"Nest spending" boosts Japan consumption

"Nest spending" boosts Japan consumption

Japan's household spending has continued to fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. But "nest spending" is a silver lining f...

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Tuna quality assessment app

Tuna quality assessment app

Sushi restaurant chain operator Kura Sushi introduces an app that uses artificial intelligence to assess the quality of ...

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Japan's May household spending down 16.2%

Japan'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...

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Paid plastic bags - wake up call for environment issues

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

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

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 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

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 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

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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