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Yokohama’s Green X Expo 2027 Faces Challenges Of Increasing Construction Costs, Low Public Awareness

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The International Horticultural Expo 2027, billed “the next World Expo” to be held in Japan, is set to open in Yokohama next March but faces many challenges, such as soaring construction costs amid growing tensions in the Middle East and a lack of public awareness.
The venue for the ...

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Japan PM Shows Support For Pakistani Efforts To Mediate U.S., Iran Conflict

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday she conveyed her support for Pakistan's mediation efforts in the U.S.-Iran conflict during phone talks with the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, after recent peace negotiations between the warring parties in Islamabad yielded...

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Japan Voices Hope for Early U.S.-Iran Deal

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara expressed hope for an early U.S.-Iran agreement to end their conflict on Monday, after Washington and Tehran failed to reach an agreement over the weekend.
"We hope they reach a final agreement soon," the top Japanese government spokesman sa...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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