Shinkansen bullet train sought for overlooked Shikoku in western Japan
Officials from Shikoku gathered in Tokyo on August 21 to rally for shinkansen services to be extended to Japan’s smalles...
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Convenience stores strategize rice product sales as costs continue to rise
FamilyMart announced on August 21 four types of collaboration onigiri or rice balls between popular onigiri restaurant B...
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Serial public restroom damage amounts to 800,000 yen in repairs
Residents in Niigata city in central Japan often enjoy this area for walks and cycling as a place of leisure.However, so...
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Over 300 public-private cooperation projects between Japan and Africa unveiled
Officials announced more than 300 economic cooperation projects involving the public and private sectors of Japan and Af...
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Foreign tourists and foreign workers on the rise in Japan
The Japan National Tourism Organization announced that the number of foreign visitors to Japan for the month of July rea...
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TICAD 9 kicks off, PM Ishiba proposes new economic zone
The Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, also known as TICAD, kicked off in Yokohama on August 2...
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Convenience store Ministop halts in-store prepared food sales over incorrect expiry labels
Japanese convenience store chain Ministop announced that it has suspended sales of onigiri (rice balls) and other items ...
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Toyota forecasts 1.4 trillion yen drop in profits from weight of US tariffs
Toyota Motor announced in a forecast revision an expected 1.4 trillion yen decrease in operating profits for fiscal 2025...
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Panasonic announces AI rice cooker amidst Japans rice crisis
S/ Katayama Keiko, Reporter/ This rice is made with AI. This is made without AI. The rice made without AI seems to have ...
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Japan to shift toward increasing rice production after admitting shortage
S/ Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister / We had determined that the rice production volume was sufficient. Things like this b...
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