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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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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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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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 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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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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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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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s financial watchdog recommended Wednesday a ¥21.76 million fine for Nomura Securities Co. for allegedly manipulating the government bond futures market.
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission made the recommendation to the Financial Services Agency, suspecting tha...

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VINO JOY
 
China’s wine exports to Japan soared by 255% in 2023, according to recent trade data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance. The value of these imports also jumped by 189%, signaling growing acceptance of Chinese wines in the Japanese market.
Over the past two years, several Chinese wineries...

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HEALTH POLICY WATCH
 
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will sign an official memorandum of understanding with its Japanese counterpart next month, the director of Europe’s largest public health agency announced Wednesday.
“Next month I will sign a cooperation agreemen...

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