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Paid 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...
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Eligible 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...
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20,000 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...
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Japan'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.
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Stores 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...
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Tokyo 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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Japan's job availability drops 5 straight months
Job availability in Japan drops for the fifth consecutive month in May due to effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Starbucks to open first sign language store in Japan
Starbucks will open its first sign language store in Japan on Saturday.
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Toyota, 3 major banks invest in space industry
Toyota Motor and three major Japanese banks invest in a new fund for space development aimed at nurturing domestic start...
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Japan's Fugaku supercomputer ranked fastest in world
Japan's Fugaku supercomputer, developed jointly by Riken and Fujitsu, is ranked the fastest in the world.
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