Oji makes inroads on licorice cultivation in Japan
A unit of the paper manufacturer has established a large-scale harvesting system for the medicinal plant in Hokkaido to create stable supply.
A unit of the paper manufacturer has established a large-scale harvesting system for the medicinal plant in Hokkaido to create stable supply.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over 10 MLB clubs will interview Yokohama High School pitching star Shoki Oda, its team manager Hiroaki Murata said Monday.The 18-yea
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- GMO Internet Group Inc. CEO Masatoshi Kumagai apologized Monday for a data leak and damage to customers' assets caused by unauthorize
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TOKYO -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied social media claims that Japan agreed to accept 100,000 workers from Bangladesh after Prime Minist
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TOKYO -- A Swiss-made luxury Audemars Piguet wristwatch worth 46 million yen (about $291,000) that was stolen from a store in Tokyo's Nakano Ward was
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TOKYO -- A new consumption tax exemption system for foreign visitors to Japan took effect Nov. 1. Under the new "refund system," travelers pay the tax
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AKITA -- With northern Vietnam confronting the challenge of increasingly severe rainfall, Vietnamese local government officials recently visited lands
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will act in financial markets if they experience excessive volatility or speculative movements following the U.S. midterm elect
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TOKYO -- Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly revealed its threatening side amid a series of cases in which the technology has been misused i
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Monday, as investors took a risk-off stance ahead of the U.S. midterm elections and a Japanese holiday on Tuesday,
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has asked the United States to thoroughly enforce discipline after a U.S. Marine in Okinawa Prefecture was arrested for alleged
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MIZUNAMI, Gifu -- The Mizunami Fossil Museum in this central Japan city announced Oct. 30 that fossils of an animal with forked antlers, discovered in
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A man accused of attempted murder after throwing firebombs at riot police outside Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party headquarter
