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Second Attempt By Japanese Company To Land On Moon Likely Ends In Failure

Second Attempt By Japanese Company To Land On Moon Likely Ends In Failure (ニュース)
THE GUARDIAN
 
Resilience would have made history as the first non-US commercial lander to make a successful touchdown
An attempt to land a commercially built spacecraft on the surface of the moon ...

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Court Rejects ¥13.3 Tril Damages Verdict Against Fukushima Operator Ex-Bosses

Court Rejects ¥13.3 Tril Damages Verdict Against Fukushima Operator Ex-Bosses (ニュース)
JAPAN TODAY
 
A Japanese court overturned a 13.3 trillion yen damages verdict on Friday against ex-bosses of the operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, thought to be the largest ...

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Emperor, Empresss, Princess Aiko Honor War Dead In Okinawa

Emperor, Empresss, Princess Aiko Honor War Dead In Okinawa (ニュース)
JAPAN TODAY
 
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako paid their respects to the war dead in Okinawa on Wednesday ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, accompanied by their daughter...

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apanese PM Ishiba Seeks Early Summit with South Korea’s Lee to Boost Bilateral Ties; Meeting Could Come as Early as This Month

apanese PM Ishiba Seeks Early Summit with South Korea’s Lee to Boost Bilateral Ties; Meeting Could Come as Early as This Month (ニュース)
JAPAN NEWS
 
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is seeking an early in-person summit meeting with South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung, aiming to build a trusting relationship, potentially during a...

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Nintendo Switch 2 Launches but Will Not Be Sold at Physical Stores

Nintendo Switch 2 Launches but Will Not Be Sold at Physical Stores (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
Nintendo Co. released the Nintendo Switch 2, its first video game console in eight years, on Thursday.
Applications had flooded in for lottery pre-orders on the official online Nintend...

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Japan’s Princess Kako’s Brazil Visit To Shed Light On Emigrants, Including Persecution During World War II

Japan’s Princess Kako’s Brazil Visit To Shed Light On Emigrants, Including Persecution During World War II (ニュース)
ASIA NEWS
 
Brazil has the largest population of people of Japanese descent in the world, at 2.7 million.
Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, will v...

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Media Firms Launch Election Fact-Checking Initiative

Media Firms Launch Election Fact-Checking Initiative (ニュース)
JAPAN TIMES
 
Jiji Press and some other members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association have launched a fact-checking initiative for election-related online information, beginning w...

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Scientists In Japan Develop Plastic That Dissolves In Seawater Within Hours

Scientists In Japan Develop Plastic That Dissolves In Seawater Within Hours (勉強)
REUTERS
 
Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.
Whi...

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KDDI to Deploy 1,000 Drone Hubs, Leveraging Starlink for Nationwide Coverage; To Use in Search after Disaster in Remote Areas

KDDI to Deploy 1,000 Drone Hubs, Leveraging Starlink for Nationwide Coverage; To Use in Search after Disaster in Remote Areas (仕事)
JAPAN NEWS
 
KDDI Corp. plans to conduct a trial demonstration operating drones through direct communication with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)’s Starlink satellite network by the e...

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375 Plan to Run in Summer’s House of Councillors Election; LDP, Komeito Aim to Maintain Upper House Majority

375 Plan to Run in Summer’s House of Councillors Election; LDP, Komeito Aim to Maintain Upper House Majority (ニュース)
JAPAN NEWS
 
A total of 375 people were planning to run in the 27th House of Councillors election this summer as of June 2, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun tally.
Campaigning is expected to official...

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Japan To Lift Intellectual Property Competitiveness Via AI Use

Japan To Lift Intellectual Property Competitiveness Via AI Use (ニュース)
JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government said Tuesday it will seek to enhance the country's competitiveness in the area of intellectual property by promoting the use of artificial intelligence and att...

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Japan's Toyota To Take Parts-Making Subsidiary Private

Japan's Toyota To Take Parts-Making Subsidiary Private (仕事)
BSS NEWS
 
The world's top-selling carmaker Toyota said Tuesday it would take its auto parts-making subsidiary Toyota Industries private in a deal that reportedly valued the unit at more than $40 b...

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India-Japan Business Conference 2025 to Convene in Chennai on July 10

India-Japan Business Conference 2025 to Convene in Chennai on July 10 (仕事)
ASIAN COMMUNITY NEWS
 
4th edition of IJBC-led summit to spotlight technology, trade, sustainability, and SME collaboration between the two nations.
In a significant step toward reinforcing bilater...

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Ex-Nippon Life Boss Takes Charge At Japan Business Lobby

Ex-Nippon Life Boss Takes Charge At Japan Business Lobby (仕事)
INSURANCE BUSINESS
 
 
 
Leadership Shift Comes Amid Insurer Investment Shakeup
Tsutsui Yoshinobu, former chair of Nippon Life Insurance, has been appointed as the new chair of Keidanren, Japan’s m...

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Bank Of Japan Urged To Keep Or Slow Bond Taper Pace From Fiscal 2026

Bank Of Japan Urged To Keep Or Slow Bond Taper Pace From Fiscal 2026 (仕事)
BUSINESS TIMES
 
The requests heighten the chance the central bank will proceed slowly in reducing its huge balance sheet
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) received a sizeable number of requests to maintain ...

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