In this week’s news roundup, we report on Lawson’s new ¥297 bento and what they say about changing consumer habits in Japan. Japan moves up one place to 117th in the annual Global Gender Gap Report. Three companies are teaming up to introduce fully driverless robotaxis in Tokyo by 2027. Italy’s w...
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. dollar jumped above the 157 yen line on Friday, after two of nine Bank of Japan policy board members voted against an intere
schools
SEMBOKU, Akita -- Students at Tamagawa University in Tokyo have come up with proposals to promote Tamagawa Onsen in Akita Prefecture, drawing on the s
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KOBE -- It was a comedy contest with a difference. Dubbed the "S1 Grand Prix," the inaugural event in western Japan featured performers who all had on
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I had a 10-day summer break. After pondering where to go for all of 1.5 seconds, I decided to visit Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, for the
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's core consumer prices in August rose 1.7 percent from a year earlier, remaining below 2 percent for the eighth consecutive mon
Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Typhoon Dujuan was southeast of the Japanese archipelago on Thursday and moving on a northerly path that appeared likely to bring it
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KOBE -- An anonymous individual has donated 35 kilograms of pure gold ingots worth 833.74 million yen (about $5.4 million) to the Hyogo Prefectural Go
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TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday presented more than NT$300 million ($9.4 million) in donations raised in Taiwan to help those
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KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Bullet train services on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line resumed along the entire route Friday for the first time in 52 days aft
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet reshuffle Thursday set the stage for next year's race for the presidency of the ruling Libera
Local
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's immigration agency had 103 IC card printers, worth about 56.5 million yen ($363,000), sitting unused at seven regional bureau
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering an ordinance banning littering, as trash left in downtown entertainment districts ha
