Truck makers Hino and Mitsubishi Fuso to merge, start operations in April 2026

Truck makers Hino and Mitsubishi Fuso to merge, start operations in April 2026

Japanese truck makers Hino Motors and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus announced on June 10 that they will integrate and st...

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Hot springs town Hakone seeks lodging tax to deal with influx of tourists

Hot springs town Hakone seeks lodging tax to deal with influx of tourists

S/ Hakone Mayor Katsumata Hiroyuki / As for the community development that our town envisions, a truly necessary and mos...

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Japan's 2024 total fertility rate at record-low 1.15, births fall under 700,000

Japan's 2024 total fertility rate at record-low 1.15, births fall under 700,000

Japan's total fertility rate, or the average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime, dropped to a record-l...

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Japan's economic policy draft seeks economic growth driven by wage increases

Japan's economic policy draft seeks economic growth driven by wage increases

A draft of the Japanese government's annual Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform rejects tax reduct...

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Nippon Steel invests in electric furnaces amid Trumps US Steel deal

Nippon Steel invests in electric furnaces amid Trumps US Steel deal

Nippon Steel announced on May 30 its decision to move forward with converting domestic blast furnaces to electric arc fu...

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Japan, US have trade talks over phone

Japan, US have trade talks over phone

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru / It was very meaningful that, without much time from last week's exchange, we ha...

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Council urges govt to secure fiscal space to deal with Trump tariffs

Council urges govt to secure fiscal space to deal with Trump tariffs

S/ Masuda Hiroya, Fiscal System Council member / To enable adequate responses to emergencies that could occur in the fut...

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Nissan factory shutdown shocks workers and locals

Nissan factory shutdown shocks workers and locals

Nissan employees and locals living near factories that were announced to shut down say they are “concerned” over the new...

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Japan's 3 megabanks report record net profit for fiscal 2024

Japan's 3 megabanks report record net profit for fiscal 2024

Japan's three megabanks each reported a record net profit for fiscal 2024 that ended in March this year as their core ba...

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Japanese supermarket chain to start selling American rice

Japanese supermarket chain to start selling American rice

George Glass, U.S. Ambassador to Japan: And we know that Japanese consumers are going to appreciate a product that meets...

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