JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota Motor Corp said Thursday its global output in October rose 3.8 percent from a year earlier to 926,987 units, hitting a record high for a single month for the first time in nearly two years, driven by robust hybrid sales in North America.
While the world's largest automaker by...

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government adopted on Friday a fiscal 2025 draft supplementary budget with 18,303.4 billion yen in general-account spending to finance an economic package centered on aid for household finances and growth investments.
It is the first draft budget that has been drawn up under...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s industry ministry decided Friday to invest ¥100 billion in Rapidus Corp., which aims to mass-produce cutting-edge chips domestically.
In addition to becoming the chipmaker’s largest stockholder, the government will also hold a so-called golden share that gives it veto rights ...

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RFI
 
Japanese beer giant Asahi said Thursday it has delayed the release of full-year financial results due to a major ongoing cyberattack that began in late September.
"While the Company is making every effort to restore the system as quickly as possible, it has decided to postpone the announcem...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A survey of new condominium transactions in major metropolitan areas showed a rise in buyers with overseas addresses, with Tokyo seeing the share double to 3.0 percent in the January-June period of 2025, the land ministry said.
Speculative purchases that drive up prices without actu...

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JAKARTA GLOBE
 
Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations began.
About 3,000 Chinese tourists visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in a Tokyo alley each year. But some 200 have already canceled bookings for her tea ceremony classes, stretching as far ahead as Ja...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese brewing giant Asahi aims to restore its systems after a major cyberattack that disrupted its operations by February, media reports said on Friday.
The maker of Asahi Super Dry, one of Japan's most popular beers, started experiencing system troubles on September 29, stopping...

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NIPPON
 
Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Tuesday passed legislation to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge of 25.1 yen per liter, effective Dec. 31.
The legislation, adopted at a Lower House plenary meeting, also states that the provisional gas oil d...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Once upon a time, vendors would periodically wheel carts down the aisles of the shinkansen, offering food and drinks for travelers to enjoy during their ride on Japan’s famed bullet trains.
Sadly that came to an end in the fall of 2023, with operator Japan Railways citing decreased ...

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BBC
 
The island of Hokkaido has long been an agricultural powerhouse – now Japan is investing billions to turn it into a global hub for advanced semiconductors.
More than half of Japan's dairy produce comes from Hokkaido, the northernmost of its main islands. In winter, it's a wonderland of ski ...

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