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Texas Shinkansen Project Moves Forward with JR Tokai Support
- Category:Driving
THE JAPAN NEWS
DALLAS (Jiji Press) — A private sector-led project to build a high-speed railway between Dallas and Houston is making headway, with technical support from Central Japan Railway Co., better known as JR Tokai, the operator of the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line linking Tokyo a...
DALLAS (Jiji Press) — A private sector-led project to build a high-speed railway between Dallas and Houston is making headway, with technical support from Central Japan Railway Co., better known as JR Tokai, the operator of the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line linking Tokyo a...
- December 13, 2016
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UNIQLO Appoints Japan's Youngest Everest Summiteer as Global Brand Ambassador
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — UNIQLO on Wednesday announced that it has appointed Marin Minamiya as its first female global brand ambassador. She was 19 when she reached the summit of Mt Everest in May this year—the youngest Japanese national to achieve this feat.
UNIQLO said it will continue to suppor...
TOKYO — UNIQLO on Wednesday announced that it has appointed Marin Minamiya as its first female global brand ambassador. She was 19 when she reached the summit of Mt Everest in May this year—the youngest Japanese national to achieve this feat.
UNIQLO said it will continue to suppor...
- December 10, 2016
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Ruling Bloc OK’s Hokuriku Shinkansen Extension
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The ruling bloc has decided to adopt a plan to extend the Hokuriku Shinkansen line via Obama, Fukui Prefecture, and Kyoto, informed sources said Wednesday.
A subgroup of the project team of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its Komeito ally will draw up...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The ruling bloc has decided to adopt a plan to extend the Hokuriku Shinkansen line via Obama, Fukui Prefecture, and Kyoto, informed sources said Wednesday.
A subgroup of the project team of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its Komeito ally will draw up...
- December 10, 2016
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Tokyo Wineries Raise Glass to Local Products, Communities
- Category:Gourmet
THE JAPAN NEWS
Tokyo Winery is in a residential area of Nerima Ward, Tokyo. Miwa Echigoya, 40, a former vegetable wholesaler, began operating the winery by herself two years ago.
Impressed by the taste of vegetables from a local farm she visited while a wholesaler, she started making wine using...
Tokyo Winery is in a residential area of Nerima Ward, Tokyo. Miwa Echigoya, 40, a former vegetable wholesaler, began operating the winery by herself two years ago.
Impressed by the taste of vegetables from a local farm she visited while a wholesaler, she started making wine using...
- December 9, 2016
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Caps On Overtime Don’t Worry 45% of Major Firms Surveyed
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Major companies are divided over the introduction of upper limits on overtime hours, which is being discussed by the government as part of working-style reforms, a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey showed.
According to the survey, 47 percent of major companies said they were concerne...
Major companies are divided over the introduction of upper limits on overtime hours, which is being discussed by the government as part of working-style reforms, a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey showed.
According to the survey, 47 percent of major companies said they were concerne...
- December 7, 2016
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Scandal-hit Mitsubishi Eyes Tripling Director's Pay
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Mitsubishi Motors wants to triple its directors’ pay as Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn gets set to take over as chairman at the automaker dented by a mileage-cheating scandal.
In a notice dated Nov 29, Mitsubishi said it would put a “restructuring of our executive compensation sy...
TOKYO — Mitsubishi Motors wants to triple its directors’ pay as Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn gets set to take over as chairman at the automaker dented by a mileage-cheating scandal.
In a notice dated Nov 29, Mitsubishi said it would put a “restructuring of our executive compensation sy...
- December 5, 2016
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Competition Heats Up For Online Malls
- Category:Shopping
THE JAPAN NEWS
Competition in the online shopping market is intensifying.
Amazon Japan, which is rapidly growing in the domestic market, has since mid-November expanded the target areas of its Prime Now delivery service, which delivers orders within an hour of receiving them.
Rakuten, Inc. and ...
Competition in the online shopping market is intensifying.
Amazon Japan, which is rapidly growing in the domestic market, has since mid-November expanded the target areas of its Prime Now delivery service, which delivers orders within an hour of receiving them.
Rakuten, Inc. and ...
- December 3, 2016
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Tax System Revisions Aim to Boost Business Restructuring
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The government and ruling parties plan to revise the tax system in a bid to provide a boost to the business restructuring of Japanese companies, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Under the current tax system, when a company separates its business divisions or subsidiaries and make...
The government and ruling parties plan to revise the tax system in a bid to provide a boost to the business restructuring of Japanese companies, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Under the current tax system, when a company separates its business divisions or subsidiaries and make...
- December 3, 2016
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Japan Factory Output Inches Up in October
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Japan’s factory output inched up in October, expanding for the third month in a row, government data showed Wednesday.
Industrial production grew 0.1% on-month, following a 0.6% increase in September.
“Activity is now well above the lows reached earlier this year, but there ...
TOKYO — Japan’s factory output inched up in October, expanding for the third month in a row, government data showed Wednesday.
Industrial production grew 0.1% on-month, following a 0.6% increase in September.
“Activity is now well above the lows reached earlier this year, but there ...
- December 1, 2016
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JR West’s Super Luxury Sleeper Train to Debut in June 2017
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THE JAPAN NEWS
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — The Twilight Express Mizukaze super luxury sleeper train of West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, is set to go into service on June 17, 2017, with fees per passenger ranging from ¥270,000 to ¥1.25 million, the railway operator said Tuesday.
Reservations will be...
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — The Twilight Express Mizukaze super luxury sleeper train of West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, is set to go into service on June 17, 2017, with fees per passenger ranging from ¥270,000 to ¥1.25 million, the railway operator said Tuesday.
Reservations will be...
- December 1, 2016
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