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Washington PostStarbucks Faces New Front in Its Labor Disputes: White-Collar Workers
Dozens of white-collar Starbucks employees and managers have signed an open letter protesting the co...
March 2, 2023
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EconomyProfits at nonfinancial firms see 1st fall in 8 quarters
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese nonfinancial companies’ combined ordinary profits in October-December ...
March 2, 2023
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ObituariesRyuho Okawa, Founder of Happy Science Dies at Age 66
Ryuho Okawa, the founder and CEO of the Happy Science religious organization, died at a Tokyo hospit...
March 2, 2023
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EconomyJapan’s New Maritime Policy to Promote Decarbonization, Offshore Wind Power
The “creation of sustainable oceans” to help achieve a carbon-neutral society is expected to be a pi...
March 2, 2023
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General NewsMask-Free Policy Gets Mixed Response at Japan Graduations
The majority of the 279 graduating students at Maebashi Commercial High School marched into the gymn...
March 2, 2023
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Asia-PacificGlobal Energy Giants Looking to Exploit Deepwater Opportunities in India: Report
Multinational energy giants like ExxonMobil, Total and Chevron are looking to tap into “deepwater op...
March 2, 2023
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CompaniesJapan Communication Giants NTT, KDDI to Cooperate on 6G Technology
NTT Corp. and KDDI Corp. aim to jointly develop next-generation communications infrastructure techno...
March 2, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific Prisons Deploy ‘dehumanising’ Facial Recognition
In Singapore’s prisons, CCTVs in the cells watch over inmates, facial recognition is used for headco...
March 2, 2023
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CompaniesSwitching Phone Carriers to be Made Easier in Japan
The four major cell phone carriers and other companies will introduce a system as early as late May ...
March 2, 2023
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General News71-Year-Old Arrested Over Fatal Car Crash Outside Osaka Hospital
OSAKA — A 71-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of striking and killing two elderly...
March 2, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Diet to Let FM Attend Quad Meeting in India
After Diet deliberations meant Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi could not attend the two-day G20 f...
March 2, 2023
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TechnologyEatery Offers One Pot Menu Cooked by Robotic Chef
ZAGREB (Reuters) — Craving gnocchi with lamb, black risotto or zucchini pasta? You can order any of ...
March 2, 2023
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EuropeEU, NATO Mull Meeting With Indo-Pacific Nations
BRUSSELS — The European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are considering hold...
March 2, 2023
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TechnologyIsraeli Scientists Develop Sniffing Robot with Locust Antennae
TEL AVIV (Reuters) — A new sniffing robot equipped with a biological sensor that uses the antennae o...
March 2, 2023
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ScienceWith Frigid Innovation, Scientists Make a New Form of Ice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Using a device that might be described as a super-duper cocktail shaker, scie...
March 2, 2023