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Japanese Convenience Stores Hikes Price Of Popular Fried Chicken After 36 Years

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Lawson Inc. will raise the price of its hot-selling Kara-age Kun fried chicken by ¥22 to ¥238 per pack from May 31.
It is the first time for the major convenience store chain operator to hike the price since the product’s launch in 1986.
In an announcement released Friday, the fi...

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Renovated Mazda Museum To Reopen In May

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Mazda Motor Corporation's Mazda Museum, located in its Hiroshima headquarters, has undergone a full renovation and will reopen on May 23.
The museum showcases historic vehicles and exhibits of the company's history since its foundation.
Its spatial design and displays have seen a co...

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Toyota Adopts Flat-Rate EV Sales System In Japan

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Toyota Motor Corp. will from next month introduce a flat-rate service for electric vehicles in a move aimed at reducing concerns over costs, which tend to be higher than those of gasoline-powered vehicles.
“We want to take on the challenge of changing sales practices in Japan,” s...

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Japan To Auction 4.8 Mil. Barrels Of National Reserve Oil On May 10

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan will hold an auction on May 10 to sell 760,000 kiloliters, or 4.8 million barrels, of national reserve oil, the industry ministry said Friday, as part of a release coordinated by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to cool rising prices.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had said ...

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Japan Agrees $21 Bln Extra Budget To Tackle Rising Living Costs

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REUTERS
 
 Budget estimated at 2.7 tln yen -lawmakerPM Kishida faces pressure over inflation as election nearsGovernment to announce relief measures on TuesdayMore spending would add to industrial world's biggest debt
TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition on Thursday agreed a suppl...

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Japanese Yen Could Weaken To 135 Per Dollar In The ‘Very Near Future,’ Says Wells Fargo

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CNBC
 
Key PointsThe Japanese yen may continue to see weakness against the U.S. dollar if the policies of the Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve continue to diverge, according to Wells Fargo Securities’ Brendan McKenna.The yen fell nearly 6% against the greenback in March, and is continuing to see...

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Government Eyes Extra Budget And Cash Handouts For Children In Low-Income Families

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The government and ruling bloc will aim to enact during the ongoing parliamentary session a fiscal 2022 supplementary budget and offer a cash handout program for low-income families with children, as part of efforts to shore up the economy, ruling party officials said Thursday.
The ...

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Suzuki: Japan Did Not Walk Out Of G20 Meeting But Criticized Russia

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Wednesday that he did not follow the lead of the U.S., U.K. and Canadian finance chiefs in walking out when Russia spoke during a Group of 20 meeting in Washington.
“As a matter of fact, I did not walk out,” he said. “By not leaving, it means...

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict Buffeting Japan’s Used-Car Market

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is negatively impacting Japan’s used car market.
A shortage of semiconductors has slowed the supply of new cars amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, which had driven the prices of used cars higher. But the trend turned around after Moscow launched an ...

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Major Japan Firms Shifting Toward More Recruitment And Post-COVID Growth

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Forty-two percent of major Japanese firms are planning to increase hires of new graduates in fiscal 2023, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, reflecting more companies projecting a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The ratio of such optimistic firms jumped by 25 points from a s...

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