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Japan's weaker currency causes price hikes on over 30,000 food items
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a credit research company, Japan will see a price hike on 30,009 food and beverage products by October as the country's currency Yen weakens as well as weaker Yen pushing up import prices, Kyodo News Agency reported.
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Crime surges in Japan as Covid restriction ease
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The number of crimes recorded in Japan in the first six months of 2023 increased by more than 20 percent compared to the same period in 2022, amid the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, according to police data, Kyodo News Agency reported.
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Japan: 1 dead, over 2,000 evacuated as heavy rains lashes Akita Prefecture
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Amid the heavy rains, a man died and more than 2000 people were evacuated as heavy rains pounded Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan over the weekend, reported Kyodo News Agency.
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Japan PM Kishida to meet fishery group head over Fukushima water release p
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is about to meet the Head of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives Masanobu Sakamotom possibly in late July to pitch the government's plan of releasing treated radioactive water from the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, a government source
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Japan's Epsilon rocket engine explodes during test: Official
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
As per the Kyodo News Agency, no one was injured in the explosion. The incident took place about one minute after the ground test for the second-stage engine began.
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Bridge girder in Japan slips; 2 killed, 4 injured
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Two persons died and six were injured after a bridge girder slipped off a raised platform at a construction site in central Japan on Thursday, reported Kyodo News Agency.
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One person dies, two missing after heavy rain in Japan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Record-breaking rainfall pelted sections of western Japan and the southwestern Kyushu region, leaving one person dead and two others missing, according to local officials and the weather agency, Kyodo News reported.
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IAEA Director-General to visit Japan before Fukushima wastewater discharge
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi will visit Japan on Tuesday to assess the country's plan to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea in the summer, the government said, according to
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People exchanges will improve friendships: Japan emperor on Indonesia visi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Japanese Emperor Naruhito visited Indonesia for the first time on Saturday and said that exchanges between young people will further improve the friendship between both countries, Kyodo News Agency reported.
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Japan: Chinese industrial researcher arrested for data leak to China-based
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In a significant development, a Chinese researcher at Japan's National Institute of Industrial Technology was arrested on Thursday for allegedly leaking data to a Chinese company, Kyodo News Agency reported.
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North Korea spy satellite launch fails due to second-stage malfunction
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Earlier in the morning, North Korea launched the satellite at 6:27 am but failed to reach the desired place. The country pledged to make another attempt "as soon as possible," reported Kyodo News Agency citing a state-run Korean Central News Agency.
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Japan's parliament passes bill allowing nuclear reactors to operate beyond
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to Kyodo News, the law on power sources for green transformation and decarbonisation amends five laws associated with energy at once, including the electricity business law, under which the life span of reactors will be regulated.
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