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Emperor, Empress Console Internees’ Souls in Mongolia; About 1,700 Japanese Died There After World War II
The Japan News
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July 9, 2025
Pool photo / The Yomiuri Shimbun The Emperor and Empress bow at a cenotaph for Japanese who died during postwar internment in the suburbs of Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday. By Takaya Toda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer 16:14 JST, July 9, 2025 ULAANBAATAR...
“India big in manufacturing, while Australia has critical minerals like rare earths,” says Australia's High Commissioner
Autocar Professional
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July 9, 2025
Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to becoming a key supplier of critical elements such as rare earth to India amid rising global demand for rare earth elements and a surge in electric vehicle production. Speaking at the India Energy Week,...
China Wins As Trump's 'Tariff Man' Act Trashes Japan's 2025
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
Latest stories If only we could expect surprises in Japan's Defense White Paper Dependence on China's minerals blocks Indian 'strategic autonomy' Russia's formal recognition a shot in the arm for the Taliban Angrick adds that the“fact that pay...
Nagaland Meets Japan: Neiphiu Rio Sparks Global Push for Youth and Innovation
Ukhrul Times
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July 9, 2025
Kohima, July 8: Chief Minister of Nagaland, Dr. Neiphiu Rio reaffirmed the deep-rooted historical and cultural bonds between India and Japan, describing them as “civilizational connections founded on shared democratic values, religious harmony,...
Gas Cylinder Explodes During Experiment at Japan’s Saitama University
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) A gas cylinder exploded on Wednesday during a scientific experiment at Saitama University’s Faculty of Engineering in the city of Saitama, located near Tokyo, resulting in injuries to at least one person, according to local media reports....
China wins as Trump’s ‘Tariff Man’ act trashes Japan’s 2025
Asia Times
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July 9, 2025
TOKYO — As if Japan’s economy weren’t having a rotten enough 2025, Donald Trump just upped the pressure exponentially with a 25% tariff. The same day Tokyo got disastrous news from Washington, data showed that real wages in Japan fell the fastest...
“Development of Integrated Simulation Platform for Sustainable and Competitive Maritime Industry” has been selected as a R&D project under K Program
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 8, 2025
MTI Co., Ltd. (a NYK Group company), Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd., Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Marine United Corporation, Mitsui E&S Co., Ltd., National Maritime Research...
Japan and South Korea face 25% US tariffs
Kidscreen
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US President Donald Trump revealed the next countries targeted for planned tariff increases in a series of posts on his Truth Social account yesterday, and it could hit toy companies hard. Trump uploaded letters addressed to the leaders of 14...
Japanese Shipping Firm to Develop ‘World’s First’ Integrated Floating Data Center Platform
Data Center Knowledge
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Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines has partnered with Kinetics, a renewable energy company, to develop what they say is the world’s first integrated floating data center platform. Under the memorandum of understanding, the two companies will...
U.S.’ 25% Tariffs on Japan: Don’t Panic. Work to Make a Stronger Economy
The Japan News
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July 9, 2025
Editorial 14:52 JST, July 9, 2025 With the international situation becoming increasingly severe, the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance continues to grow. And yet, the United States is set to unilaterally impose high tariffs on Japan in the...
Japanese BDS Activists Are Ramping Up Their Campaign Against a Robotics Company
Truthout
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July 8, 2025
Part of the Series Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! Japan is a great geographical distance from Israel’s killing fields in Gaza. But the nature of the global supply chain is bringing...
New US Tariff on Japan Is Truly a Worst-Case Scenario For Anime and Manga Fans
Screen Rant
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July 8, 2025
After a similar scare this past May, in which U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on all films produced outside the country, it seems anime fans are bracing for the worst yet again. On June 7th, the Trump administration announced that...
Deputy Foreign Minister of Tajikistan meets with Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
AKIpress News Agency
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July 9, 2025
Deputy Foreign Minister of Tajikistan meets with Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan AKIPRESS.COM - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sharifzoda Farrukh met with Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of...
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions focuses on BioClamp’s sustainability benefits and new WMArchitect Interchangeable Parts service at INTERPHEX Tokyo 2025
Macau Business
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July 9, 2025
TOKYO, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Visitors to the Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions booth W15-2 at INTERPHEX Tokyo 2025 (July 9-11 at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan) can learn more about the new WMArchitect Interchangeable Parts service as well as...
Japanese company moves to align CEO with Bitcoin strategy, full salary paid in BTC
Coin Telegraph
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Takashi Tashiro, the new CEO of Tokyo-based energy company Remixpoint, will be paid in Bitcoin as part of stated efforts to be “in the same boat” as shareholders, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Remixpoint said it will calculate...
Will Tokyo’s new MBO rules protect minority shareholders?
Law.asia
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July 9, 2025
In Japan, there is a growing trend toward management buyouts (MBOs) and delisting of publicly traded companies by parent companies or other major shareholders. In 2024, 18 MBOs were recorded, the third-highest number on record, and in June 2025,...
World News | Japan Starts Deploying Osprey Fleet at New Base to Beef Up Southwestern Defence
Latestly
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July 9, 2025
Hiroshima, Jul 9 (AP) The Japanese army on Wednesday began deploying its fleet of V-22 Ospreys on a newly-opened, permanent base in southwestern Japan, the country's latest move to beef up its defence amid growing tension in the region. The first...
1 injured after gas cylinder explodes at university near Tokyo
Xinhua News Agency
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TOKYO, July 9 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was injured after a gas cylinder exploded Wednesday at a university in the city of Saitama near Tokyo, local media reported. Firefighters received a report around 11:20 a.m. local time that a cylinder...
Construction Diary: How Two Artists Turned a Cabin Outside Joshua Tree Into a Clear-Minded Retreat
dwell
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July 8, 2025
To spin the phrase, one person’s discarded ceramic castings are another’s art supplies—which is true for Aaron Glasson. A recent piece by the New Zealand–born artist, Monument, is a patchwork of brick, tile, and more ephemera he sourced from...
Japan and South Korea push for U.S. tariff negotiations before August deadline
The Globe and Mail
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July 8, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Cranes, vehicles and shipping containers at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, in April, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told Japan and South Korea they would face 25 per cent tariffs.Ahn Young-joon/The...