Japanese YEN depreciates below 155 against US Dollar for first time since 1990

Japanese YEN depreciates below 155 against US Dollar for first time since 1990

The yen hit a new 34-year low against the US dollar on April 25, topping 155 yen per dollar for the first time since Jun...

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Godzilla to "attack" Tokyo in projection mapping

Godzilla to "attack" Tokyo in projection mapping

Godzilla is set to "attack" Tokyo in a projection mapping event at the metropolitan government's building starting late ...

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 Doctors file lawsuit against Google over false online reviews

Doctors file lawsuit against Google over false online reviews

Across Japan, many people use online reviews to find businesses such as restaurants, beauty salons, and the like. Unfort...

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 "GOLDEN WEEK" - Travel tips in Japan

"GOLDEN WEEK" - Travel tips in Japan

“Golden week” is a Japanese holiday period starting from the end of April to the beginning of May and one of the longest...

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Meta reacts to scam ads on its platforms

Meta reacts to scam ads on its platforms

Fake ads and scams on Meta are serious in Japan. Many celebrities including a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur are furi...

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New Travel option -Private compartments for Bullet train -Tokaido Shinkansen

New Travel option -Private compartments for Bullet train -Tokaido Shinkansen

Photo Credit JR TokaiCentral Japan Railway, or JR Tokai for short, announced on April 17 that it will set private compar...

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Osaka Expo's foreign pavilions to decrease to around 40

Osaka Expo's foreign pavilions to decrease to around 40

Osaka Governor Yoshimura Hirofumi said on April 16 that the number of foreign pavilions to be built independently by par...

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Japan probes Google on suspicion of antitrust violation

Japan probes Google on suspicion of antitrust violation

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has been probing Google on suspicion that the major US IT company may have violated the an...

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OpenAI launches first Asian office in Tokyo

OpenAI launches first Asian office in Tokyo

US firm OpenAI, which develops conversational AI system such as ChatGPT, launched its first Asian office in Tokyo on Apr...

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TEPCO to start loading nuclear fuel into reactor in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

TEPCO to start loading nuclear fuel into reactor in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Tokyo Electric Power Company will start loading nuclear fuel into the No. 7 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear po...

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