Japan switching to post-departure tax refunds in November
The new system is intended to prevent illegal acts by ensuring that purchased items are taken out of Japan through customs inspections.
The new system is intended to prevent illegal acts by ensuring that purchased items are taken out of Japan through customs inspections.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's largest labor union said Thursday it will demand a wage hike of around 6 percent, with a minimum of 5 percent, in next spring
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Yokohama Mayor Atsumi Harasawa agreed Thursday to cooperate to ensure the success of an in
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Drivers and cyclists in Japan may be able to pay fines for minor traffic violations by credit card or mobile payment app as early as
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AOMORI -- Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Oct. 21 installed sensor cameras equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) recognition technology at
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks retreated Thursday, with the benchmark Nikkei index ending below the 63,000 line for the first time since July, as gains
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ISTANBUL (Kyodo) -- A peace bell gifted to a Turkish city by its Japanese sister city has been recovered after being stolen last month, according to T
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two managers of a pharmacy in Tokyo popular with Chinese customers, including visitors to Japan, have been arrested on suspicion of s
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to establish a new postgraduate curriculum enabling people without prior teacher training to obtain a t
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Some Japanese ministry webpages have been partially suspended as a preventive measure following the detection of vulnerabilities in t
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TOKYO -- Japan's government has begun considering subsidies for electricity and gas bills from January to March next year to ease household burdens as
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TOKYO -- Premarital surnames would be allowed to stand alone on certain official records under a draft bill now being considered by the government, it
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The problem of money in Japan's politics remains neglected. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has shown no sign of attempting to eradicate it.Fresh allega
