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Japan to Scrap Rice Crop Yield Index

  • Category:Gourmet
NIPPON
 
The Japanese agriculture ministry on Monday announced the abolition of the rice crop yield index, effective with this year's harvest.
The step comes as rice farmers have complained that the country's current statistics do not match their firsthand experience of growing the staple. Some h...

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High Prices Squeeze Hospitals In Japan, 60% Now In The Red

  • Category:Other
ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
The effects are becoming apparent as some hospitals are reducing medical services or not replacing aging medical equipment.
Rising prices and labor costs are causing hospitals nationwide to suffer financial difficulties. The effects are becoming apparent as some hospitals are ...

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Half Of A Lifetime Devoted To Developing Relations Between Indonesia And Japan

  • Category:Experience
KOBE UNIVERSITY
 
KOBAYASHI Kazunori, Chairperson, Indonesia Japan Friendship Association
It’s been 43 years since KOBAYASHI Kazunori was first assigned to work in Indonesia as a trading company employee. For nearly half of his life, he’s poured his energy into promoting exchange with Japan from ...

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Now, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, UK, Germany, and France. And Other Countries Enjoying A 240-Hour Visa-Free Transit to China

  • Category:Tourism
TRAVEL AND TOUR WORLD
 
China has officially extended its 240-hour (10-day) visa-free transit policy to travelers from 55 countries, including Indonesia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Japan.
Effective June 12, 2025, this expansion aims to promote tourism and business exchanges ...

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Japan PM Ishiba Expected To Discuss Tariffs With Trump At G7

  • Category:Event
NHK
 
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is scheduled to arrive in Canada on Sunday to attend the Group of 7 summit of world leaders. He is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump to discuss tariffs.
G7 leaders are seen addressing urgent issues, such as the escalating conflict in the ...

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Japan Team Creates Device To Measure Dizziness Symptoms In Children

  • Category:Other
KYODO NEWS
 
Graduate school students in Japan have developed a device to easily measure symptoms of orthostatic dysregulation, a disorder common among children that causes them physical difficulty getting up in the morning and dizziness when standing.
The team at Nagoya University's graduate sch...

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Sakuranesia Hosts Indonesia-Japan Cultural Dialogue At Osaka Expo

  • Category:Event
ANTARA NEWS
 
The Sakuranesia Foundation is strengthening cultural ties between Indonesia and Japan through a cultural dialogue at the 2025 Osaka Expo at the Indonesia Pavilion in Kansai, Japan.
Founder of Sakuranesia Foundation, Tovic Rustam, confirmed in Jakarta on Friday that the event feature...

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Govt, LDP Discuss Increasing Taxation on Foreign Visitors; Abolition of Tourist’s Consumption Tax Exemption Urged

  • Category:Tourism
JAPAN NEWS
 
There are growing discussions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party about how to tax the rapidly increasing number of foreign visitors to Japan more effectively. The LDP argues that abolishing the consumption tax exemption and raising the International Tourist Tax (departure tax...

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Japan Instructs Airlines To Check Boeing 787s After Air India Crash

  • Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's transport ministry said Friday it has instructed Japanese airlines operating Boeing 787s to inspect them following the fatal crash of an Air India 787-8.
In the instruction dated Thursday, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism called on All Nippon Airwa...

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Japan to Move Up Auctions for Imported Rice

  • Category:Gourmet
NIPPON
 
The Japanese government will hold the first round of annual auctions earlier than usual for rice imported under a minimum market access agreement as part of efforts to stabilize rice prices, agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Thursday.
This year’s first auction for rice as staple...

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