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  • As wheat prices soar, Japanese food industry pushes rice flour as alternative

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    March 29, 2022

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    March 28, 2022

  • Fans of Osaka’s flour-based food culture facing price hikes

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    March 28, 2022

  • Japan holds on to gas interests in Russia’s Sakhalin, wary of China taking them

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    March 27, 2022

  • Japan megabanks suspend dollar transactions with Sberbank

    Japan’s three major banking groups have decided to suspend all dollar transactions with Russia’s lar...

    March 26, 2022

  • Japan land prices in 2nd home districts rise even during pandemic

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    March 26, 2022

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    March 16, 2022

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    March 15, 2022

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    March 15, 2022

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