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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed Japan life insurers dump record foreign debt in volatile July in Japan News Feed.TOKYO: Japan’s life insurers and pension funds are selling record amounts of foreign bonds as heightened volatility in global debt... -
NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed ‘We are so far behind’: Japan laments lack of progress on same-sex marriage in Japan News Feed.Advocates hope upcoming ruling in Tokyo district court will help spur progress on issue that already has public backing ... Continue...
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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed ‘False alarm’ shutters medical clinic at Air Force base in Japan in Japan News Feed.The 374th Medical Group at this airlift hub in western Tokyo was locked down temporarily Tuesday due to a false alarm and reopened after...
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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed Prompted by COVID, Conflict-Averse Japan Is Turning to Arbitration in Japan News Feed.Traditionally, international arbitration has not been a popular method of dispute resolution among Japanese companies. But it has now...
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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed World's weekly COVID-19 cases down 17%; Japan sets 247,830 daily infections record in Japan News Feed.The COVID-19 situation is easing worldwide with a weekly 17% cases decline and 11% deaths decrease though Japan had one-quarter of the...
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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed Japan tech giant SoftBank posts $23 billion quarterly loss in Japan News Feed.Japanese technology company SoftBank Group posted a $23.4 billion loss in the April-June quarter as the value of its investments sank...
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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed Support for Japan PM's cabinet lowest since it was formed - NHK in Japan News Feed.Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slid to the lowest level since he took office last October, with voters...
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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed Japan PM to Reshuffle Cabinet Amid Taiwan, Unification Church Issues in Japan News Feed.TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he will reshuffle his cabinet next week to address mounting...
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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed Japan bank lending picks up on demand to meet rising material costs in Japan News Feed.Japanese bank lending rose 1.8% in July from a year earlier, accelerating from the previous month, as some companies borrowed more to...
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Uncle Frank reacted to Petaris's post in the thread News Hourly minimum wage in Japan expected to rise by 'at least' 30 yen with
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Bread, bottled drinks ( tea, coffee, etc), and the ready made foods ( coroque, fried chicken, etc) were especially noticable. I would... -
nice gaijin reacted to thomas's post in the thread Media focus on close ties between LDP and Unification Church with Shock.
😆 (y) One more piece on the "religious sales" mentioned above: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220805/p2a/00m/0na/021000c -
NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed Japan's Kishida likely to move trade minister, retain finance in reshuffle -media in Japan News Feed.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is likely to appoint Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda to a position outside the cabinet, while...
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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed Japan's Kishida likely to retain finance and foreign ministers in reshuffle - Nikkei in Japan News Feed.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is likely to retain his current finance and foreign ministers in a cabinet reshuffle expected on...
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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed Tyler Michals: Japan could send a message to North Korea, China by amending its constitution in Japan News Feed.Japan occupies one of the most precarious geographical positions anywhere in the world. Its closest neighbors include Russia, North...
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NewsBot posted the thread Newsfeed Evo Japan is back and bigger than ever in 2023 in Japan News Feed.Evo Japan is returning in 2023 at the Tokyo Big Sight. All signs point to a good time for all, assuming Covid-19 doesn't close the...