hrs After Train Cars Decouple (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
A bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line made an emergency stop near a station in Tokyo on Thursday after two cars decoupled, leading to a 3-hour suspension of bullet train service...

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GDP Ratio of Defense Costs Not Priority: Japan's Hayashi

GDP Ratio of Defense Costs Not Priority: Japan's Hayashi (仕事)
NIPPON
 
Raising the ratio of defense spending to gross domestic product is not a top priority in Japan's efforts to boost its defense expenditures, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said W...

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Japan, U.K. Likely to Reaffirm Energy Cooperation at 2+2 Talks; 1st Economic 2+2 Talks Between the Countries

Japan, U.K. Likely to Reaffirm Energy Cooperation at 2+2 Talks; 1st Economic 2+2 Talks Between the Countries (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
The Japanese and British governments are arranging to reaffirm the promotion of energy cooperation between the two countries at a ministerial economic dialogue, according to Japanese g...

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Japan's Princess Kako To Visit Brazil In June To Mark 130 Yrs Of Ties

Japan's Princess Kako To Visit Brazil In June To Mark 130 Yrs Of Ties (ニュース)
KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, will travel to Brazil in early June to promote ties between the two countries that this year mark 130 years since the establishment ...

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7-Eleven Shares Plunge On Reported Plan To Reject Takeover

7-Eleven Shares Plunge On Reported Plan To Reject Takeover (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Shares of the owner of 7-Eleven plunged on Tuesday after a report said the Japanese retailer plans to reject a multibillion-dollar takeover offer by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard ...

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Thousands Evacuated As Japan's Biggest Fire In Decades Continues To Burn

Thousands Evacuated As Japan's Biggest Fire In Decades Continues To Burn (ニュース)
BBC
 
Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades.
At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acre...

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Japan’s 18-Year-Old Prince, Second In Line To The Throne, Holds A Debut News Conference

Japan’s 18-Year-Old Prince, Second In Line To The Throne, Holds A Debut News Conference (ニュース)
CNN
 
 
 
Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the second in line to the throne, held a debut news conference on Monday, telling reporters he would try to balance official duties and his university studies and...

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Snow Forces Highway Closures In Tokyo

Snow Forces Highway Closures In Tokyo (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
The transport ministry announced Tuesday that highways in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be closed as a preventive measure ahead of a forecast for heavy snow later in the day.
The c...

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Japan Deploys Nearly 1,700 Firefighters To Tackle Forest Blaze

Japan Deploys Nearly 1,700 Firefighters To Tackle Forest Blaze (ニュース)
CNA
 
Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday (Mar 3), as some 4,600 residents remain under an evacuation advisory.
One person die...

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Prices Of 2,343 Food And Drink Products Going Up In March

Prices Of 2,343 Food And Drink Products Going Up In March (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
The prices of more than 2,000 food and drink products will rise during March, research firm Teikoku Databank said.
According to a survey of 195 food manufacturers by Teikoku Databank,...

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Bandai Namco Cross Store Opens in New York; Customers Shop for Various Japanese Pop Culture Goods

Bandai Namco Cross Store Opens in New York; Customers Shop for Various Japanese Pop Culture Goods (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. opened a Cross Store, which sells anime goods and other products, in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday.
It is the first Cross Store in North America and one of t...

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Japan Rice Prices Remain High Despite Government Plans To Release Reserves

Japan Rice Prices Remain High Despite Government Plans To Release Reserves (仕事)
KYODO NEWS
 
Rice prices in Japan have remained high despite hopes that they would normalize after the government announced plans two weeks ago that it would release its stockpiles to curb the surg...

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Japanese Self-Defense Force, U.S. Forces Conduct Joint Drill; Iron Fist Exercises Continue in Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Self-Defense Force, U.S. Forces Conduct Joint Drill; Iron Fist Exercises Continue in Okinawa Pref. (ニュース)
JAPAN NEWS
 
The Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and other forces conducted a joint drill in the U.S. military’s Blue Beach training field in Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, on Saturday.
...

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Fuji Media Tycoon Hieda Quits Adviser Panel Over TV Host Scandal

Fuji Media Tycoon Hieda Quits Adviser Panel Over TV Host Scandal (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Longtime Fuji Media Holdings Inc executive Hisashi Hieda stepped down Thursday from the company's management advisory panel as its broadcasting unit remains under fire for its handlin...

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More People Ordered To Evacuate As Japan Wildfire Continues

More People Ordered To Evacuate As Japan Wildfire Continues (ニュース)
MEHR NEWS
 
The Iwate Prefecture government issued a new evacuation order for 333 people from 141 homes, adding to the more than 4,000 residents in around 1,900 households already told to abandon t...

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