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Number Of Food, Beverage Items Seeing Price Hikes In Japan In 2025 To Exceed 20,000

  • Category:Shopping
JAPAN TODAY
 
The number of food and beverage products subject to price increases in 2025 will exceed 20,000 for the first time in two years, a research institute said Friday.
Teikoku Databank Ltd said that price hikes have been decided for a total of 20,609 items, up approximately 65 percent fro...

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Japan To Grant P139 Million For PH’s Fight Vs Tuberculosis

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ABS-CBN
 
The Japanese government will grant around P139 million in aid for the Philippines' fight against tuberculosis and other public health concerns. 
In a statement, the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines said Ambassador Endo Kazuya signed the grant and exchanged notes with the United Natio...

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Bear Attacks Man In Public Toilet In Japan

  • Category:Nature
THE GUARDIAN
 
Incident north of Tokyo comes after a record 13 deaths from bear attacks in Japan since the start of April
A man has been attacked by a bear in a public toilet in Japan, local media reported on Friday – the latest in a record-breaking wave of attacks this autumn, including those in...

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Maruyama Wins in Falun for 3rd Straight Cup Victory

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s Nozomi Maruyama continued her sizzling start to the Olympic season in ski jumping, leaping to her third victory in three World Cup meets on the normal hill in Falun, Sweden, on Friday.
Maruyama accumulated 229.6 points on jumps of 94.0 and 91.0 meters to win the event that ha...

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Japan Plans $1.6b Extra Budget To Support AI, Chip Industries

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TECH IN ASIA
 
Japan plans to allocate about ¥252.5 billion (US$1.6 billion) in an extra budget to support AI and semiconductor development.
The amount is lower than last year’s ¥1.5 trillion (US$9.59 billion) supplementary budget, as the government shifts toward regular budget funding for these ...

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Same-Sex Marriage Ban Constitutional, Says Tokyo High Court

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The Tokyo High Court on Friday ruled that Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriages is constitutional, the first and only court to do so at the high court level after five other similar rulings deeming it as unconstitutional.
Friday’s ruling was a painful setback for LGBTQ+ su...

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Japan to Tighten Screening of Foreigners’ Residential Status by Providing Information of Nonpayment of Taxes

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The government will share with local authorities information related to the nonpayment of taxes and social insurance premiums by foreign residents through the My Number identification card system, as part of efforts to strengthen screening, according to sources close to the governmen...

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Japan Upper House Panel Votes to Lower Gasoline Tax

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NIPPON
 
Japan's House of Councillors Financial Affairs Committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge of 25.1 yen per liter, effective Dec. 31.
The legislation is expected to be passed into law at a plenary meeting of the upper chamber of t...

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Town In Miyagi Retracts Latest AI-Generated Bear Image

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A Japanese town deleted a social media post warning of a bear sighting after discovering that a picture it had received showing the fearsome creature was AI-generated.
Similar fake images have been circulating online as fear of bears runs high in the country, where the animals have ...

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Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Closing Ceremony Held in Shibuya

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics, sponsored by The Yomiuri Shimbun and others, was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday.
This was the first time in its 100-year history that the Deaflympics were held in Japan. About 280,000 s...

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