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KUSKOP trade mission to Japan targets RM51 million deals
The Sun Daily
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June 23, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives’ (KUSKOP) official trade mission to Japan, in conjunction with the Osaka Expo 2025, is expected to generate RM51 million in potential investment and sales. It said in a...
Japan: Our Undervalued Asian Ally
The Dispatch
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June 23, 2025
The consensus among the publicly available assessments of the world’s intelligence agencies is that Japan does not, at the moment, have a nuclear weapons program per se. As the only people on Earth against whom nuclear weapons have been deployed,...
Shipping groups avoid the Strait of Hormuz to reduce exposure after U.S. strikes on Iran
CNBC
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June 23, 2025
An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps speed boat sailing along the Persian Gulf during the IRGC marine parade to commemorate Persian Gulf National Day, near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the seaport city of Bushehr, in the south of Iran, on...
134th MSG Airmen showcase operational agility in Japan
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 23, 2025
More than 120 Airmen from the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 134th Mission Support Group deployed to Okinawa for annual field training, June 6-21, 2025. The Airmen collaborated with their active counterparts in a high-tempo, joint environment that...
Japan supermarket rice prices hit 3-month low
NHK
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A national survey shows the price of rice at Japanese supermarkets dropped for a fourth straight week, hitting a 3-month low. The agriculture ministry released results for the week through June 15. They showed the average price of a 5-kilogram bag...
Strait of Hormuz: an energy crisis would hit Asia the hardest
PIME AsiaNews
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June 23, 2025
An Iranian blockade of the world's main maritime transit point for oil and gas would have severe repercussions in Asia, especially for China, India, Japan, and South Korea. As crude oil prices rise, many doubt that Iran can carry out its threats...
Japan rice price falls below 4,000 yen for 1st time since March
Kyodo News+
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The average price of rice in Japan fell below 4,000 yen ($27) per 5 kilograms for the first time in around three and a half months to 3,920 yen, the government said Monday, with increased distribution of stockpiles likely helping to drive down...
Tokyo Revengers Finally Gets Major Anime Production Update With New 'Three Deities' Reveal
Comic Book Resources (CBR)
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June 23, 2025
Tokyo Revengers fans finally have news about new episodes after the last batch of episodes finished airing in 2023. The next installment of the series, the Three Deities Arc, will be coming in 2026. Oricon reports that the new season was announced...
CloEE Raises $600K to Accelerate AI-Driven Process Manufacturing in the US, Nordics, and Italy
Manufacturing Tomorrow
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CloEE, an AI agent that optimizes factory operations, enhances sustainability, and drives annual revenue growth for discrete manufacturing companies, has attracted investment CloEE, an AI-powered platform for discrete manufacturing, is thrilled to...
Japanese PM Ishiba decides to skip NATO Summit
The Hans India
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June 23, 2025
Shigeru Ishiba, the Prime Minister of Japan, has cancelled his June 24-26 visit to Netherlands to attend the NATO Summit, the country's Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. "Prime Minister's visit to The Hague in the Kingdom of the Netherlands,...
Possible Hormuz blockade threatens Asia’s energy lifeline, unsettling oil market
The Business Times Singapore
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June 23, 2025
[SINGAPORE] Oil and liquified natural gas (LNG) buyers in Asia have been unsettled by the Iranian parliament greenlighting a plan to close the Strait of Hormuz. The sea passage between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman is a critical choke...
Japan's retail rice prices fall below 4,000 yen, hitting prime minister's target
Channel News Asia
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June 23, 2025
TOKYO :Japan's average retail rice prices fell below 4,000 yen ($27) for the first time in four months, data showed on Monday, after the government released an emergency stockpile of rice to tackle food inflation ahead of a national election. The...
World News | FTA with India a Smart Approach to Trade, Says UK's New Industrial Strategy
Latestly
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June 23, 2025
London, Jun 23 (PTI) The UK government released a new industrial strategy on Monday for boosting investment to spur economic growth and termed the recently concluded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India a smart approach to foster free and open...
Japan appears to show some support for US strikes on Iran nuke sites
The Mainichi
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Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Monday appeared to show some support for U.S. strikes on Iran's key nuclear sites over the weekend, saying that they signaled Washington's resolve to...
Japan to set up evacuation shelters on island near Taiwan by 2027
Nikkei Asia
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TOKYO -- The Japanese government will set up the country's first long-stay evacuation shelters on an island near Taiwan by the end of fiscal 2027 amid growing concerns over tensions in the Taiwan Strait. The construction of the first such shelters...
Japan Private Sector Expands Most In 4 Months
RTTNews
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June 23, 2025
Japan's private sector grew the most in four months in June as manufacturing activity returned to growth amid stronger increase in services activity, flash data from S&P Global showed on Monday. The au Jibun Bank flash composite output index...
U.S. Strikes on Iran Show Determination: Japan's Ishiba
Nippon
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June 23, 2025
Newsfrom Japan Politics Jun 23, 2025 23:53 (JST) Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)--The recent U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities show a determination to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons while seeking a swift de-escalation of the...
Kenya: Latest Olkaria geothermal energy project 70% complete
ESI Africa
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June 23, 2025
The newest geothermal project in Kenya has reached the 70% completion mark after key equipment and components were installed, with the last of the hardware expected by the end of June. State-owned Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen)...
UK Government Strategy focused on driving investment, innovation and jobs in British clean energy
Renewable Energy Magazine
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The government believes that electric technologies can be much more efficient than fossil fuels, while also reducing the need for fossil fuel imports, which in turn will also make the country more resilient to supply and price volatility on...
Japan’s shipping firms are racing their vessels through the Strait of Hormuz
Cryptopolitan
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June 23, 2025
Japan’s top shipping firms, Nippon Yusen and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, are racing their vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, cutting the time spent in Gulf waters to avoid getting caught in the crossfire of Iran’s war with Israel and America,...