Seven Eleven Japan to add lockers for e-commerce

Seven Eleven Japan to add lockers for e-commerce

Convenience store Seven-Eleven will set up lockers where customers can pick up packages delivered by Yamato Transport.

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Japan's unemployment rate falls to 22-year low

Japan's unemployment rate falls to 22-year low

The unemployment rate in Japan falls to the lowest level in about 22 years.

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Evacuation order lifted in 3 areas in Fukushima

Evacuation order lifted in 3 areas in Fukushima

The Japanese government has lifted evacuation orders in some parts of Fukushima near the nuclear power plant.

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Changing Japan's overtime culture

Changing Japan's overtime culture

Japanese work culture is synonymous with armies of office workers in dark suits doing endless overtime. Politicians and ...

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Young man hopes to spread 'Japanese Tip'

Young man hopes to spread 'Japanese Tip'

Cash tipping isn't done in Japan, so a young man has come up with a different way of saying thanks--the 'Japanese Tip.'

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Toshiba gets approval for chip unit sale

Toshiba gets approval for chip unit sale

Toshiba moves to sell its profitable memory chip unit amid huge losses.

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Reps don new folding helmets for quake drill

Reps don new folding helmets for quake drill

Members of Japan's house of representatives drill for an earthquake using a new folding helmet.

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Fast Retailing chief blasts Trump policies

Fast Retailing chief blasts Trump policies

Fast Retailing president Tadashi Yanai says President Donald Trump's policies could spur Uniqlo to pull out of the US ma...

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Fukushima town opens mall to welcome residents home

Fukushima town opens mall to welcome residents home

A mall opens in a town near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Snow corridor open for 2 days

Snow corridor open for 2 days

A beautiful snow corridor with eight-meter walls in northern Japan is open to the public for just two days.

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