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Japan airlines making inroads into direct shipping business
Airlines are expanding the scope of their business operations to ship marine and agricultural produc...
July 29, 2022
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KDDI network disruption in early July affected over 30 M. users
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — KDDI Corp. submitted a report on its major network disruption earlier this mon...
July 29, 2022
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Google, Microsoft registered in Japan as foreign tech firms
ReutersThe Yomiuri Shimbun The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] U.S. tech firms Googl...
July 27, 2022
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Skymark Airlines may overhaul Narita-Saipan route
Skymark Airlines may overhaul or even cancel its regular flight service between Narita and Saipan, i...
July 25, 2022
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Food companies accelerating move away from plastic packaging
The drawstring pouch-style packages for sausages that have been familiar to Japanese consumers for o...
July 25, 2022
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663 executives of listed companies earned more than ¥100 million in FY21
Courtesy of Z Holdings Corp.Z Holdings Corp. Director Jungho Shin The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST...
July 24, 2022
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KDDI to compensate millions of users over outage
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — KDDI Corp. is set to compensate millions of users over a recent large-scale dis...
July 23, 2022
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H.I.S. to sell Huis Ten Bosch theme park to H.K. investment firm
The Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki Prefecture is in the final stages of being sold to a Hong ...
July 21, 2022
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Mizuho Group eyes use of metaverse for financial services
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Mizuho Financial Group Inc. said Tuesday that it is considering providing finan...
July 21, 2022
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NTT taps into smartphone-based business with unmanned stores
NTT Group is set to kick off full-scale operations of a nationwide series of small stores featuring ...
July 21, 2022
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Japan’s Ito-Yokado revamps Chiba Pref.-store floor design to attract more customers
Ito-Yokado Co. has overhauled the layout of its Makuhari store in Chiba to allow customers to purch...
July 18, 2022
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Honda to launch new SUV this autumn
Honda Motor Co. announced Thursday that it will launch a new sport utility vehicle named “ZR-V” this...
July 16, 2022
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Lawson launches premium onigiri rice balls
Lawson, Inc. launched in this month a campaign of selling onigiri rice balls made with brand-name ri...
July 10, 2022
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KDDI launches task force in wake of network failure
KDDI Corp., still reeling from a large-scale network disruption that occurred July 2, has set up a t...
July 9, 2022
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Kura Sushi to add ¥220 plates to regular menu
Starting this Friday, major conveyor-belt sushi chain Kura Sushi, Inc. will add 19 items costing ¥22...
July 8, 2022
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