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Krispy Kreme Releases A Special 'Tsukimi' Moon-Viewing Doughnut In Japan

  • Category:Gourmet
JAPAN TODAY
 
Krispy Kreme is world-famous for its original glazed doughnuts, but in Japan, where competition for doughnuts is fierce, the chain is consistently compelled to up its game with new limited-edition releases, and its latest is one of the best we’ve seen.
Called the Krispy Kreme Premiu...

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Upper House Election: Moriyama Says He’s Willing to Resign, Will Leave Final Decision to PM Ishiba Following Summary of July Election Defeat

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama announced on Tuesday that he is willing to resign from his post but that he would leave it to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to make the final decision.
Moriyama made the remark at a press conference after a general meeting o...

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Japan Govt to Support Cross-Prefectural Cooperation

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government Tuesday announced a system to support a new regional cooperation framework beyond prefectural boundaries.
The central government plans to provide grants and subsidies to help local governments and businesses pursue regional development initiatives, such as industr...

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Japan PM Ishiba Inspects Anti-Disaster Drill For Major Quake In And Around Tokyo

  • Category:Nature
NHK
 
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru inspected an anti-disaster drill on Disaster Prevention Day on Monday.
The drill was conducted based on the scenario that a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck with an intensity of upper six on the Japanese scale of zero to seven.
Ishiba visited a site in ...

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Woman Dies After Glider Crashes During Student Contest In Eastern Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
A woman was killed on Sunday in a crash during a university glider competition in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, local police said.
Police found the pilot, a woman believed to be in her 20s, at the crash site near the Tone River in Kumagaya after receiving an emergency call from a w...

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Japan Logs Hottest Summer on Record

  • Category:Nature
NIPPON
 
Japan logged its hottest summer ever this year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday.
The country's average temperature in June-August was 2.36 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-year average through 2020 for the three-month period, hitting the highest figure on record dating to 1...

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Japan's Agriculture Minister Predicts Rice Prices Will Stabilize

  • Category:Gourmet
NHK
 
Japan's agriculture minister says if his ministry's projections hold true, a substantial amount of new rice will enter the market, leading to stable retail prices.
Koizumi Shinjiro made the remark in an NHK debate program on Sunday.
The agriculture ministry announced on Friday that as of Au...

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Japan To Provide Aid To Syria For War-Affected People

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MEMO
 
Japan will provide the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) with $5.5 million for a project to improve living conditions in Syria, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
On Aug. 12, Japan and UN-Habitat signed an aid plan focused on rebuilding essential infrastructure ...

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Indonesia-Japan Discuss Repatriation of War Remains

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RRI
 
The Indonesian Ministry of Culture has met with Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Toshiko Abe, to discuss a repatriation protocol for the remains of Japanese soldiers who died in Indonesia during World War II. 
The meeting, which took place on Friday d...

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Japan Births Hit Fresh Low In First Half Of 2025

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The number of babies born in January-June fell 3.1% from a year earlier to 339,280 in Japan, hitting a new record low for the first half, the health ministry said Friday.
The January-June figure, including babies born to foreign nationals living in Japan and Japanese nationals livin...

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