159 Japanese head to China on charter flight
Nearly 160 Japanese people fly from Narita airport east of Tokyo to China's Guangzhou on a chartered flight. They includ...
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Japan's household spending has continued to fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. But "nest spending" is a silver lining f...
read moreTuna quality assessment app
Sushi restaurant chain operator Kura Sushi introduces an app that uses artificial intelligence to assess the quality of ...
read moreJapan's May household spending down 16.2%
Japan's household spending for May tumbles 16.2 percent from the previous year, renewing the record year-on-year fall se...
read morePaid plastic bags - wake up call for environment issues
Japan mandates businesses to charge customers for plastic shopping bags as part of efforts to tackle plastic waste. Stor...
read moreEligible Toyota employees to permanently work from home
Toyota Motor will allow eligible employees to permanently work from home. Until now workers needed special permission to...
read more20,000 yen for a single heart-shaped cherry
A box of premium heart-shaped cherries sells for 300,000 yen at an auction in Aomori Prefecture. That makes a single Jun...
read moreJapan's land prices rise for 5th straight year
Japan's land prices increase 1.6 percent on average year on year, rising for the fifth year in a row.
read moreStores begin charging customers for plastic bags
Many stores in Japan begin charging customers for plastic shopping bags as part of the government's efforts to reduce pl...
read moreTokyo Disneyland and DisneySea reopen
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea reopen after a four-month hiatus to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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