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Japanese Guitar Maker Fernandes Declares Bankruptcy Due To Plummeting Sales

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A lot of first guitars in Japan were made by Fernandes, a Saitama-based company that started in 1969 and grew to receive worldwide recognition. 
Their guitars were especially popular in the ’90s, having been used by members of Metallica and Green Day, while in Japan, they were often...

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Japan Voters See Little Hope For Tariff Reprieve In Car Maker Mazda's Hometown

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JAPAN TODAY
 
When car maker Mazda sneezes, everyone catches a cold, say people in its hometown of Hiroshima in western Japan, but these days, auto parts maker Yuji Yamaguchi fears a deep chill is on the way.
"If Mazda builds fewer cars, our orders will drop," said Yamaguchi, whose 110-year-old f...

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Sluggish Tesla Sales Lead Panasonic to Delay Start of EV Battery Production at New U.S. Plant

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JAPAN NEWS
 
 Panasonic Holdings Corp. has decided to postpone the start of full operations of its newly built U.S. electric vehicle battery plant, as Panasonic’s major client Tesla has reported sluggish sales, prompting Panasonic to review its production plans.
Operations at the plant, located i...

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Landmark Akihabara Arcade, Opened By Sega Over 30 Years Ago, Announces Sudden Closure

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JAPAN TODAY
 
It’s been a tumultuous couple of years for the arcade industry in Japan. Not even the otaku mecca of the Akihabara neighborhood is completely buffered, as it’s been announced that one of the Tokyo neighborhood’s oldest “game centers,” as arcades are called in Japanese, will be closi...

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Eel Imports Peak at Narita Airport Ahead of Day When Grilled Eel Traditionally Eaten

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Narita Airport is facing the busiest time of year for live eel imports as it gets closer to the Day of the Ox, a day in midsummer when grilled eel is traditionally eaten.
This year, the Day of the Ox takes place on July 19 and 31.
Of the 8,062 tons of eels imported into Japan last ye...

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World’s First Dragon Ball Store To Open Before End Of Year

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Dragon Ball is a big franchise. Though it started as a manga, the anime adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s sprawling intergalactic martial arts epic started airing less than two years after the first chapter was published, and there have now been more than 20 "Dragon Ball" theatrical an...

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Japan's Trade Surplus Shrinks 31% In June As Exports To U.S. Plunge

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QAZIN FORM
 
Japan's trade surplus in June shrank 30.8 percent from a year earlier to 153.1 billion yen ($1 billion) as automobile and other exports to the United States plunged amid higher tariffs, government data showed Thursday, Kyodo reports.
Overall exports fell 0.5 percent to 9.16 trillion ...

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Japan Holds US Tariff Talks With Lutnick, Eyes Meeting With Bessent

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CNA
 
Japan's top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa held talks with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on US tariffs on Thursday (Jul 17), as Tokyo races to avert a 25 per cent levy that will be imposed unless a deal is clinched by an Aug 1 deadline.
During the 45-minute phone call, the two sides...

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Skidding Nissan To Halt Production At Oppama Plant In Kanagawa Prefecture

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Struggling auto giant Nissan said Tuesday it will stop production at its plant at Oppama in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, at the end of its 2027 fiscal year.
Nissan posted a net loss of 671 billion yen last year and it has said it will cut 15 percent of its global workforce.
"The c...

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1st Newly Built Asuka Cruise Ship in 34 Years Unveiled as More Companies Invest in Building Cruise Ships

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The Asuka III, NYK Line’s first new passenger ship in 34 years, is set to go into service on July 20, becoming part of a two-ship fleet for the company alongside the active Asuka II.
NYK Line unveiled the interior of the Asuka III to the press on July 11. The ship weighs 52,265 gross...

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