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1 天前 · Japan's real wages fell 0.2 percent from a year earlier in 2024, marking the third consecutive year of decline, as pay hikes that grew at the fastest pace in 33 years failed to keep pace with rising prices, government data showed Wednesday. Nominal wages, or the average total monthly earnings…

20 小时之前 · After a random knife assault at a bus stop in front of JR Nagano station on January 22 left one person dead and two injured, Nikkan Gendai (Jan 25) raised the issue of how incidents of this nature might impact on foreign visitors. Nagano, a …

1 天前 · Heavy snowfall continued Wednesday along the Sea of Japan coast as the season's strongest cold front disrupted rail services in central Japan and air traffic, with the weather agency warning of more snow toward the weekend. All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines canceled some of their flights due to the…

2 天之前 · The value of Japan's agricultural, fisheries and forestry product exports rose 3.7 percent in 2024 from a year earlier to 1.5 trillion yen, setting a new record, driven by growing demand for the country's cuisine overseas, the government said Tuesday. The 2024 figure marked a new record for the 12th…

4 天之前 · Japan's space agency said on Sunday it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its own. The H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 6 satellite lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a…

5 天之前 · Tokyo continued to be a magnet for people in 2024, with a net influx of around 80,000 nearing the pre-pandemic 2019 level and highlighting the longstanding population concentration in the capital, according to government data. People moving into Tokyo outnumbered those leaving by 79,285 in 2024, up 11,000 from a…

6 天之前 · Japan's average unemployment rate in 2024 fell 0.1 percentage point from a year earlier to 2.5 percent, as fewer workers were dismissed amid a labor shortage, government data showed Friday. The average job availability ratio last year fell 0.06 point from the previous year to 1.25, marking the first decline…

6 天之前 · Overnight stays at accommodation facilities in Japan by Japanese and foreign travelers rose 5.5 percent in 2024 from the previous year to a record 651.49 million, preliminary government data showed Friday. The growth was largely driven by foreign visitors, whose stays at hotels and Japanese inns surged 38.8 percent to…

6 天之前 · Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday he and his new U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed to beef up the two nations' security alliance during their first phone talks since the launch of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. Hegseth, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week as defense…