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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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Japanese authorities to "consider all options" in response to weak yen
S/ Suzuki Shunichi, Japanese finance minister: We would like to respond appropriately to excessive movements without eli...
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Microsoft announces nearly $3-billion investment in Japan
Microsoft President Bradford Smith announced on April 9 that his company will invest 2.9 billion dollars on projects in ...
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Japan facing "2024 Crisis" - services struggling to fight with changes
Japan is known for its great services but that may change this year.The 2024 Problem is serious. It comes from the count...
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Japan's version of ridesharing starts in Tokyo
Ridesharing, in which ordinary drivers use their own cars to carry passengers for a fee, started in Tokyo for the first ...
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Japan real wages decline for 23 consecutive months
Japan’s real wages, which reflect price movements in wages per worker, have declined for 23 consecutive months.The move ...
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ChatGPT developer to open first Asian base in Tokyo
ChatGPT developer OpenAI will open its first Asian base in Tokyo on April 15.
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2027 launch of Tokyo-Nagoya maglev train service in limbo
Central Japan Railway plans to give up on aiming to launch in 2027 a magnetic levitation railway service between Tokyo a...
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Hot spring facility heavily damaged by Noto Peninsula quake reopens
So-yu, a day-use hot spring in the Wakura Onsen area of Ishikawa Prefecture reopens for business for the first time in t...
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Bank of Japan ends negative interest rate in historic move
The Bank of Japan lifts its negative interest rate policy and raises interest rates for the first time in 17 years.
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