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Locker&to&Hotel Luggage Delivery Service Expanding in Japan

HEADLINES Osaka, July 5 (Jiji Press)–A luggage delivery service from train station lockers to hotels is expanding in Japan. The service allows users...

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Japan Emperor, Empress Leave for Mongolia

HEADLINES Tokyo, July 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako left Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on a government plane Sunday for a weeklong...

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Ishiba, S. Korean Foreign Minister Vow to Promote Ties

HEADLINES Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Wednesday reaffirmed the two countries’...

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Record Heatstroke Sufferers Taken by Ambulance in Japan

HEADLINES Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan saw 10,804 heatstroke sufferers taken to hospital by ambulance in the week through Sunday, a new weekly...

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Varied Sales Channels May Have Triggered Rice Price Surge

HEADLINES Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–The diversification of rice sales channels may have contributed to the surge in prices of the staple since...

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Toyota Group's Jan.&June Global Sales Hit Record High

HEADLINES Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Global automobile sales at the Toyota Motor Corp. group in January-June went up 7.4 pct from a year...

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Japan Parties Agree to Scrap Add&On Gasoline Levy by Year&End

HEADLINES Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling and opposition parties agreed Wednesday to abolish the provisional add-on gasoline tax rate as early as...

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1.3&Meter&High Tsunami Observed in Japan's Iwate

HEADLINES Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–A 1.3-meter-high tsunami was observed Wednesday at a port in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, after a massive...

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2 U.S. Servicemen Arrested in Okinawa for Assault

HEADLINES Naha, Okinawa Pref., July 7 (Jiji Press)–Two U.S. servicemen have been arrested in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa over the weekend...

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Japan's Akazawa, Lutnick of U.S. Hold In&Depth Tariff Talks

HEADLINES Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa held telephone talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday and...