JAPAN TODAY
 
If humans eventually colonize the moon, the early settlers might toast their success with a bottle of sake, realizing the dream of brewer Asahi Shuzo Co.
Yamaguchi-based Asahi Shuzo, known for its Dassai sake brand, in February took a leap forward, unveiling at an event in Tokyo a b...

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TECH IN ASIA
 
Japan will not use its US Treasury holdings as leverage in upcoming trade talks with the US, scheduled for April 17.
Itsunori Onodera, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, emphasized that Japan, as a US ally, wants to avoid actions that could disrupt financial markets. “Ca...

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HURRIYET DAILY NEWS
 
World Expo opened on Sunday with 160 countries and regions showcasing their technology, culture and food, with host Japan hoping to provide the world with some much-needed hope.
Expo 2025 opened with the theme of life, world and the future, and Japan hopes to bring unity and...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced Tuesday it plans to experimentally deploy a system that will use facial recognition technology to allow passengers to move through ticket gates for the Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train line at Niigata and Nagaoka stations.
The company will...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and NATO chief Mark Rutte vowed Wednesday to further deepen military ties while stressing the need to tackle together growing threats from China, North Korea and Russia.
Japan, which has stepped up defense ties with the United States, its key a...

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FRANCE 24
 
Japan will sell more rice from its emergency stockpile through July in an attempt to stabilise soaring prices, the agricultural minister said Wednesday.
After rice prices nearly doubled year-on-year, the government began auctioning its stockpile last month -- the first time since it w...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Unit sales of Fujifilm Corp's "instax" instant camera series have exceeded 100 million, the company said Tuesday, with the brand's roughly 30-year run continuing to draw interest both in Japan and abroad as new models go into production.
The first-generation instax camera debuted in...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Anxiety over tariff policies announced by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is spreading throughout Japan.
Regional economic assessments remained unchanged in all nine regions of the country in the Bank of Japan’s April Regional Economic Report released on Monday. How...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Shares of U.S. Steel are hitting a 52-week high after President Donald Trump ordered a new national security review of Nippon Steel's proposed bid to buy U.S. Steel for nearly $15 billion.
President Joe Biden blocked the deal just before leaving office and Trump had vowed to do the ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Honda's executive vice president resigned on Monday over "an allegation of inappropriate conduct", the Japanese automaker said.
The incident occurred "during a social gathering outside of work hours", Honda said in a statement without specifying what accusations were made against Sh...

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