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Japan to invest $1.3 bil. in chip firm Rapidus in FY 2025
Nov 21, 2024 · TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government has decided to invest about 200 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in domestic chip venture Rapidus Corp. in fiscal 2025 to further support the company in ...
Answer: Meet your match? Spot the difference #134
Nov 24, 2024 · Former PM Abe's widow to meet Trump in Florida: report ...
Japan's Hyogo Prefectural Assembly factions shocked by ... - 毎日 …
Nov 19, 2024 · Factions in the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly are shocked by the Nov. 17 reelection of former Gov. Motohiko Saito, who was automatically ousted from power after a unanimous non-confidence motion in ...
800,000 LEDs set Tokyo's Roppongi aglow in annual winter …
Nov 19, 2024 · TOKYO -- An annual winter event lighting up the trees near the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo's Minato Ward has kicked off with some 800,000 LEDs enthralling visitors ahead of Christmas.
BOJ chief signals further rate hikes to prevent sharp inflation
Nov 18, 2024 · TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda underscored Monday that raising interest rates would be essential to prevent sharp inflation and en
Editorial: Clarifying abuse allegations a starting point for reelected ...
Nov 19, 2024 · It was an unusual election in which voter behavior was influenced by information abuzz on social media. Saito's alleged power abuse came to the surface following anonymous whistleblowing by a ...
Japan sees foreign visitors top 30 million in January-October at ...
Nov 20, 2024 · The total stood at 30,192,600 during the 10-month period, crossing the 30 million threshold for the first time since 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020, the Japan National ...
Tokyo prosecutors drop assault case against Kenyan Olympic …
Nov 20, 2024 · TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped their case against former Kenyan marathon runner and two-time Olympic medalist Eric Wainaina, who ha
'If I don't speak up, I'll die': woman on welfare in Japan shares ...
Nov 21, 2024 · The woman, a Tokyo resident in her 50s, has been on welfare for about four years. The recent price hikes have cast a shadow over the lives of those in vulnerable positions like her.