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Government Adopts Support Program For "Ice Age" Generation
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JAPAN TIMES
The government Friday adopted a support program for the so-called employment ice age generation, planning to implement assistance measures intensively over three years through fiscal 2028.
The program focuses on improving working conditions and securing housing in anticipation of th...
The government Friday adopted a support program for the so-called employment ice age generation, planning to implement assistance measures intensively over three years through fiscal 2028.
The program focuses on improving working conditions and securing housing in anticipation of th...
- 10/4 19:25
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Prices For Japan Rail Pass, Popular With Foreign Tourists, To Rise 6% From October
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KYODO NEWS
Japan Railways Group (JR Group) on Thursday announced that it will raise prices for its Japan Rail Pass, a ticket popular among foreign tourists that allows unlimited travel on trains across Japan, including most shinkansen bullet train services.
Prices for the pass will increase by ...
Japan Railways Group (JR Group) on Thursday announced that it will raise prices for its Japan Rail Pass, a ticket popular among foreign tourists that allows unlimited travel on trains across Japan, including most shinkansen bullet train services.
Prices for the pass will increase by ...
- 10/4 18:53
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Japan Diet Begins Substantive Debate on Intelligence Bill
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NIPPON
The Diet, Japan's parliament, began substantive deliberations Friday on a bill to establish a national intelligence council aimed at enhancing the government's intelligence capabilities.
At the day's meeting of the Cabinet Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of t...
The Diet, Japan's parliament, began substantive deliberations Friday on a bill to establish a national intelligence council aimed at enhancing the government's intelligence capabilities.
At the day's meeting of the Cabinet Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of t...
- 10/4 18:21
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Soft Drink Vending Machines In Japan Fall Below 2 Million For 1st Time
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JAPAN TODAY
The number of soft drink vending machines installed in Japan in 2025 fell to 1.95 million, preliminary year-end figures show, dropping below 2 million for the first time in the 30 years for which records are available.
The figure is down about 20 percent from its peak seen in 2014 a...
The number of soft drink vending machines installed in Japan in 2025 fell to 1.95 million, preliminary year-end figures show, dropping below 2 million for the first time in the 30 years for which records are available.
The figure is down about 20 percent from its peak seen in 2014 a...
- 9/4 21:00
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Japan Mulls Extra 20 Days Worth Of Oil Release With Hormuz Passage Unclear
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JAPAN TODAY
Japan is considering an additional release of its oil reserves providing 20 days of domestic consumption in May, as uncertainties remain over safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz even with the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, a source close to the matter said Thursday.
The United States an...
Japan is considering an additional release of its oil reserves providing 20 days of domestic consumption in May, as uncertainties remain over safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz even with the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, a source close to the matter said Thursday.
The United States an...
- 9/4 20:30
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42 Japan-Linked Ships Still Stranded In Persian Gulf
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JAPAN TIMES
While the United States and Iran have reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, 42 Japan-linked ships still cannot leave the Persian Gulf due to Iran's de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has suggested that it will allow ships to safely pass through the strait, a key check...
While the United States and Iran have reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, 42 Japan-linked ships still cannot leave the Persian Gulf due to Iran's de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has suggested that it will allow ships to safely pass through the strait, a key check...
- 9/4 19:43
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In Japan, Subsidies Eyed For Teaching Foreign Residents Daily Rules
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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
The government is planning to subsidize municipalities’ efforts to help foreign residents understand local rules and customs, such as how to properly sort garbage.
The government is planning to subsidize municipalities’ efforts to help foreign residents understand local rules ...
The government is planning to subsidize municipalities’ efforts to help foreign residents understand local rules and customs, such as how to properly sort garbage.
The government is planning to subsidize municipalities’ efforts to help foreign residents understand local rules ...
- 9/4 19:22
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Japan to Add 17 Airports, Ports for Defense Use
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NIPPON
The Japanese government has decided to add 17 airports and ports to its list of designated facilities to allow the Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Coast Guard to use them from peacetime onward as part of efforts to strengthen the country's defenses.
The newly added facilities include N...
The Japanese government has decided to add 17 airports and ports to its list of designated facilities to allow the Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Coast Guard to use them from peacetime onward as part of efforts to strengthen the country's defenses.
The newly added facilities include N...
- 9/4 18:40
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N. Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles toward Sea of Japan
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NIPPON
North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Wednesday morning, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Fired from the Wonsan area in the eastern North Korean province of Kangwon, the missiles are believed to have flown around 240 ki...
North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Wednesday morning, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Fired from the Wonsan area in the eastern North Korean province of Kangwon, the missiles are believed to have flown around 240 ki...
- 8/4 18:14
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Police Arrest Five More Alleged Members Of Philippines-Based Japan Crime Ring
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JAPAN TIMES
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police have arrested five more people with alleged links to Philippines-based Japanese crime ring JP Dragon on suspicion of fraud and theft.
The suspects, including Miyako Iwamoto, 34, had been detained by Philippine immigration authorities in October and wer...
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police have arrested five more people with alleged links to Philippines-based Japanese crime ring JP Dragon on suspicion of fraud and theft.
The suspects, including Miyako Iwamoto, 34, had been detained by Philippine immigration authorities in October and wer...
- 8/4 17:46
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