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Japanese 'Salarymen' Inspire With Cheerleading Acrobatics

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JAPAN TODAY
 
It's a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that doesn't seem to worry Soichiro Kakimoto and 30 other young businessmen as they gear up for their weekend routine: cheerleading.
"Smile when times are tough!" shouts a ...

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Japan Expert Studies Bekantan Conservation On Curiak Island

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ANTARA NEWS
 
 
Banjarmasin, S Kalimatan (ANTARA) - Futoshi Ishiguri, associate professor researcher from Utsunomiya University, Japan, together with his team, Ikumi Nezu and Hikari Yokoyama, studied conservation efforts at Bekantan Research Station on Curiak Island, Barito Kuala District, South ...

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Paraguay's President to Visit Japan from Mon.

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NIPPON
 
The Japanese government has said that Paraguay's President Santiago Pena and his wife will visit Japan for five days from next Monday.
The president will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
During their stay in Japan, Pena and his wife will meet with Crown Prince Akis...

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2025 Expo Osaka: Visitor Surge Expected in Latter Half as Increased Ticket Sales Not Leading to More Attendance Yet

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JAPAN NEWS
 
With a month having passed since the opening of the Osaka-Kansai Expo on April 13, ticket sales, sluggish during advance sales, have turned around, showing signs of hope for achieving a profit in operating revenue.
However, the number of visitors is currently at 60% of the projected ...

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Japan's Oldest Sake Brand Determined To Keep Taste Unchanged

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Although Japan's sake industry faces a crisis with falling domestic consumption, the country's oldest brand, Kenbishi, is unbending in its commitment to the old ways, seeing it as the best guarantor of quality.
In the staff dining room at the brewing facility of Kenbishi Sake Brewin...

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Suspicious Plastic Bottle Containing Black Liquid Found on Tokaido Shinkansen Train; Police Working to Identify Contents

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Services of a Kodama train were disrupted on Sunday after a suspicious object was found onboard.
A passenger on the train, which was bound for Nagoya on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, found the suspicious object on a seat at around 0:30 p.m. and reported it to a conductor.
The train st...

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Ishiba Wary Of Pre-Election Inflation-Fighting Consumption Tax Cut

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed caution about a consumption tax cut as an inflation relief step on Sunday, suggesting such a reduction in tax revenue would cause a serious drain on state coffers.
Senior officials of his administration and ruling Liberal Democratic Party have...

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Japan Congratulates New Pope; Aso May Attend Inaugural Mass

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has sent a congratulatory message on the election of Pope Leo XIV as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, saying he hopes to foster Japan-Vatican ties and work together for global peace.
Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings also welcomed t...

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Inappropriate Transactions Found at Japan Airport Terminal

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NIPPON
 
 
An investigation committee set up by Japan Airport Terminal Co. said Friday that a subsidiary engaged in inappropriate transactions that benefited a consultant firm headed by the 52-year-old son of Makoto Koga, former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The panel ...

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Rice Planting Starts At Quake-Hit Shiroyone Senmaida In Japan's Noto Peninsula

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NHK
 
Farmers and volunteers started planting rice on Saturday at terraced paddies on the coast of the Noto Peninsula, central Japan, which were hit by a powerful earthquake and torrential downpours last year.
The picturesque Shiroyone Senmaida in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which consists ...

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