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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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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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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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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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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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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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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CATALAN NEWS
 
Week-long trip beginning on May 26 will also include a trip to South Korea
The Catalan president Salvador Illa will travel to Japan on May 26 for a week-long trip to "strengthen and expand" relations between Catalonia and the Asian country.  
Illa praised the "good relationship" Ca...

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ASIA NEWS
 
According to a senior government official, the United States has stated that the U.S.-China agreement will not set a precedent for other countries.
The government is concerned about the potential impact the agreement between the United States and China, which includes lowering their r...

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NIPPON
 
Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shigeo Yamada has expressed confidence in strengthening economic cooperation with Washington while showing concern about President Donald Trump's tariff measures against Japan.
The U.S. tariff measures "risk slowing the momentum" of bilateral coop...

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