KYODO NEWS
 
Wholesale prices in Japan surged 10.0 percent in April from a year earlier, marking the sharpest gain on record, amid surging energy and raw-material costs following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the yen's steep fall, Bank of Japan data showed Monday.
The prices of goods traded be...

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NHK
 
Japan's three biggest convenience store chains are expanding their offerings of household goods, hoping to take advantage of a growing trend caused by the pandemic.
Lawson began selling about 200 items from the Muji brand this month, including products like cosmetics, stationery, and socks....

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Last month we reported on the curious case of one man receiving 46.3 million yen in 100,000-yen COVID-19 relief payments intended for 463 households in the town of Abu, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
At the time, the mayor apologized for the clerical error that led to the mistake and was pur...

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CNN
 
 
The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of US occupation and its return to Japan with ceremonies and celebrations amid growing worry about its proximity to an increasingly assertive China.
Okinawa, a string of tropical islands off far southwes...

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NHK
 
Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba have agreed on the need for continued international sanctions against Russia.
The two met on Friday on the sidelines of the Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in Germany.
Hayashi welcomed Kuleba's...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Infection with the omicron variant of the coronavirus may have a role in recent cases of severe acute hepatitis in children, according to new research presented at a health ministry panel meeting Wednesday.
Kyoto University professor Hiroshi Nishiura told the ministry’s coronavirus ...

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TEMPO
 
The Japanese government is planning to raise the cap on new arrivals per day from overseas to 20,000 people per day in June, local media said Wednesday, May 11.
According to public broadcaster NHK, Japan's government is arranging to double the cap on arrivals from overseas to 20,000 peopl...

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NHK
 
 
The European Union says it wants to take a more active role in the Indo-Pacific. That was one of the main take-aways from Thursday's meeting between Japan's prime minister and EU leaders.
European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka is departing IMG and launching her own sports agency with agent Stuart Duguid, Sportico reported Wednesday.
Japan's Osaka, the highest-paid female athlete in the world for several years, told the sports-business publication in an e-mail that...

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SORA NEWS
 
 
Haniwa and dogu are now available in plushie form!
It seems there’s just no limit to the weird and wonderful world of capsule toys — anything you can imagine, there’s probably a capsule toy version of it out there somewhere.
The latest capsule toy to hit the shelves and capture our ...

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