JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan confirmed 43,967 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, down by some 3,600 from a week before.
New COVID-19 fatalities across the country came to 35, while the number of very ill coronavirus patients fell by four from Friday to 203.
Tokyo confirmed 5,387 new cases, down by 1,410 f...

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SORA NEWS
 
Passengers asked to take their trash home with them.
Many people have been surprised by the paradox of Tokyo having very little litter but also very few trashcans.
Finding a receptacle in the city is about to get even harder, though, as the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Global fast food chains often create dishes inspired by a country’s local cuisine when setting up shop there, and Japan is no exception.
For example, Japanese branches of Domino’s Pizza have been known to serve up mentai toppings and even unveiled a Pizza Rice Bowl to try to entice ...

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KYODO NEWS
 
A Japanese court Tuesday ordered West Japan Railway Co. to posthumously return 56 yen ($0.45) it had deducted from the pay of one of its train drivers over a one-minute delay in 2020.
While the Okayama District Court ruled that the pay cut by the Okayama branch of the operator known ...

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CNA
 
One of Japan's most popular fast-food firms said on Tuesday (Apr 19) that it had fired a top executive who reportedly suggested a marketing strategy of getting "virgins addicted" to the company's products.
Yoshinoya, which operates a chain of restaurants serving cheap beef bowls in Japan an...

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NHK
 
Japan has introduced an import ban on 38 products from Russia as an additional measure over the country's invasion of Ukraine. It's the first time Tokyo has imposed an import ban in connection with the conflict.
The products include alcoholic beverages such as vodka, as well as lumber-relat...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A managing director for gyudon beef bowl restaurant chain Yoshinoya Co has been dismissed over inappropriate remarks about young women made at a university-hosted lecture, the parent company said Tuesday.
Masaaki Ito, 49, also an executive officer at the parent company, Yoshinoya Ho...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Tokyo Monorail and its rival Keikyu Line, both of which travel directly between Haneda Airport and central Tokyo, are redeveloping the areas around their hub stations in a bid to attract more passengers.
East Japan Railway Co. will open a new line stretching between Haneda Airpor...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The yen posted its longest losing streak in at least half a century on bets further divergence between U.S. and Japanese interest rates is inevitable.
The yen fell to the ¥128 range against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo Tuesday, marking a fresh 20-year-low after breaking the ¥127 line in...

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NHK
 
Japan's Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa plans to visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to call for cooperation over the situation in Ukraine.
Government officials say they are adjusting schedules for the minister to visit the two former Soviet republics in Central Asia.
The trip is scheduled d...

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