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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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