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More profit-making companies cutting jobs in Japan
Some experts say the long-held belief in long-term employment among Japanese companies is changing in the face of competition with foreign companies.
Source: The Japan Times
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Rice prices remain high in Japan even after stockpile releases
The country's staple food law stipulates that releases of government-stockpiled rice be used to cover "supply shortages due to falling production."
Source: The Japan Times
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Sakura Totoro is here to get spring started early with adorable pouches and plushies
Totoro is tickled pink, and so are we. Pretty much anyone with an interest in animated cinema can tell you that there’s a gray Totoro, and anime enthusiasts are well aware that there are blue and whit
Source: SoraNews24
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Japan's economy barely grows in Oct-Dec quarter as exports slow
Japan's economy expanded at an anemic 0.2% annual pace in the last quarter, the government reported Monday, with growth for all of 2025 at just 1.1%. Private consumption…
Source: Japan Today
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'Luffy' crime ring member sentenced to life in prison
Of the four arrested and indicted senior members of the crime ring, Toshiya Fujita, 41, was the second to receive a sentence.
Source: The Japan Times
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72-year-old man arrested for exposing his lower body on Sapporo subway
Police in Sapporo, Hokkaido, have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of public indecency. According to police, the man is suspected of exposing his lower body on a…
Source: Japan Today
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Man pleads not guilty to killing American man, Japanese wife and daughter on Christmas Day 2022
A man on trial for the murders of an American man and his wife and daughter in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, on Christmas Day in 2022, on Monday pleaded…
Source: Japan Today
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Japan rebuts China's renewed criticism of Takaichi remarks
The Japanese government rebuffed criticism made on the weekend by China's top diplomat Wang Yi that parliamentary remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on a Taiwan contingency challenge…
Source: Japan Today
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Poop is in full bloom at the Unko Museums for cherry blossom season
Spring is in the air. In Japan, it has long stood as a symbol of both nature’s boundless fertility and its delicate transience, serving as a regular reminder that all is not long for the world and yet
Source: SoraNews24
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Calbee Flavored Rubik's Cubes Coming Soon!
Japan's MegaHouse partners with Calbee to release potato chip-themed Rubik's Cubes and Jagariko Shock!!! Mini games. These miniature, keychain-ready puzzles feature popular flavors like Light Salt and Pizza Potato, perfect for on-the-go fun.
Source: SoraNews24
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