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President of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors' Group on Takaichi's "Hidden Face" that she doesn’t show when the cameras are around: "She’s the Coldest of the Prime Ministers"

bunshun.jp
u/jjrs — 1 day ago
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In a rare criticism of its U.S. ally, Japan on Wednesday described Washington's decision to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court's Japanese president and a senior trial lawyer as "very unfortunate."

reuters.com
u/jjrs — 1 day ago
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Japan reports increase in rental car accidents involving foreigners- Most visitors hail from countries that drive on the other side of the road

asia.nikkei.com
u/jjrs — 1 day ago
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Rakuten CEO doubts that Takaichi‘s consumption tax cut will lower prices. Points out that in the past, companies simply raised their prices by the same amount to keep the difference.

bunshun.jp
u/jjrs — 3 days ago
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Ebetsu man arrested for breaking into Pakistani Residence to rob it. In February, there was an attempted arson incident at the same company office and residence

htb.co.jp
u/jjrs — 3 days ago
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"Compared to other countries, the employment rate for the elderly in Japan is extremely high. In major European countries it is less than 10%, but in Japan it exceeds 25%."

president.jp
u/jjrs — 3 days ago
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Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time- Under political pressure to take a harsher stance on immigration, Australia is cracking down, unsettling Japanese who have their hearts set on sampling the Australian lifestyle.

japantimes.co.jp
u/jjrs — 3 days ago
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Takaichi was reportedly at the hospital for more than six hours today having her hands examined. Her arthritis apparently worsened from excessive handshaking during the general election

fnn.jp
u/jjrs — 3 days ago
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Recently, Japan’s conservative paper Sankei ran a story about increasing “elderly foreigners” who need financial support. In reality only 5.9% of foreign residents are over 65 vs 30% of Japanese, and most are Zainichi Koreans who have lived in Japan all their life but never gained citizenship

x.com
u/jjrs — 3 days ago
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Despite the weak yen, Japan’s middle class has seen the greatest gains in net worth in the world over the last five years, propelled by their shift from cash bank savings to investment via the NISA and rising real estate prices

media.moneyforward.com
u/jjrs — 3 days ago
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A website that allows Korean users to check whether they have ancestral ties to pro-Japanese collaborators during their occupation of Korea is going viral on social media after actor Ha Young’s great-grandfather was found to have participated in pro-Japanese activities.

koreajoongangdaily.com
u/jjrs — 3 days ago
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Sanseito’s Kamiya tries to calm the xenophobic rhetoric- “I’m not saying, It’s because of foreigners that Japanese people are struggling. I’m saying, It’s because the government’s policies are wrong.”- supporters online promptly say it really is foreigners‘s fault.

x.com
u/jjrs — 4 days ago
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Japan Finance Minister Katayama is between a rock and a hard place trying to protect the yen and please her boss, Prime Minister Takaichi. The PM has removed all ceilings on spending while cutting taxes and has froze the MoF out of fiscal policy

gendai.media
u/jjrs — 4 days ago