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Toyota's New Land Cruiser '250' Makes World Premiere

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota Motor Corporation has unveiled the new Land Cruiser "250" Series to the world, with the launch planned for the first half of 2024 in Japan.
Also announced last week was the heavy-duty Land Cruiser "70", which will make its return to Japan this coming winter as a regular model...

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Japan Asks X To Take Down Fake Account Of Top FX Diplomat As Yen Weakens

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CNA
 
Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) warned on Thursday of a fake account for its top currency diplomat Masato Kanda on social media X, formerly known as Twitter, as the market fears a currency intervention amid the yen's drop to a one-month-low.
In a rare English-language post on X, the minis...

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Binance Japan Starts Onboarding Users

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COIN DESK
 
Two years earlier, the exchange was warned by Japanese regulators that it was operating in the country without permission.
Binance Japan, a subsidiary of Binance, will begin onboarding users in Japan on its newly launched platform.
The exchange was warned by regulators that it was ope...

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Meiji Launches ‘Inedible’ Cacao Brand to Reduce Waste

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Major confectionery maker Meiji Holdings Co. has launched an inedible cacao brand for interior and miscellaneous goods made with cacao husks.
Cacao husks are not used as raw material for chocolate, but are being tapped as part of efforts to use resources effectively.
Under the Cacao ...

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Methane Produced from Captured CO2 in Yokohama Trial

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Tokyo Gas Co. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. have launched an experiment to produce methane, raw material of city gas, by capturing CO2 emitted from a waste incineration plant.
CO2 can be combined with hydrogen to produce methane in a process called methanation, which is expec...

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Japan's June Jobless Rate Falls To 2.5% Amid Ongoing COVID Recovery

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's unemployment rate fell to 2.5 percent in June from 2.6 percent a month earlier amid the receding impact of the coronavirus pandemic, while the number of employed female workers reached a record-high 30.65 million, government data showed Tuesday.
The job availability ratio, m...

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Japan Govt Must Offer Strategic Support for Domestic Semiconductor Industry

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The government must step in to support the ailing semiconductor industry.
Previously, the government took the lead in aiding the electronics industry in cooperation with domestic companies. However, its efforts have not yet had a significant impact on competitiveness within that real...

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Japan To Consider Revising Tax-Free Shopping Rules To Curb Abuse

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TIME OUT
 
Currently, Japan has one of the easiest tax-free shopping systems in the world
Japan’s tax-free shopping is one of the best and most convenient in the world. In most countries, you pay the full tax-inclusive amount at the shops, then show your purchase at the airport for verification b...

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Japan's Business Services Inflation Slows In June

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INVESTING.COM
 
Japan's business-to-business service inflation slowed in June, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that companies remained slow in passing on rising labour costs despite a tight job market.
The services produce price index, which measures the prices companies charge each other fo...

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BOJ's Move To Ease Yield Curve Control Points To Tricky Road Ahead

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Bank of Japan's decision Friday to make its yield cap program more flexible may provide the central bank with some room to see if price dynamics are indeed changing and wage growth is continuing to accelerate -- the recipe for finally attaining its 2 percent inflation goal.
Some...

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