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House Foods May Sell Curry Restaurant Unit Ichibanya
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (126+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)--Japan's House Foods Group Inc. is considering selling listed subsidiary Ichibanya Co., the operator of the restaurant chain Curry House CoCo Ichibanya, or CoCo Ichi, it was learned Monday. The major food maker is apparently looking…...
Japan's Lawson to Open Stores in Depopulated Areas at Low Cost
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (161+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japanese convenience store operator Lawson Inc. said Wednesday that it will open stores in depopulated areas at low cost, aiming to improve residents' living conditions by providing more shopping opportunities. Lawson plans to open three stores…...
Japanese Golfer Yamashita Wins CPKC Women's Open Wire to Wire
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (112+ words) nippon.com - Japanese Golfer Yamashita Wins CPKC Women's Open Wire to Wire Edmonton, Canada, Aug. 23 (Jiji Press)--Japanese golfer Miyu Yamashita won the CPKC Women's Open wire to wire in Edmonton, Canada, on Sunday, finishing at 23-under-par in total for…...
Russia Conducts Missile Drill near Japan-Claimed Islands
1+ week, 3+ day ago (155+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Russia has conducted a missile drill around the northwestern Pacific islands at the center of its territorial dispute with Japan, according to the Russian Pacific Fleet. The exercise followed Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Etorofu,…...
83-Year-Old VTuber Posts Wartime Memories of Manchuria
2+ week, 4+ day ago (557+ words) Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)--An 83-year-old virtual YouTuber, or VTuber, who was born in Manchuria, now northeastern China, during World War II and returned to Japan at an early age, began to post videos of her and other…...
Japanese Experts Call for Measures against Economic Coercion
3+ week, 5+ day ago (487+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Experts have called on the Japanese government to consider countermeasures against economic coercion, apparently having China in mind. At Tuesday's meeting of an expert panel on the government's plan to update its three key security-related documents…...
Female Umps to Take Field at Summer Koshien Baseball Tournament
3+ week, 6+ day ago (447+ words) Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref., Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)--Female umpires are set to take the field for the first time in this year's national summer high school baseball championship at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan,…...
Japanese Firms' Business Sentiment Worsens in China
1+ mon, 5+ hour ago (164+ words) Beijing, July 31 (Jiji Press)--Business sentiment among Japanese companies in China worsened in the first half of the year due mainly to strained relations between the two countries, a survey by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China…...
Japan Eyes Foreign Bank Financing for U.S. Investment Pledge
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (451+ words) Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan is considering accepting financing from foreign banks for the construction of natural gas-fired power plants in the United States, which was included in its investment and loan pledge to the U.S. government, the Finance Ministry has…...
Japan Renews Efforts to Lessen Impact of U.S. Tariffs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (136+ words) Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan will continue efforts to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs on domestic businesses, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Thursday, marking the first anniversary of the Japan-U.S. tariff agreement. At a press conference on the day,…...