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Starbucks Japan Releases New Convenience-Store Exclusive Drink

  • Category:Cafe
JAPAN TODAY
 
Back in 2005, Starbucks gave fans in Japan a new way to enjoy their drinks, by releasing a new “chilled cup” series of ready-made beverages exclusively available at convenience stores.
Now, 20 years later, there’s a new chilled cup coming our way to celebrate the arrival of summer, ...

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Japan Halts Some Brazil Chicken Imports after Bird Flu Outbreak

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NIPPON
 
Japan has temporarily stopped importing chicken meat and eggs from the city of Monte Negro, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, following the confirmation of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the city.
Japan’s imports of live chickens from the whole Rio...

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Japan PM Hits Out At Farm Minister Over Free Rice Claim

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RFI
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday reprimanded the farm minister for claiming he never buys rice because he gets it free, provoking the ire of consumers facing soaring prices.
Japan's government has released some of its emergency stockpile of the grain in recent months, with ...

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Japan To Launch Prescreening Of Visa-Free Travelers In FY 2028

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan will launch prearrival screening of visa-free travelers in fiscal 2028, as the government aims to boost its booming inbound tourism further, according to the Justice Ministry.
The government is looking to raise the efficiency of the process by introducing screening modeled on t...

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Dentists Pass Japan-Style Oral Health Care To Children In Vietnam

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Dentists from Aichi Prefecture are working in Vietnam on an initiative to introduce the Japanese system of conducting dental checkups in school to help solve the high rate of tooth decay among children in the country.
As well as visiting schools to conduct checkups to prevent caviti...

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Seven-Eleven Japan Testing Delivery Robots

  • Category:Driving
NIPPON
 
Amid a serious truck driver shortage, convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. began a trial delivery service using robots on public roads in Tokyo's western suburb on Monday.
In the experimental project involving two stores in the city of Hachioji, two robots at each outlet carry ...

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Japan's Fuji Media Posts Its 1st Net Loss in FY 2024

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NIPPON
 
Japan's Fuji Media Holdings Inc. on Friday reported a consolidated net loss of 20.1 billion yen for fiscal 2024, its first red ink since becoming a holding company in 2008.
Fuji Media, which had logged 37 billion yen in profit a year earlier, saw many sponsors leave scandal-embattled cor...

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Japan, South Korea Plan Fast-Track Entry System For Tourists For Anniv.

  • Category:Tourism
KYODO NEWS
 
Japan and South Korea plan to set up dedicated entry lanes for tourists visiting each other's countries at four airports in June to speed up the immigration process, as the month marks the 60th anniversary of the normalization of their diplomatic ties, government sources said Friday....

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Indonesia Introduces Its Carbon Trading Potential To Japan

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ANTARA NEWS
 
The Indonesian Forestry Entrepreneurs Association (APHI) is intensifying efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change by introducing Indonesia’s huge potential for tropical forest-based carbon trading at this year’s World Expo Osaka, Japan.
In a business forum attended by stake...

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Japan, EU to Expand Mutual Recognition of Organic Food

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NIPPON
 
Japan and the European Union will expand their mutual recognition arrangement for organic food so that a wider range of products can be labeled as organic food for trade between the economies.
The new list will include alcoholic beverages such as sake, livestock products and processed li...

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