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Analysis-Enough apologies: How Japan is shaking its price hike phobia
By Makiko Yamazaki and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -When Japanese ice pop maker Akagi Nyugyo raised its prices a meagre 10 ...
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Japan should take all possible measures to raise wages, white paper says
Prolonged high prices for food and other goods have pushed down consumer sentiment and real wages, while predictions for ...
Japan Nuclear Plant Reports Triple Drone Intrusion
Japan strictly prohibits drone flights near nuclear power plants under its 2016 Drone Act, with violations punishable by up ...
Explainer: What's at stake for Japan's fragile bond market this week
Japan's bond market faces stern tests this week, from domestic political ructions and a possible hawkish shift at the central ...
To D-FW from Asia, with love (and dollars): Japan council picks Arlington for 2026 summit
Asia has designs on the blossoming Dallas-Fort Worth economy, with Japan positioning itself to be the tip of the spear.
China Strong-Armed Japan Over Rare Earths. It’s a Lesson for the U.S.
The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...
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Japan power firm plans to build first new nuclear reactor since Fukushima
Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in ...
Japan’s anti-foreigner politics on the rise as right-wing party wins votes online
"They are the party of YouTube," said Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies who has authored ...
Japan’s Metaplanet tops $2 billion in Bitcoin holdings as debt-fuelled strategy intensifies
Metaplanet tops $2B in Bitcoin holdings after adding 780 BTC, signaling Japan’s rising institutional crypto interest.
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Japan Society stages a retrospective of Susumu Shingu’s biomimetic and kinetic sculptures
Japan Society in New York is staging the first-ever U.S. exhibition looking at the kinetic sculptures and other ...
The rise of Japan's far right was supercharged by Trump - and tourists
With their "Japanese First" slogan, riffing off US President Donald Trump's "America First", they have truly ruffled the ...