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- Orange Juice Crisis ’24 – Japan’s OJ Supplies Drying Up (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Despite Japan’s well-deserved reputation a wonderland of delicious pleasures for the palate, the country isn’t immune to food/beverage crises.
We’re only two years out from the potato...
Gourmet [May 6, 2024] More
- Japan, U.S. to Accelerate Efforts for Smoother Command; Aim to Boost SDF, U.S. Forces’ Communication, Info Sharing (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Japan and the United States agreed to accelerate their review of the command and control framework for Japan’s Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. armed forces based in Japan, at the two ...
Other [May 5, 2024] More
- Golf: Korean Amateur Lee Hyo Song Winner On Japan Women's Tour At 15 (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Fifteen-year-old South Korean amateur Lee Hyo Song conjured up a birdie-eagle finish to become the youngest winner in the history of top-tier women's golf in Japan on Sunday.
Her one-s...
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- Japan, China And South Korea Arranging Summit For May 26-27 (ニュース)
- JAPAN TIMES
Final arrangements are under way to hold a summit among Japan, China and South Korea in Seoul on May 26 and 27, a South Korean Foreign Ministry official said Sunday.
It will be the fi...
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- Muslim Tatami Prayer Mats for Muslims Interweaves Japanese Culture and Islam; Set to Be Used at 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
A prayer mat made of tatami developed for Muslims is being used at prayer rooms in Osaka City. The product is anticipated to interweave Japanese and Islamic culture when it will be use...
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- Nippon Steel Delays Closing Of Acquisition Of U.S. Steel Until Late This Year (仕事)
- JAPAN TODAY
Nippon Steel Corp said Friday it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by three months after the U.S.
Department of Justice requested more doc...
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- Japan, France to Strengthen Security Cooperation (ニュース)
- NIPPON
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and her French counterpart, Stephane Sejourne, have agreed to strengthen their countries' cooperation in the security area.
At their meeting in Pari...
Event [May 4, 2024] More
- Indonesia, Japan Discuss New Regulations For Migrant Workers (ニュース)
- ANTARA NEWS
Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah met with Japanese Deputy Minister of State for Health, Labor, and Welfare Miyazaki Masahisa to discuss new employment regulations for foreign workers pr...
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- Japan Calls Biden 'Xenophobic' Comments 'Unfortunate' (ニュース)
- BBC
The labelling of Japan as "xenophobic" by Joe Biden was "unfortunate" and "not based on an accurate" understanding of the country, Japan's US embassy says.
The US president said during a ca...
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- Tokyo Police To Ask Ex-Counselor At Singapore's Japan Embassy To Turn Himself In (ニュース)
- NHK
Investigative sources say Tokyo police have decided to ask a former counselor at the Embassy of Singapore in Japan to turn himself in on suspicion of secretly filming a naked male junior high...
Other [May 2, 2024] More
- Japan PM Vows To Lead Setting Up Int'l AI Rules Through New Framework (ニュース)
- KYODO NEWS
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Thursday to take the lead in formulating global regulations on the appropriate use of generative artificial intelligence technology throug...
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- In Tsukiji Makeover, Developers Aim to Create New Tokyo Landmark; Roof of Multi-use Stadium to Feature Solar Panels, Greenery (ニュース)
- JAPAN NEWS
Companies in charge of redeveloping a 19-hectare lot at the former site of the Tsukiji Market vowed Wednesday the area would become a new international hub for Tokyo.
The project is gu...
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- Japanese Seafood Exports to China Sink 57％ in FY23; U.S. Becomes Largest Seafood Export Destination (仕事)
- JAPAN NEWS
The value of Japanese seafood exports to China in fiscal 2023 fell to about 40% of the previous year’s level, an analysis of trade statistics for fiscal 2023 released by the Finance Mi...
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- Japan's Mitsui Sees Net Profit Falling 15% On Weaker Energy Business (仕事)
- CNA
Japan's Mitsui expects net profit to fall 15.4 per cent to 900 billion yen ($5.7 billion) for the fiscal year ending in March 2025, hit by weaker performance of its energy business, the tradi...
Other [May 1, 2024] More
- Harajuku Station’s Beautiful Old Wooden Building Set To Return, With New Complex Around It (ニュース)
- JAPAN TODAY
It was a sad day back in March 2020 when Harajuku Station’s iconic building was dismantled and taken away, replaced with a larger and more modern complex that may have been more amena...
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