Ex-employee of Japan firm arrested over gold leaf orders, alleged 30 mil. yen resale
SAITAMA -- A former employee of a prepared-food company near Tokyo was arrested Nov. 11 for allegedly placing unnecessary orders for gold leaf and cau
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Japan sake brewer turns waste charcoal into odor-cutting cattle feed
KOBE (Kyodo) -- A Japanese sake brewer has found an unlikely use for brewing waste, turning it into cattle feed that reduces manure odors and gives ne
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Southwestern Japan udon chain Uchidaya to open 1st outlet in Tokyo area
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Uchidaya Co., a long-established Hakata udon chain from southwestern Japan known for its soft noodles, will make its first entry into
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90-year-old quake survivor in Japan's Kumamoto Pref. builds new life in temporary housing
UKI, Kumamoto -- Three months after the Kumamoto earthquake struck in late July, some survivors are gradually settling into temporary housing, though
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3 missing after house fire in western Japan
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Three people remained unaccounted for after a fire engulfed a house in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima on Wednesday nig
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Snowcapped Mt. Fuji stands out against blue sky as cold weather grips Japan
As severe cold weather gripped much of Japan on Nov. 11, a view of Mount Fuji from a helicopter showed its peak blanketed in white snow, standing in s
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News in Easy English: Panda loan plan stops after Japan-China ties get worse
TOKYO -- In August 2024, Toshihiro Nikai went to Beijing. Nikai was the former secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He was al
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Japan's wholesale prices rise 7.1% in Oct.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's wholesale prices in October rose 7.1 percent from a year earlier, maintaining a high rate of increase, Bank of Japan data sho
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Tokyo stocks rise in morning as buying after CoreWeave earnings continues
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Thursday morning, as buying continued after stronger-than-expected earnings results from U.S. data center operator
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Japan top currency diplomat says yen's recent fall 'too rapid'
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said Thursday the yen's fall in recent days has been "too rapid," in an apparent warning
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Personal data of 475 participants in Tokyo gov't event leaked via app
TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced Nov. 10 that the personal information of 475 people who took part in its Tokyo Green Biz Walk eve
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Editorial: Japan court ruling on vote-value disparity is a stern warning to Senate
The Supreme Court has ruled that last summer's Senate election, in which the maximum disparity in the value of votes among electoral districts reached
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Japan doctors urged to avoid term 'abnormal delivery' over distress concern
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese medical society has called on doctors to generally avoid using the term "abnormal delivery" when speaking to expectant and