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YouTuber-turned-politician kicked out of parliament for never going to work

YouTuber-turned-politician kicked out of parliament for never going to work

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March 14, 2023
YouTuber who won a seat in Japan’s senate may be expelled because he hasn’t shown up for a day of work in over 7 months

YouTuber who won a seat in Japan’s senate may be expelled because he hasn’t shown up for a day of work in over 7 months

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March 8, 2023
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda
Leadership

Electric vehicles are a big reason Toyota’s CEO is bowing out: ‘I’m an old-fashioned person’

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January 26, 2023
Seiji Kihara, a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party, wears a sash bearing his name during his national election campaign at a train station in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014.

Aide to Japan’s Prime Minister is scolded by his ‘ashamed’ mom for putting his hands in his pockets during an official trip to the U.S.

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January 23, 2023
Uniqlo owner tries to make working in retail attractive with raises of up to 40% as Japan’s inflation soars
Retail

Uniqlo owner tries to make working in retail attractive with raises of up to 40% as Japan’s inflation soars

By Kanoko Matsuyama and Bloomberg
January 11, 2023
A young boy is pictured in Tokyo on New Year's Eve, 2022, waving a Japanese flag.

Japan is upping its offer to move families out of Tokyo to 1 million yen per child

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January 3, 2023
Arata Isozaki
Lifestyle

Arata Isozaki, prize-winning Japanese architect and giant of postmodern design, dies at 91

By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
December 30, 2022
Screen grab from Avatar: The Way of Water
Tech

‘Avatar’ sequel is so high tech it’s crashing movie theater equipment in Japan

By Takashi Mochizuki and Bloomberg
December 20, 2022
Two women in Japan wearing face masks push a baby stroller in a park in 2020

Japan’s population may be shrinking faster than expected amid a broader baby bust in East Asia

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December 2, 2022
The beloved artist who created Yu-Gi-Oh! died last summer trying to save a little girl from drowning. Authorities waited to reveal it to protect her

The beloved artist who created Yu-Gi-Oh! died last summer trying to save a little girl from drowning. Authorities waited to reveal it to protect her

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October 28, 2022
Boaz Weinstein, founder and chief investment officer of Saba Capital Management
Finance

Global stocks could be heading for a decades-long bear market, says top hedge fund manager: ‘There isn’t a rainbow at the end of all this’

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October 24, 2022
Japan Former Princess
Lifestyle

The New York romance of Japan’s former princess and her husband gets a boost after he finally passes the bar. ‘Third time’s the charm’

By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated Press
October 22, 2022
Japan will end law that restricted women from marrying after divorce

Japan will end law that restricted women from marrying after divorce

By Isabel Reynolds, Marika Katanuma and Bloomberg
October 14, 2022
A semiconductor surrounded by a circuit board

What chip bust? Semiconductor firm jumps almost 15% in Japan’s biggest IPO of the year

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October 13, 2022
Nissan chief executive officer Makoto Uchida
Finance

Nissan is selling all of its Russian assets for less than $1 as it pulls out of the country 7 months into the war

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October 11, 2022

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