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Japan to Designate AI Agriculture Special Zones in Hokkaido
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (196+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government decided Thursday to designate 19 municipalities in the Tokachi region of the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, including the city of Obihiro, as national strategic special zones to promote AI-powered agriculture. The government will apply…...
2 Regional Banks in Central Japan Call Off Merger
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (162+ words) Nagoya, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Aichi Financial Group Inc. in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, and San ju San Financial Group Inc. in neighboring Mie Prefecture said Thursday that they have agreed to terminate a basic agreement on their merger. Though they…...
INTERVIEW: Resona Bank Targets 45 B. Yen in Startup Loans in FY 2028
4+ day, 14+ min ago (135+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Resona Bank plans to extend a total of about 45 billion yen in loans to startups in fiscal 2028, more than nine times the fiscal 2025 level, President Kazuhiro Chida has said in a recent interview. "We want to…...
Japan Eyes Stronger Regulations over???Dark Pattern??? User Interfaces
4+ day ago (185+ words) Japan Eyes Stronger Regulations over “Dark Pattern” User Interfaces nippon.com - Japan Eyes Stronger Regulations over “Dark Pattern” User Interfaces Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency plans to comprehensively strengthen regulations over “dark patterns,” or website designs and…...
BOJ Member Seeks to Raise Rates Further for Policy Normalization
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (136+ words) Fukui, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan needs to raise interest rates further to "complete the normalization of monetary policy," Kazuyuki Masu, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board, said Thursday. Underlying inflation, which excludes temporary factors, remains below…...
Aviation Proposed for Japan's New Foreign Worker Program
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (151+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government proposed Wednesday that the aviation sector be added to a new "employment for skill development" program for foreign workers that will start in April 2027 to replace the technical intern training program. The government…...
JR East to Adopt New Suica Character to Succeed Penguin
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (155+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, has unveiled images of three candidate characters for its Suica smart card system to succeed the current character based on a penguin. The three candidates--a brown squirrel, a…...
More Japanese Regional Banks Sending Personnel to India
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (369+ words) New Delhi, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese regional lenders are increasingly dispatching staff to India to support clients from Japan, with nine banks having already taken such steps and at least seven more planning to follow suit. Those banks aim to…...
Mizuho Bank to Raise Long-Term Prime Rate to 30-Year High
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (82+ words) nippon.com - Mizuho Bank to Raise Long-Term Prime Rate to 30-Year High Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--Mizuho Bank said Wednesday it will raise its long-term prime lending rate by 0.15 percentage point to 3.4 pct, its highest level in about 30 years, effective…...
Seven-Eleven Japan to Launch New Apparel Goods
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (135+ words) nippon.com Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--Major convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has said it will launch new clothing and accessories developed jointly with an affiliate of Japanese apparel firm And ST HD Co. in stages from Sept. 25. The…...