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Japan To Mandate Protective Steps For Firms Against Abusive Customers

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's cabinet has approved an amended bill requiring companies to adopt protective measures against overbearing or abusive behavior from business clients or the public.
The bill mandates that firms establish clear rules against abuse and set up a system for victims to file complai...

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Japan Oct.-Dec. GDP Revised Down to 2.2 Pct Annual Rise

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan’s gross domestic product in October-December last year increased 0.6 pct from the previous quarter in price-adjusted real terms, or 2.2 pct at an annual rate, the Cabinet Office said in a revised report Tuesday.
The figures marked a downward revision from the preliminary rises ...

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Japan Auctions Emergency Rice Reserves As Prices Soar

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THE JAKARTA POST
 
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The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple.
Rice shortages driven by factors from poor harvests caused by hot weather to panic-buying over a "megaquake" warning...

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Japan's Territory Museum To Reopen In April After Renovation

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NIPPON
 
Japan's National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty is set to reopen in mid-April after renovation.
The government will update the museum's displays for the Northern Territories, or the four Russian-controlled northeastern Pacific islands, and the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea t...

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Japan To Set Up Framework With Pacific Island Nations

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Devavesi Waqa are expected to agree on establishing the framework in their talks scheduled to be held in Tokyo on Monday.
The government plans to establish a framework for dialogue with the Pacifi...

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Japan Box Office: Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales Debuts at No.1

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CRUNCHY ROLL
 
 
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales, the 44th theatrical film from the Doraemon anime franchise, opened in 383 theaters in Japan on March 7 and made a first-place debut in its first weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha.
The film beat the award-winning American musical ...

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LDP To Revise Draft Budget After PM Ishiba's Policy Turnaround

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided to revise the draft budget for the next fiscal year starting in April after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reversed course on his plan to increase patients' share of medical costs, people close to the matter said Saturday.
While the pow...

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Japan Bullet Train Services Halted 3 Hrs After Train Cars Decouple

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KYODO NEWS
 
A bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line made an emergency stop near a station in Tokyo on Thursday after two cars decoupled, leading to a 3-hour suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan, the railway operator said.
The decoupling has raised safety concerns among the p...

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Japan's Princess Kako To Visit Brazil In June To Mark 130 Yrs Of Ties

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, will travel to Brazil in early June to promote ties between the two countries that this year mark 130 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday.
The younger daughter of Crown P...

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Thousands Evacuated As Japan's Biggest Fire In Decades Continues To Burn

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BBC
 
Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades.
At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acres around the northern Japanese city of Ofunato since Thursday, according to the Fire and Disaster Ma...

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