Meta reacts to scam ads on its platforms

Meta reacts to scam ads on its platforms

Fake ads and scams on Meta are serious in Japan. Many celebrities including a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur are furi...

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New Travel option -Private compartments for Bullet train -Tokaido Shinkansen

New Travel option -Private compartments for Bullet train -Tokaido Shinkansen

Photo Credit JR TokaiCentral Japan Railway, or JR Tokai for short, announced on April 17 that it will set private compar...

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Osaka Expo's foreign pavilions to decrease to around 40

Osaka Expo's foreign pavilions to decrease to around 40

Osaka Governor Yoshimura Hirofumi said on April 16 that the number of foreign pavilions to be built independently by par...

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Japan probes Google on suspicion of antitrust violation

Japan probes Google on suspicion of antitrust violation

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has been probing Google on suspicion that the major US IT company may have violated the an...

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OpenAI launches first Asian office in Tokyo

OpenAI launches first Asian office in Tokyo

US firm OpenAI, which develops conversational AI system such as ChatGPT, launched its first Asian office in Tokyo on Apr...

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TEPCO to start loading nuclear fuel into reactor in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

TEPCO to start loading nuclear fuel into reactor in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Tokyo Electric Power Company will start loading nuclear fuel into the No. 7 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear po...

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Japanese authorities to "consider all options" in response to weak yen

Japanese authorities to "consider all options" in response to weak yen

S/ Suzuki Shunichi, Japanese finance minister: We would like to respond appropriately to excessive movements without eli...

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Microsoft announces nearly $3-billion investment in Japan

Microsoft announces nearly $3-billion investment in Japan

Microsoft President Bradford Smith announced on April 9 that his company will invest 2.9 billion dollars on projects in ...

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 Japan facing "2024 Crisis" - services struggling to fight with changes

Japan facing "2024 Crisis" - services struggling to fight with changes

Japan is known for its great services but that may change this year.The 2024 Problem is serious. It comes from the count...

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Japan's version of ridesharing starts in Tokyo

Japan's version of ridesharing starts in Tokyo

Ridesharing, in which ordinary drivers use their own cars to carry passengers for a fee, started in Tokyo for the first ...

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