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Kumamoto Earthquake Business Damage Tops 117.6 Billion Yen
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (657+ words) Kumamoto - Commercial and industrial damage from the Kumamoto earthquake has already reached 117.6 billion yen, while continuing water outages are preventing many businesses from reopening. According to the Kumamoto prefectural government, damage to businesses and industry caused by the earthquake totaled…...
School Lunch Suspension and Rising Costs Hit Okinawa Dairy Farm
16+ hour, 12+ min ago (1122+ words) NAHA - An Okinawa dairy farming family is working to protect local milk production as soaring feed and utility costs, extreme summer heat and reduced demand during the school vacation place growing pressure on an industry that has seen the number…...
Fire Engulfs Warehouse at Fishing Port in Hokkaido
16+ hour, 19+ min ago (595+ words) HOKKAIDO - A fire that broke out in grassland at a fishing port in Tomamae, northern Hokkaido, spread to an adjacent warehouse and workshop on August 15, burning for about six hours before being brought under control. Firefighters received a report at…...
Defense Minister Koizumi Among Four Ministers to Visit Yasukuni Shrine
19+ hour, 56+ min ago (666+ words) TOKYO - Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and three other Cabinet ministers visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on August 15, the anniversary of the end of World War II, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi refrained from going in person and instead offered prayers…...
How Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting the Workplace
19+ hour, 46+ min ago (1594+ words) TOKYO - Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly beyond a tool for answering questions and generating content, with autonomous AI agents beginning to perform complex business tasks independently, raising new questions over employment, corporate competitiveness and the skills workers will need as…...
Japan's Top University Pushed Into the Red
19+ hour, 50+ min ago (1243+ words) TOKYO - The University of Tokyo is expected to post a 4.4 billion yen deficit for fiscal 2026, marking its first two consecutive years in the red since becoming a national university corporation in 2004, as inflation, rising personnel costs and long-standing structural constraints…...
Perya Game on GZone: Bring the Excitement of Every Filipino Fiesta to Your Screen
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1147+ words) Tara G! Sama Tayo. Where Pinoys Play Card Games Online. While GZone is famous for Filipino classics like Tongits, Pusoy, Lucky 9, and Poker, it also lets players rediscover the timeless fun of Perya Game in a modern digital setting. A…...
Tourist Sparks Outcry After Climbing 800-Year-Old Tree
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (722+ words) KAGOSHIMA - A woman believed to be a foreign visitor has drawn criticism after posting images on social media showing herself climbing and posing on an ancient camphor tree more than 800 years old at Onamuchi Shrine in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, where…...
Japan's Top High School Gamers Battle for National Esports Crown
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (527+ words) OSAKA - STAGE:0, one of Japan's largest esports tournaments for high school students, has opened in Osaka, bringing together more than 2,000 teams from across the country to compete for the title of national champion. The tournament tests competitors' strategic thinking, technical…...
Skylark to Introduce Ghost Restaurants
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (615+ words) TOKYO - Skylark Holdings is preparing to introduce "ghost restaurants" that operate without dining areas and specialize in delivery and takeout as Japan moves toward lowering the consumption tax rate on food. The restaurant group plans to establish facilities devoted solely…...