JAPAN TODAY
 
Orange juice, once a staple in Japanese households, is becoming increasingly scarce on store shelves.
The culprit is not a decline in consumer interest, but a severe disruption in the supply chain as domestic orange juice producers halt operations amid soaring prices and crop failur...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Nissan tumbled more than 10 percent on Thursday after the Japanese automaker issued a profit warning, citing "intense sales competition", especially in the United States.
The company and its domestic rivals are also struggling to stand their ground in China's market as fast-growing ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Nippon Steel will dissolve its joint venture with China's Baoshan Iron & Steel, it said on Tuesday, ending two decades of cooperation when their existing shareholders' agreement expires at the end of August.
Nippon Steel will transfer its 50% stake in the joint venture to Baoshan, i...

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KYODO NEWS
 
The top uniformed officers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Thursday pledged to keep boosting trilateral cooperation to achieve regional and global peace amid growing security challenges posed by China and North Korea.
Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japanese Defen...

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REUTERS
 
Nearly a quarter of Japanese companies have adopted artificial intelligence (AI) in their businesses, while more than 40% have no plan to make use of the cutting-edge technology, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday.
The survey, conducted for Reuters by Nikkei Research, pitched a range o...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan plans to increase jet fuel production and imports to address a pick-up in demand from flights amid a boom in tourism, according to a draft government plan presented on Tuesday.
The initiative aims to tackle a recent jet fuel shortage affecting commercial flights, which has hin...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Kansai municipalities and other stakeholders agreed on Monday to increase takeoff and landing slots at Kansai International Airport by introducing new flight paths over Awaji Island.
Ahead of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, a council comprising municipalities and business stakeholders ha...

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CNA
 
The yen jumped briefly against the dollar on Friday (Jul 12), putting traders on alert for signs of fresh intervention by Japanese authorities, who likely stepped in the previous day to prop up a currency still close to its lowest in 38 years.
The dollar fell as much as 1 per cent to a one-...

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REUTERS
 
Walt Disney unveiled plans on Tuesday to launch a new cruise ship that will set sail from Tokyo starting in fiscal 2028, adding a ninth vessel to the brand's growing fleet.
The new ship, to be modelled after the Wish that is the largest vessel in the group, is a partnership with Orienta...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's real wages in May fell 1.4 percent from a year earlier, declining for a record 26th straight month, as the sharpest base wage growth in 31 years was offset by inflation, government figures showed Monday.
The drop in May was larger than a revised 1.2 percent fall in April, wi...

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