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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NAVAL NEWS
 
 The modifications to JS Kaga began on 24 March 2022 at the Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, located in the western part of Japan's Honshu Island.
DDH "Kaga" is being modified in order to operate the F-35B fighter.
The battleship Yamato (once the prid...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A Russian sign showing directions in a Tokyo train station that had been covered with a sheet of paper last week following complaints from passengers upset at Russia's invasion of Ukraine was uncovered Friday by the rail operator.
East Japan Railway Co (JR East) reversed its decisio...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s population totaled 125,502,000 as of Oct. 1, down 644,000 from a year earlier to mark the biggest decline on record in the rapidly graying nation, government data showed Friday.
The population dipped for the 11th consecutive year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's population totaled 125,502,000 as of Oct. 1, down 644,000 from a year earlier, marking the biggest decline on record as stricter border controls over the coronavirus pandemic reduce the entry of foreign residents, government data showed Friday.
The tally, which also includes...

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KYODO NEWS
 
 
Japan's lower house on Thursday passed bills that will strip Russia of its "most-favored nation" trade status and prevent it from transacting in cryptocurrencies, clearing the way for the legislative revisions for tougher sanctions by the end of the current parliamentary session in...

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