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Japan's top court rules forced sterilisation law unconstitutional
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoJapan's top court ruled on Wednesday that a defunct eugenics law under which thousands of people...
US envoy to Japan expresses regret over alleged sex crimes by military personnel in Okinawa
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoU.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel expressed regret on Saturday for the handling of two cases of...
Japan faces shortage of almost a million foreign workers in 2040, think tank says
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 3 days agoJapan faces a shortage of almost one million foreign workers in 2040 if the government wants to...
Japan downgrades Q1 GDP on construction data corrections
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 6 days agoTOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's economy shrank more than initially reported in the first quarter, the...
Japan issues new yen banknotes packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoJapan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3D hologram...
High-tech cash: Japan launches banknotes with hologram portraits
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoTOKYO (Reuters) -Japan began circulating its first new banknotes in 20 years on Wednesday, featuring...
Japan's Nikkei 225 index hits a record high close of 40,913.65
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 3 days agoJapan’s Nikkei 225 stock index closed Thursday at a fresh record high of 40,913.65, pushing past its...
Japan's skateboarding youth turn street culture into Olympic gold
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoJapan used to think skateboarding was a pastime for delinquents but the country has grown into a...
Japan's land prices rise at fastest pace since 2010, tax agency says
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 6 days agoJapan's land prices in 2023 rose at the fastest pace since comparable data available in 2010, the...
Why it feels like everyone in the world is heading to Japan right now
Bloomberg via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 6 days agoForeign visitors learn how to make sushi in a cooking class at Sushi Making Tokyo in the Asakusa...