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Convenience Store Familymart To Abolish Eat-In Spaces

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JAPAN TODAY
 
 
There’s a lot of joy to be found in just randomly browsing through a Japanese convenience store, where the high-quality and uniqueness of the ever-changing lineup of food and drinks means there’s always a tasty surprise or two waiting for you.
And as you round one aisle of shelves...

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Toyota Boosts Its Investment In Air Taxi Company Joby Aviation By Another $500 Million

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota is investing another $500 million in Joby Aviation as part of a partnership aimed at helping get the American air taxi company's commercial business off the ground.
Toyota's investment will be used to support certification and production of Joby's electric air taxi, the compa...

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JR East Eyes Freight-Only Cars for Shinkasen Trains as Japan Logistics Industry Suffers from Labor Shortage

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JAPAN NEWS
 
East Japan Railway Co. is considering the development of a dedicated Shinkansen car that will have no seats and carry only freight, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Although JR companies have been integrating passenger and freight transport, carrying freight in part of a train car or...

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Japan’s Tokaido Shinkansen Celebrates 60 Years of Speed; Service Carried 7 Billion Passengers Since Opening

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Tokaido Shinkansen commemorated 60 years of service at JR Tokyo Station on Tuesday.
The line has carried about 7 billion passengers to date. It embarked on a new start with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by many railway fans and others.
Nozomi No. 1, the first Shinkansen train of...

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Asian Markets Mixed; Japanese Stocks Rebound From Monday's Slump

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index regaining some of its sharp losses from a day earlier.
A quarterly “tankan” survey by the Bank of Japan showed business confidence among large manufacturers remained steady at 13, indicating an improved outlook for bu...

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Game Over For Classic Mini Famicom And Super Famicom As Nintendo Announces End Of Repairs

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Video games are a cyclical hobby. When Nintendo released the Famicom/NES, it was the hottest hardware with the best lineup of games the industry had ever seen. After enough time passed, though, that enthusiasm got transferred over to its successor system, the Super Famicom/SNES, onl...

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Japan To Face Price Hikes On 2,900 Food Items In October, Most In 2024

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese consumers face price hikes in October on around 2,900 food and drink items, the most for a month so far this year, mainly due to a continued increase in raw material costs, a credit research company said Monday.
The 2,911 hikes reflect a growing number of firms passing on hi...

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Japan’s Super-Cheap Corn Snacks Maker Apologizes For 2nd-Ever Price Increase In 45 Years

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Part of the appeal of Japan’s mega-popular Umaibo corn puff snacks is how manufacturer Yaokin is constantly adding new flavors to the lineup, like Teriyaki Hamburger or Cup Noodle.
But at the same time, there’s a remarkable consistency to Umaibo, not just in keeping long-time favori...

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SoftBank Group Firms Pay Salaries through PayPay

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Telecommunications and investment company SoftBank Group Corp. and nine affiliated firms paid digital salaries to their employees on Wednesday, the first such initiative in Japan.
Employees asking that part of their salaries be paid to their accounts under cashless payment services r...

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Citigroup Names Structuring Veteran Kishie as Japan Markets Head

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BNN BLOOMBERG
 
Citigroup Inc. appointed Tokiya Kishie as head of its markets business in Japan, tapping the structured products veteran to fill the key role as trading soars in the Asian economy. 
Kishie’s appointment will take effect Oct. 1, subject to local approvals, according to an internal ...

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