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Starbucks To Serve 47 Regional Frappuccino Flavors Across Japan

  • Category:Gourmet
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. will roll out 47 exclusive Frappuccino flavors inspired by iconic regional sights and cuisines starting on Wednesday, as the coffee chain celebrates its 25th anniversary in Japan.
The first Starbucks in Japan opened in Tokyo’s Ginza district in 1996. T...

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'Demon Slayer' Attraction To Open At Universal Studios Japan

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A new attraction based on the popular “Demon Slayer” manga series will open on Sept. 17 for a limited time at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, the park’s operator said Sunday.
The attraction, which will mark the first time the western Japan theme park has recreated the global hit s...

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Chief Relationship Officer Sarah Bull Brings A Personal Touch To Business

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JAPAN TODAY
 
For Sarah Bull, people are at the heart and soul of any business, and engaging with them effectively and empathically is her secret to success.
The Saitama-based Australian is chief relationship officer (and director of legal services) at Translation Business Systems Japan (TBSJ), a...

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Japan Ratifies World's Biggest Free Trade Deal Involving China, ASEAN

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japan ratified on Friday the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a mega trade agreement also involving China, Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Foreign Ministry said.
Tokyo deposited its ratification instrument with the ASEAN Secretariat, making...

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Japan’s Toshiba Chairman Fails To Win Shareholder Approval

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AP NEWS
 
Battered Japanese nuclear and electronics giant Toshiba Corp. faced off with shareholders Friday, seeking to shake off serious questions about governance at the once revered brand.
After a meeting lasting nearly three hours, Tokyo-based Toshiba failed to win shareholder approval for the...

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Japan To Replace Bond Advisory Panel With New One As COVID Complicates Debt Woes

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REUTERS
 
SummaryNearly 2-decade-old panel warned of need for fiscal healthPanel helped lay groundwork for debt-issuance plansGovt to create new panel as replacement, details undecidedAbolishment may worry bond market given Japan's huge debt 
Japan will abolish on Thursday a nearly two-decade-old...

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Japan’s Face Recognition Technology Confronted By Challenges In Handling Personal Data

  • Category:Other
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
In a room of an office building in central Tokyo, photos of people’s faces flashed up one after another on computer screens. As security cameras operated around them, several employees checked these photos of real people from all walks of life — company workers, homemakers, senio...

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Iceye Establishes Office To Serve Japanese Market

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SPACE NEWS
 
Iceye is expanding to serve the Japanese market with the support of Makoto Higashi, the former Japan Space Imaging Corp. CEO and president, who will serve as Iceye’s general manager in Japan.
Within a year, Iceye plans to open an office in Tokyo and begin serving Japanese government ...

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Japan Proposes Four-Day Working Week To Improve Work-Life Balance

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DW.COM
 
The Japanese government has just unveiled its annual economic policy guidelines, which include new recommendations that companies permit their staff to opt to work four days a week instead of the typical five.
Japan's famously hard-working salarymen — and, increasingly, salarywomen — are...

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Japanese Stocks Slump as Hawkish Fed Damps Cyclical Appeal

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BLOOMBERG
 
Japanese stocks declined by the most in almost four months, extending losses from late last week as hawkish comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve crushed the reflation trade that had driven the market earlier this year.
The selloff briefly sent the Nikkei 225 Stock Average down as mu...

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