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Yomiuri Survey Shows 81% See LDP Lawmakers Tainted by Money Scandal Bear Responsibility for Upper House Election Loss

Yomiuri Survey Shows 81% See LDP Lawmakers Tainted by Money Scandal Bear Responsibility for Upper House Election Loss (ニュース)
JAPAN NEWS
 
Eighty-one percent of respondents in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey said the Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were part of a “politics and money” scandal bear a heavy responsibi...

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Japan Fully Joins Massive Drills in Indonesia

Japan Fully Joins Massive Drills in Indonesia (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Multinational drills led by Indonesia and the United States began with an opening ceremony in Jakarta on Monday, with Japan's Self-Defense Forces making their full presence for the first t...

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Japan Eyes 2.6% Provisional Rate For Government Bonds In FY2026, Yomiuri Says

Japan Eyes 2.6% Provisional Rate For Government Bonds In FY2026, Yomiuri Says (仕事)
JAPAN TIMES
 
The Finance Ministry plans to set the provisional rate for interest payments on government bonds at 2.6% for the next fiscal year, the highest level in 17 years, according to a local ...

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Japan City Proposes Two-Hour Daily Smartphone Limit

Japan City Proposes Two-Hour Daily Smartphone Limit (ニュース)
CNA
 
A Japanese city will urge all smartphone users to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school under a proposed ordinance that includes no penalties.
 
The limit - which will b...

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Indonesia, Japan Explore Opportunities For Migrant Workers

Indonesia, Japan Explore Opportunities For Migrant Workers (ニュース)
ANTARA NEWS
 
Deputy Minister for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Christina Aryani highlighted both opportunities and challenges in placing Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) in J...

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Japan To Revise Romanization Rules For First Time In 70 Years

Japan To Revise Romanization Rules For First Time In 70 Years (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
The Agency for Cultural Affairs submitted a recommendation to education minister Toshiko Abe on Wednesday to replace the government’s romanization system for the Japanese language, th...

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One Piece Happy Meals Indefinitely Postponed As Mcdonald’s Japan Battles Scalpers

One Piece Happy Meals Indefinitely Postponed As Mcdonald’s Japan Battles Scalpers (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
McDonald’s Japan runs a lot of cool Happy Meal promotions, but none of them stick around for all that long. For example, the Pokémon Happy Meals that went on sale August 8 are only go...

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Japan, S. Korea Experts Call for Strengthening Economic Cooperation

Japan, S. Korea Experts Call for Strengthening Economic Cooperation (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
The Korea-Japan Forum of experts on Wednesday issued a joint statement calling for stronger economic and other forms of cooperation between Japan and South Korea.
In light of high tariffs ...

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Fire On U.S. Navy Ship Off Japan Put Out After Burning For 12 Hours

Fire On U.S. Navy Ship Off Japan Put Out After Burning For 12 Hours (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
A fire on a U.S. Navy ship off Japan was finally put out after 12 hours early Thursday, the U.S. military said, after local vessels spent most of the night dousing the blaze.
Two U.S....

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Japan To Join European Space Mission To Observe Near-Earth Asteroid

Japan To Join European Space Mission To Observe Near-Earth Asteroid (ニュース)
QAZIN FORM
 
Japan plans to join a European Space Agency mission to observe an asteroid set for a close flyby of Earth in 2029, a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday, with the project se...

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1,600 Ministop Stores In Japan Suspend Deli Sales Over Fake Expiry Dates

1,600 Ministop Stores In Japan Suspend Deli Sales Over Fake Expiry Dates (仕事)
JAPAN TODAY
 
The operator of the Japanese convenience store chain Ministop said Monday it has suspended the sale of deli items at some 1,600 stores as expiry dates of certain foods prepared by its...

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Softbank Buying About 2% Of Intel For $2 Billion

Softbank Buying About 2% Of Intel For $2 Billion (仕事)
JAPAN TIMES
 
SoftBank Group is buying about 2% of Santa Clara, California's Intel, the storied U.S. chipmaker that has lost ground in recent years in the race to build better and faster semiconduc...

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Japan to Participate in Security Guarantees for Ukraine

Japan to Participate in Security Guarantees for Ukraine (ニュース)
NIPPON
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that the country will be involved in providing Ukraine with security guarantees to deter Russia from launching another invasion.
"We'll ...

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Two Men Arrested In Deadly Shootings Of Japanese Nationals In Manila

Two Men Arrested In Deadly Shootings Of Japanese Nationals In Manila (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
Philippine police have arrested two male suspects over the deadly shootings of two Japanese nationals in Manila last week.
The police said that one of the men arrested Monday is thoug...

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Tokyo Is Officially The World’s Best City For A ‘Workation’ In 2025

Tokyo Is Officially The World’s Best City For A ‘Workation’ In 2025 (ニュース)
CN TRAVELLER
 
A new report reveals the best places around the world for a working holiday, as the number of digital nomads continues to increase
Where, and how, do you work best? Is it in the offi...

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