Black watermelon fetches sweet price

Black watermelon fetches sweet price

A black Densuke watermelon sells for 500,000 yen (more than 4,500 dollars) as the year's first auctions of the fruit are...

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Haagen-Dazs recalls 2.74m cups over contaminants

Haagen-Dazs recalls 2.74m cups over contaminants

Haagen-Dazs Japan is recalling 2.74 million cups of ice cream after pieces of black rubber were found inside a product.

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Takahama No.3 reactor back online

Takahama No.3 reactor back online

Another of Japan's nuclear reactors is restarted, bringing to 5 the total number in operation.

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Sagawa Express introduces 4-day workweek

Sagawa Express introduces 4-day workweek

Sagawa Express introduces a four-day workweek for new recruits in Tokyo and Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Walk-assist gear hits market

Walk-assist gear hits market

A Japanese auto parts maker launches a product that puts a spring into the step of elderly people. The gear has neither ...

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Jobs-to-applicants ratio hits 43-year high

Jobs-to-applicants ratio hits 43-year high

Japan's government says the jobs-to-applicants ratio for April is the highest in 43 years.

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New growth strategy to allow real-world autonomous car tests

New growth strategy to allow real-world autonomous car tests

Japan's new growth strategy would allow real-world testing of new technologies like fully autonomous cars.

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Japan bids farewell to beloved snack

Japan bids farewell to beloved snack

Much of Japan will bid farewell to beloved snack Curl as Meiji curtails production amid a shrinking child population.

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Ishihara heads to Hanoi for TPP talks

Ishihara heads to Hanoi for TPP talks

Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks leaves for Vietnam.

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New Toyosu probe finds benzene 100x standards

New Toyosu probe finds benzene 100x standards

A new study of contamination at the planned relocation site for Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market finds benzene one-hun...

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