NIPPON
 
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that operations will be resumed Thursday morning at remaining plants it shut due to a fire at a parts supplier Oct. 16.
The fire broke out at Chuo Spring Co.'s plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Production resumed at the spring plant Saturday...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Beverage company Ito En, Ltd. has put a character generated by artificial intelligence in a TV commercial for its Oi Ocha Katekin Ryokucha green tea drink.
According to the company that produced the commercial AI model Inc., it is the first TV ad in Japan to use an AI-generated “acto...

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CNN
 
Japan must carefully monitor financial markets, including oil and stocks, with a sense of urgency as uncertainties are rising for global economies due to the conflict in the Middle East, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday.
Suzuki was speaking to reporters after a cabinet meetin...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.8 percent in September, the slowest pace in about a year, amid the moderating effects of fuel price rises, though the increase was still well above the Bank of Japan's inflation target, government data showed Friday.
The pace of increase in the na...

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CNA
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering a temporary income tax cut as part of a package of measures to cushion the economic blow from rising living costs, public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday (Oct 19).
Any such move could add to Japan's already ballooning public debt and...

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KYODO NEWS
 
China imported virtually no seafood from Japan last month, according to official data, as Beijing continues a total ban on marine products from its neighbor in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The trade data relea...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The aircraft unit of Honda Motor Co says its new small business jet will be named the HondaJet Echelon, with the company aiming for its first flight in 2026.
The 11-seater jet, categorized as a "light jet" that is bigger than the existing HondaJet that can carry up to eight people, ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Discount supermarket OK opened its first store in Tokyo’s Ginza district on Tuesday.
The store, with about 2,000 square meters of floor space, is located on the first and second basement floors of the Marronnier Gate Ginza 2 shopping mall.
Targeting mainly office workers, nearby rest...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Shimizu Corp. has developed a system powered by artificial intelligence to assist in structural designs, including determining the framework of a building.
The company hopes this can possibly shorten the time required to create an initial design plan from about a week to a few hours....

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Casual wear retailer Uniqlo Co. started selling pre-owned clothes at its store in the Harajuku district in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Wednesday.
 As part of the Fast Retailing Co. unit’s product recycling effort, the event will be held until Oct. 22.
 
Uniqlo has been collecting its old...

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