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CompaniesAI to Handle Up to 3,000 Claims Per Hour at Sompo Call Centers
Interactive artificial intelligence will be introduced by Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. at its call ce...
January 26, 2023
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EconomyLabor, Management Agree Wage Hikes Necessary amid Inflation
Amid rapidly rising prices, this year’s shunto spring wage negotiations are getting into full swing....
January 26, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapanese Govt Set to Legalize Medical Marijuana
The government is poised to allow the use of medical marijuana to treat patients with intractable di...
January 25, 2023
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ReutersGermany Approves Sending Leopard Tanks to Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) — Germany will supply its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, it announced on Wednesday, ov...
January 25, 2023
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YIES‘Breakdown of Global Order, Turning Point for Japan’ to Be 2023 YIES Theme
The Yomiuri International Economic Society (YIES) and The Yomiuri Shimbun have chosen “Breakdown of ...
January 25, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Govt to Submit Bill to Extend Nuclear Reactor Life Span
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government is slated to submit in late February a bill to allow nuclear rea...
January 25, 2023
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Associated PressSenators grill Ticketmaster after Taylor Swift fiasco
Senators grilled Ticketmaster Tuesday, questioning whether the company’s dominance in the ticketing ...
January 25, 2023
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Crime & CourtsRobbery Group Suspected of Involvement in Over 30 Offenses Across Japan
A criminal group suspected of involvement in the robbery and murder of a 90-year-old woman in Tokyo ...
January 25, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentLower House Speaker Denies Ties to Unification Church
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda said Tuesday that he did not h...
January 25, 2023
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Associated Press‘Everything Everywhere’ tops Oscar nominations with 11
NEW YORK (AP) — The multiverse-skipping sci-fi indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led nom...
January 25, 2023
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EconomyJapan Department Store Sales Up 13 % in 2022
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese department store sales in 2022 grew 13.1% from the previous year on a ...
January 25, 2023
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General NewsSupreme Court Rules Vote Value Disparity in 2021 Lower House Election Constitutional
The Supreme Court issued a unified ruling Wednesday that the October 2021 House of Representatives e...
January 25, 2023
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CompaniesSeven & i to Postpone Sogo & Seibu Sale to March
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. said Tuesday that it will postpone...
January 25, 2023
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Associated PressClassified documents at Pence’s home, too, his lawyer says
NEW YORK (AP) — Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pen...
January 25, 2023
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Washington PostClassified documents discovered at home of former VP Mike Pence
A lawyer for former vice president Mike Pence, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, f...
January 25, 2023