JAPAN NEWS
 
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced Tuesday that the penguin mascot beloved for 25 years as the face of its Suica transit IC card will retire at the end of next fiscal year. The baton will be passed to a new character.
Voices expressing regret over parting with the character—w...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Shares in Japanese giant Sony jumped more than five percent Tuesday after it hiked full-year profit forecasts thanks to the latest "Demon Slayer" anime blockbuster.
The company also put the improved forecasts down to higher expected sales of its PlayStation games console and a small...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
From the launch of new products and services in Japan to facilitating leveraged trading bets, crypto exchanges and some financial firms are rushing to cash in on rising investor enthusiasm for digital assets amid hopes of easing regulations.
The recent surge underscores a higher app...

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A robot is selling merchandise as part of a trial run at an unstaffed souvenir store at Narita Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture.
The trial, the first of its kind at domestic airports and commercial facilities, is being jointly conducted by Narita International Airport Corp. (NAA) ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Wasteful and ineffective use of taxpayer money by the Japanese government in fiscal 2024 totaled about ¥54.081 billion in 319 projects, according to a report the Board of Audit of Japan submitted to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday.
Both figures were lower than those of th...

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The press got a first look at a train car to be used for the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev line when it was unveiled on Friday on a test line in Yamanashi Prefecture.
The M10, Central Japan Railway Co.’s (JR Tokai) new train car, is still being tested and is expected to be used whe...

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Asian shares retreated Tuesday despite the big lift in overseas markets from optimism over AI technology, as traders sold shares to lock in recent profits.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 1.7% to 51,497.20 following a national holiday on Monday.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.9%...

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RRI
 
 
Japan has expressed strong interest in investing in the development of Indonesia’s new capital city, Ibu Kota Nusantar (IKN), particularly in its green and sustainable infrastructure. 
The project, located across parts of Penajam Paser Utara and Kutai Kartanegara regencies in East Kaliman...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The ratio of job openings to job seekers for auto mechanics and technicians in Japan eclipsed 5.00 in fiscal 2024, far greater than the overall 1.14, as the country's birthrate continues to fall.
The ratio rose by 0.10 point to 5.09 compared to the previous year, recent government d...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Kansai Electric Power will start a survey early this month to assess whether it can build a new nuclear reactor in or near its Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, sources said Monday.
The survey will mark the first concrete move toward nuclear reactor construction in Jap...

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