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McDonald's Japan Stops Using Paper Suctions In The Middle Of This Month

  • Category:Gourmet
VOI ID
 
McDonald's fast food chain in Japan plans to stop using work straws around 3,000 outlets across Japan, responding to customer dissatisfaction with the drinking experience.
McDonald's will stop using the paper straw, which was introduced in 2022, by starting using a new design of drink ca...

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Small Tokyo Bookstore Building Bridges With Korean Literature

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JAPAN TODAY
 
On a quiet street in Tokyo's Jimbocho district, known for its secondhand bookstores and publishing houses, one shop stands out: Chekccori.
The store's shelves are lined with Korean literature translated into Japanese, as well as works in the original language. It has become a gather...

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Japan Govt Panel Suggests Minimum Access Rice Sales for Staple Food

  • Category:Gourmet
NIPPON
 
Japan's Fiscal System Council, which advises the finance minister, proposed at a subcommittee meeting on Friday that the government considers sales of minimum access rice for staple food as long as they do not affect markets.
Currently, the Japanese government sells most such rice at low...

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Japanese Film Festival 2025 Expands Reach Across Nine Indonesia Cities

  • Category:Event
RRI
 
The 2025 Japanese Film Festival (JFF) officially opened on Thursday, November 6, 2025, as a cultural platform aimed at deepening ties between Indonesia and Japan. 
This year’s edition features 15 carefully curated films spanning diverse genres and themes, screened in nine major cities acros...

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Visitors to Buddhist Sculptor Unkei Exhibition in Tokyo Surpass 200,000; View Works from Kohfukuji Temple in Nara

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The number of visitors to the exhibition “Expressing Prayer, Capturing Form: Buddhist Sculptures by Unkei from the Northern Round Hall of Kohfukuji Temple” at the Tokyo National Museum in Taito Ward, Tokyo, surpassed 200,000 on Wednesday.
The museum celebrated the occasion with a cer...

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Takaichi Pledges Japan's Continued Support To Ukraine In 1st Phone Talks With Zelenskyy

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday pledged continued support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion during her first phone talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since taking office last month.
During the 30-minute conversation, Takaichi said...

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Beautiful Totoro Bento Box Mixes Classic And Modern Symbols Of Japan

  • Category:Shopping
JAPAN TODAY
 
Film critics and commentators have often drawn parallels between "My Neighbor Totoro" and aspects of Japan’s religious beliefs and folklore, particularly the concept of spirits and deities being present in the natural environment.
But while the title character is a forest spirit, an...

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Japan Sends Troops To Combat Deadly Wave Of Bear Attacks

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CNA
 
Japan's military deployed troops to the country's mountainous north on Wednesday (Nov 5) to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of attacks.
The operation began in the town of Kazuno, where residents for weeks have been told to avoid ...

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Japanese Experts Warn Of Rapid Spread Of Foreign Bookworm

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NHK
 
Japanese experts are warning of the rapid spread of a foreign species of bookworm that eats paper and causes damage to ancient documents.
Ctenolepisma calvum, also known as ghost silverfish, is about one-centimeter long and is indigenous to Europe and Central America.
It is known as one of ...

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JIP Co-Leader Fujita Stops Outsourcing To Secretary's Firm After Kickback Report

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said that he will stop outsourcing work to a company headed by his secretary following a report alleging a tax money kickback.
The allegation was raised by the Sunday edition o...

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