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Kirin and Lawson trials PET bottle collection plan to increase recycling rates​ The Kirin Group and retailer Lawson will install polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle collection machines outside ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's wholesale inflation hit a 13-year high in September as rising global commodity prices and a weak yen pushed up import costs, putting pressure on corporate margins and raising the risk of ... ( read original story ...)

Nuclear power has understandably been a contentious issue in Japan since the 2011 Fukushima incident. Fumio Kishida, Japan's new prime minister, wants to change that. "It's crucial that we restart ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s casino resort policy “is an important measure to push Japan to be an advanced tourism country,” said that nation’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida (pictured in a ), speaking in parliament on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has a 49% approval rating, lower than that of his predecessors at the start of their terms, a poll by public broadcaster NHK showed, a week after he took the ... ( read original story ...)

Party stalwart Fumio Kishida may have seemed like a safe choice for prime minister, but to win a true mandate from voters, he needs to offer a more ambitious vision. ( read original story ...)

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will pledge to increase taxes on rich individuals and large companies wh ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's wholesale prices surged 6.3% in September from a year earlier as raw material costs continued to rise, data showed on Tuesday, a sign that global commodity inflation is squeezing the bottom ... ( read original story ...)

A vending machine offering edible fried and dried insects has been installed at a shop here -- the first of its kind to hit Gifu Prefecture am ... ( read original story ...)

The Trick Truck class was won by Justin Lofton driving his 2WD Jimco trophy truck outfitted with specially tuned versions of the commercially available Geolandar M/T G003 tires. ( read original story ...)

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 49 COVID-19 cases in the Japanese capital on Oct. 11, the lowest count this year and the third day in a row under 100. The last time ... ( read original story ...)

On the eve of a must-win World Cup qualifier against Australia, Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu said Monday his squad is in a perilous ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese organization that provides scholarships to students has discontinued a questionnaire asking the recipients about their future plan ... ( read original story ...)