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12 Dicembre 2025

Japan FTC Warns Logistics Biz over Subcontract Law Breaches

Osaka, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission on Friday urged Osaka-based logistics business Senko Co. to prevent any recurrence of its practices that allegedly violated the subcontract law. The FTC found that the core unit of Senko Group Holdings Co. requested
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Japanese Destroyer Conducts Joint Drill with U.S. Navy

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Akizuki destroyer conducted a joint exercise with the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier George Washington and its Dewey destroyer in the Pacific off the southern coast of Japan’s Kanto region this week, the MSDF
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Nearly Half of Japanese Familiar with Loneliness, Isolation

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–Almost half of Japanese nationals feel familiar with loneliness and isolation, a government survey showed Friday. According to the Cabinet Office’s first public opinion survey on the issue, 48.4 pct of respondents answered they feel “familiar” or “rather
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Tsunami Advisories Issued Briefly for Northern Japan

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan issued tsunami advisories for the Pacific coast of Hokkaido and Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures from northern to northeastern Japan after another offshore earthquake shook the regions late Friday morning. All the advisories were lifted at 2:05
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U.S. to Form Supply Chain Coalition with Japan, Others

Washington, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–The United States will launch a coalition with Japan and other countries to strengthen supply chains for critical minerals and artificial intelligence, the State Department said Thursday. The Pax Silica partnership is a “U.S.-led strategic initiative to build
12 Dicembre 2025

AIST to Build Semiconductor R&D Base in Hokkaido

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry said Friday that its affiliated National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, or AIST, will establish a research and development base for advanced semiconductors in Chitose, Hokkaido, northernmost Japan. The facility will be available
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INTERVIEW: No Year-End Gasoline Price Plunge Due to Tax Cut

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–Petroleum Association of Japan President Shunichi Kito has warned against a misconception that gasoline prices will plummet due to the year-end abolition of the provisional gasoline tax surcharge. There has been “no turmoil” during the phased increase in