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Japan Braces for Economic Fallout as China Tightens Travel Curbs
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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...
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...
- November 26, 2025
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Asahi To Take Months To Restore System After Cyberattack
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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...
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...
- November 25, 2025
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Japan Lower House Passes Bill to Scrap Add-On Gasoline Tax
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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...
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...
- November 25, 2025
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Starbucks Japan Opens First-Ever Branch On Bullet Train Platform
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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 ...
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 ...
- November 24, 2025
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Japan's High-Stakes Gamble To Turn Island Of Flowers Into Global Chip Hub
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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 ...
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 ...
- November 24, 2025
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Bic Camera Completes Renovations at 3 Ikebukuro Stores; JR Yamanote Line Platform Sign Now Reads ‘Ikebukuro (BicCamera Mae)’
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JAPAN NEWS
Major electronics retailer Bic Camera Inc. has completed renovations on three of its stores in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district, including its flagship location.
As competition among electronics retailers intensifies in the district, where Bic Camera’s was founded, the company is putting i...
Major electronics retailer Bic Camera Inc. has completed renovations on three of its stores in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district, including its flagship location.
As competition among electronics retailers intensifies in the district, where Bic Camera’s was founded, the company is putting i...
- November 22, 2025
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Three Major Japan Life Insurers See Revenue Growth In April-September
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JAPAN TIMES
Three of japan's four major life insurance companies enjoyed insurance premium income growth in april-september, their earnings reports have shown.
All the four — nippon life insurance, meiji yasuda life insurance, sumitomo life insurance and dai-ichi life holdings — saw their singl...
Three of japan's four major life insurance companies enjoyed insurance premium income growth in april-september, their earnings reports have shown.
All the four — nippon life insurance, meiji yasuda life insurance, sumitomo life insurance and dai-ichi life holdings — saw their singl...
- November 22, 2025
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Japan’s Hopes for Seafood Exports Shot Down in China Spat
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JAPAN NEWS
Exports of Japanese marine products to China have hit another snag, just days after they resumed this month for the first time in about two years.
Apparently, this is a response to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Diet remark about a Taiwan contingency and looks to deal a blow to the ...
Exports of Japanese marine products to China have hit another snag, just days after they resumed this month for the first time in about two years.
Apparently, this is a response to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Diet remark about a Taiwan contingency and looks to deal a blow to the ...
- November 21, 2025
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Japan's Exports To The World Rise But Drop To U.S. Due To Tariffs
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JAPAN TODAY
Japan’s global exports rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier while imports from the world edged up 0.6%, according to government data released Friday.
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Exports to the U.S. dipped 3.1%, marking the seventh straight month of year-on-year declines mainly due to higher U.S. tariffs,...
Japan’s global exports rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier while imports from the world edged up 0.6%, according to government data released Friday.
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Exports to the U.S. dipped 3.1%, marking the seventh straight month of year-on-year declines mainly due to higher U.S. tariffs,...
- November 21, 2025
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Burger King Japan To Be Bought By America’s Goldman-Sachs
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JAPAN TODAY
You don’t have to be a financial genius to realize that you could buy a lot of hamburgers with 70 billion yen. But did you know that dropping that much cash would allow you to buy all the hamburgers?
Well, all the hamburgers from Burger King Japan, to be more precise. The above sum ...
You don’t have to be a financial genius to realize that you could buy a lot of hamburgers with 70 billion yen. But did you know that dropping that much cash would allow you to buy all the hamburgers?
Well, all the hamburgers from Burger King Japan, to be more precise. The above sum ...
- November 20, 2025
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