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Japan Mulls Lowering Global Travel Alert

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NHK
 
NHK has learned that Japan's Foreign Ministry is considering lowering the travel alert that has been issued for the entire world due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The ministry raised the alert to Level 2, the third-highest on a scale of 1 to 4, in March for the whole world and asked people t...

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Japan To Give Some Travel Agencies More Subsidies For Go To Travel Program

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government said Tuesday it will give additional subsidies to certain travel agencies, who fear the money they have been allocated under a program aimed at spurring domestic tourism battered by the coronavirus pandemic could dry up.
With the number of bookings for hotels...

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https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006852920

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
All Nippon Airways plans to allow its employees to sign employment contracts with other companies due to a downturn in earnings caused by the novel coronavirus.
The company already allows employees to engage in side jobs such as tutoring and other private businesses. As it plans ...

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Japan's Machinery Orders Extend Gains As Business Spending Stabilises

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BUSINESS WORLD
 
Core machinery orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as an indicator of capital spending in the coming six to nine months, grew 0.2% in August after a 6.3% rise in July.
Japan's core machinery orders unexpectedly rose in August, extending gains and highlighting resilienc...

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Japan To Ease Quarantine Rules For Some Business Travelers

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japan will scale back a requirement of two weeks of self-quarantine for some business travelers as it moves to revitalize an economy hit hard by travel curbs over the coronavirus pandemic, the Nikkei said on Wednesday.
The new rules apply to returning Japanese and holders of long-t...

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Japan To Welcome Chinese Business Travel From Next Month

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CAIXING GLOBAL
 
China will be removed from Japan’s list of banned countries from next month. Along with the Chinese mainland, restrictions will be lifted for 11 other countries and regions include Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam and Malaysia, according to the Yomi...

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Japan Seeks to Boost Catch Limits of Prized Bluefin Tuna

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US NEWS
 
Countries involved in managing Pacific bluefin tuna fisheries are studying a Japanese request to raise its catch quotas for the fish, highly prized for sushi and sashimi.Japan has proposed raising its catch quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna, a fish so highly prized for sushi and sashimi t...

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Low-Cost Carrier Airasia To Pull Out Of Japan As Virus Hits Demand

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group will pull out of the Japanese market, as the coronavirus pandemic is likely to keep a lid on demand for air travel, its Japanese unit said Monday.
AirAsia Japan Co will discontinue domestic routes between Chubu Centrair International Airport in...

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Tokyo Slips To 4th Place In Global Financial Hub Ranking: Report

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Tokyo has slipped one notch to fourth in the latest ranking of the world's leading financial hubs, with Shanghai now rounding up the top three after New York and London, according to a report.
Hong Kong moved up a place to rank fifth and Singapore fell one notch to sixth in the Glob...

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Technical Glitch Halts Trading On Japan's Exchanges

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BBC
 
A technical problem forced a full-day trading halt on Japan's stock exchanges, including the popular Nikkei 225 index on Thursday.
The shutdown happened when a backup system failed to kick in after a hardware malfunction, according to the Japan Exchange Group.
It was quick to point out the ...

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