Japan News
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Japan’s output, retail sales fall, signalling economic strains
Japan’s industrial output slipped for the second straight month in November, raising the likelihood the economy will contract in the...
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Japan upgrades third quarter GDP
Japan’s economy expanded at a much faster pace than initially reported in the third quarter, as resilient domestic demand and...
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Japan asked for 1 sex slave for every 70 soldiers in WW2 to 'prevent rape, disease'
Japan's army during World War II asked the government to provide one sex slave for every 70 soldiers, according to...
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Pope in Japan says world must rethink reliance on nuke power
Pope Francis has met with victims of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan and called for the world to...
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Dementia risk higher in those who eat more trans fats
A new study of older adults in a Japanese town has found that those whose blood contained higher levels of...
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IMF warns of downside risks for Asian economy amid trade tensions
Asia is expected to grow at 5.0 percent in 2019 and 5.1 percent in 2020, with risks to the projection...
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President flies to Japan today to join emperor’s enthronement ceremony
President M Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka on Sunday on an eight-day official visit to Japan and Singapore.“The President will...
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Japan looks for missing after typhoon, warned of mudslides
Rescue crew dug through mudslides and searched near swollen rivers Monday after a typhoon caused serious damage in central and...
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Japan firms see ‘Abenomics’ sputtering, tax hike hurting economy
Japanese companies overwhelmingly think the nation’s longest postwar expansion is peaking, with two-thirds expecting a tax hike imposed this month...
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96pc bikes made locally
Just two years ago, Bangladesh was dependent on imports to meet 95 percent of its demand for motorbikes. But the...
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US fines Japan Airlines USD 300,000 over long flight delays
The US government is fining Japan Airlines USD 300,000 for delays that trapped passengers on two grounded planes for hours.Under...
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Reliance sells 49pc stakes to Japan’s Jera
Just two days after signing deals with the government to build a 750MW power plant in Meghnaghat, India’s Reliance Power...
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Hair loss in Japan: The causes—and solutions
I was losing so much hair! Almost clumps were lost daily after I arrived in Japan. This would be hard...
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Japan to lead development of SWIFT network for cryptocurrency: source
Japan’s government is leading a global push to set up an international network for cryptocurrency payments, similar to the SWIFT...
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RMG exporters looking East
Three Asian nations -- India, China and Japan -- are fast emerging as major apparel export destinations for Bangladesh after...
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Japan export restrictions are not countermeasures over forced wartime labour
Japan’s industry ministry said on Friday officials briefed their South Korean counterparts on Japanese export restrictions and reiterated that they...