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2025 Expo Osaka: Visitor Surge Expected in Latter Half as Increased Ticket Sales Not Leading to More Attendance Yet
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JAPAN NEWS
With a month having passed since the opening of the Osaka-Kansai Expo on April 13, ticket sales, sluggish during advance sales, have turned around, showing signs of hope for achieving a profit in operating revenue.
However, the number of visitors is currently at 60% of the projected ...
With a month having passed since the opening of the Osaka-Kansai Expo on April 13, ticket sales, sluggish during advance sales, have turned around, showing signs of hope for achieving a profit in operating revenue.
However, the number of visitors is currently at 60% of the projected ...
- 12/5 18:50
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Japan's Oldest Sake Brand Determined To Keep Taste Unchanged
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JAPAN TODAY
Although Japan's sake industry faces a crisis with falling domestic consumption, the country's oldest brand, Kenbishi, is unbending in its commitment to the old ways, seeing it as the best guarantor of quality.
In the staff dining room at the brewing facility of Kenbishi Sake Brewin...
Although Japan's sake industry faces a crisis with falling domestic consumption, the country's oldest brand, Kenbishi, is unbending in its commitment to the old ways, seeing it as the best guarantor of quality.
In the staff dining room at the brewing facility of Kenbishi Sake Brewin...
- 12/5 18:08
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Suspicious Plastic Bottle Containing Black Liquid Found on Tokaido Shinkansen Train; Police Working to Identify Contents
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JAPAN NEWS
Services of a Kodama train were disrupted on Sunday after a suspicious object was found onboard.
A passenger on the train, which was bound for Nagoya on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, found the suspicious object on a seat at around 0:30 p.m. and reported it to a conductor.
The train st...
Services of a Kodama train were disrupted on Sunday after a suspicious object was found onboard.
A passenger on the train, which was bound for Nagoya on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, found the suspicious object on a seat at around 0:30 p.m. and reported it to a conductor.
The train st...
- 11/5 18:25
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Ishiba Wary Of Pre-Election Inflation-Fighting Consumption Tax Cut
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JAPAN TODAY
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed caution about a consumption tax cut as an inflation relief step on Sunday, suggesting such a reduction in tax revenue would cause a serious drain on state coffers.
Senior officials of his administration and ruling Liberal Democratic Party have...
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed caution about a consumption tax cut as an inflation relief step on Sunday, suggesting such a reduction in tax revenue would cause a serious drain on state coffers.
Senior officials of his administration and ruling Liberal Democratic Party have...
- 11/5 17:37
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Japan Congratulates New Pope; Aso May Attend Inaugural Mass
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JAPAN TODAY
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has sent a congratulatory message on the election of Pope Leo XIV as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, saying he hopes to foster Japan-Vatican ties and work together for global peace.
Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings also welcomed t...
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has sent a congratulatory message on the election of Pope Leo XIV as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, saying he hopes to foster Japan-Vatican ties and work together for global peace.
Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings also welcomed t...
- 10/5 21:22
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Inappropriate Transactions Found at Japan Airport Terminal
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NIPPON
An investigation committee set up by Japan Airport Terminal Co. said Friday that a subsidiary engaged in inappropriate transactions that benefited a consultant firm headed by the 52-year-old son of Makoto Koga, former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The panel ...
An investigation committee set up by Japan Airport Terminal Co. said Friday that a subsidiary engaged in inappropriate transactions that benefited a consultant firm headed by the 52-year-old son of Makoto Koga, former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The panel ...
- 10/5 20:50
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Rice Planting Starts At Quake-Hit Shiroyone Senmaida In Japan's Noto Peninsula
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NHK
Farmers and volunteers started planting rice on Saturday at terraced paddies on the coast of the Noto Peninsula, central Japan, which were hit by a powerful earthquake and torrential downpours last year.
The picturesque Shiroyone Senmaida in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which consists ...
Farmers and volunteers started planting rice on Saturday at terraced paddies on the coast of the Noto Peninsula, central Japan, which were hit by a powerful earthquake and torrential downpours last year.
The picturesque Shiroyone Senmaida in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which consists ...
- 10/5 20:06
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Gov't Urges Caution Over Japan Pleasure Flights Near Senkaku Islands
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KYODO NEWS
The government on Friday urged caution after a small Japanese civilian plane was spotted near uninhabited islets in the East China Sea, around the same time a Chinese helicopter violated Japanese airspace in the vicinity last week.
While Japanese aircraft operating in the country's a...
The government on Friday urged caution after a small Japanese civilian plane was spotted near uninhabited islets in the East China Sea, around the same time a Chinese helicopter violated Japanese airspace in the vicinity last week.
While Japanese aircraft operating in the country's a...
- 9/5 15:13
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Japan's Princess Kako to visit Brazil from June 4
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JAPAN TIMES
Princess Kako will make an official visit to Brazil for two weeks from June 4, according to a plan approved by the Japanese government at a Cabinet meeting on Friday.
During her stay in Brazil, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko will attend a ceremo...
Princess Kako will make an official visit to Brazil for two weeks from June 4, according to a plan approved by the Japanese government at a Cabinet meeting on Friday.
During her stay in Brazil, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko will attend a ceremo...
- 8/5 15:55
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Whooping Cough Cases Still Surging In Japan
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NHK
Whooping cough cases are continuing to surge in Japan.
The Japan Institute for Health Security says medical institutions across the country reported 2,176 cases in the week through April 27, up 292 from the previous week.
The number of patients per week was the highest since the current met...
Whooping cough cases are continuing to surge in Japan.
The Japan Institute for Health Security says medical institutions across the country reported 2,176 cases in the week through April 27, up 292 from the previous week.
The number of patients per week was the highest since the current met...
- 7/5 20:50
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