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Return Of A Ramen Pioneer Gives Boost To Japan's Covid-Hit Restaurant Sector

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Rai Rai Ken is back in business in Tokyo but pandemic has taken a heavy toll on ramen shops
More than a century after it welcomed its first ravenous customers in downtown Tokyo, Rai Rai Ken is back in business. On a recent afternoon, diners at its new premises in the bowels of the ...

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Japanese Company Creates 'Business Card Masks' That Put Your Name And Workplace On Your Face

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JAPAN TODAY
 
There’s been remarkably little resistance towards wearing masks in Japan during the pandemic. With masks already a common sight during Japan’s winter flu and spring hay fever seasons, strapping one on to help prevent the spread of modern history’s most devastating breath-spread dise...

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5G-Powered Self-Driving Taxi Being Tested In Shinjuku, Tokyo

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A Nagoya-based IT company developing autonomous driving technology and four other companies have begun demonstrating a self-driving taxi in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday.
The test is being conducted with the use of the 5G communication standard, which is capable of handling m...

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Japan’s Softbank Back In The Black As Investments Improve

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AP NEWS
 
Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. said Monday it bounced back to profitability in the last quarter as its investments improved in value.
The Tokyo-based company reported a 627 billion yen, or about $6.1 billion, profit in July-September, compared with a loss of 700 billio...

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Nikkei Ends At Highest Level In 29 Years On Solid Earnings

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Tokyo stocks finished higher Friday, lifting the Nikkei index to its highest level in 29 years after another surge on Wall Street overnight and solid earnings reports by some blue-chip Japanese companies.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 219.95 points, or 0.91 percent, fr...

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Japanese Business Leaders Hope Biden Committed To Economy, Pandemic

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MAINICHI
 
Business leaders in Japan on Sunday expressed their hope that Joe Biden will be committed to restoring the global economy and containing the coronavirus pandemic, as they congratulated him on his victory in the U.S. presidential election.
Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Busine...

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Race To Boost Financial Hub Status Intensifies Among Japanese Cities

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Competition is heating up among three major Japanese cities to invite foreign companies as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga aims to make Japan an international financial hub.
The idea to boost Japan's standing as a financial hub is not new, but China's imposition of a national security...

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‘Texas Shinkansen’ Using JR Tokai’s Trains Cleared By U.S.

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The U.S. government announced Tuesday it had drawn up safety standards and completed procedures for an environmental impact assessment for a high-speed rail project in Texas that will be supported by Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai).
The document was published in the Federal ...

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Japan's Free Stone Picks Up Tokyo Fest Closer 'Hokusai,' Zero Pictures' Catalog

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HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
 
 The company also is handling sales on Shinagawa Hiroshi's drama 'Restart,' which makes its market at TIFFCOM.
Leading Japanese indie film sales outfit Free Stone Productions has boosted its lineup ahead of the TIFFCOM market through a partnership with Tokyo-based Zero Pictur...

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Mitsubishi Heavy Asks Other Companies To Take On Its Idle Workers

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) said it has asked several other companies to temporarily employ idle workers from its factories in central Japan in a bid to cut costs and weather a downturn from the COVID-19 pandemic, two sources told Reuters.
MHI has approached firms in Aichi Pre...

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