The government also approved the stimulus package worth 108 trillion yen ($990 billion) - equal to 20% of Japan’s economic output - to cushion the impact of the epidemic on the world’s third-largest …

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Yoshitomo Nara is underrated.
If you consider that an overstatement for such a successful internationally renowned artist, concede that he had a personal record breaking auction sale in late 2019 and…

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KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 18:40 | All, JapanThree Japanese ships set sail early Tuesday morning for the first commercial whaling expedition in 32 years off the country's northeastern Sanriku Coast.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency for seven prefectures due to coronavirus, but what does that really mean?
To help foreign residents in Japan, we have compiled a l…

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Two WeWork directors filed a lawsuit against SoftBank Group Corp. on behalf of the co-working company after the Japanese conglomerate backed away from a deal to buy up to $3 billion in WeWork’s share…

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WeWork Special Committee announced Tuesday it is suing SoftBank over alleged breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty after $3 billion tender offer withdrawal.
WeWork is seeking through the la…

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Scientists in Osaka, Japan, say they have developed a new plastic that disintegrates at sea.
File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License PhotoApril 7 (UPI) -- Japanese scientists say they have developed p…

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In a lawsuit, WeWork accused SoftBank of putting "its own interests" first when it abandoned a plan to buy up to $3bn of shares from other investors.
Softbank also said it had failed to restructure i…

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Electric Scooters: Israel’s Two-Wheeled Solution to Traffic and SabbathElectric-scooter rental companies are hitting speed bumps in the U.S. over safety and other concerns.
But in Tel Aviv, one in 10…

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Spring graduation ceremonies in Japan have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but students at one school were able to attend remotely by controlling avatar robots w…

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