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Domino’s Pizza Launches ‘Sanchoku Pizza’ Series Spotlighting Local Farm-Fresh Ingredients

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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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Japan Train Driver Awarded 45 Cents In Docked Wages For 1-Min. Delay

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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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Japan Fast-Food Chain Yoshinoya Fires Official Over Sexist Comments

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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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Japan Bans Imports Of 38 Products From Russia

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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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Yoshinoya Beef Bowl Chain Exec Dismissed Over Sexist Remarks

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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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Railways Improving Hubs Linked To Haneda Airport

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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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Yen Tumbles To 128 Against Dollar In Longest-Ever Losing Streak

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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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Japan's Foreign Minister To Visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan To Discuss Ukraine

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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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Japan Starts Conversion Work on Second Izumo-class DDH

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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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Russian-Language Sign At Station In Tokyo Back On View After Being Covered Up

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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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