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Japan's Rice Crisis: Prices Soar, Supplies Dwindle And A Minister Resigns
Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the decades.
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Trump Tariffs A "National Crisis": Japan PM Calls For "Calm-Headed" Approach
Japanese firms are the biggest investors into the United States, but Trump on Thursday announced a 24% levy on imports from the close Washington ally.
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Love Motel Converted To Funeral Home In Japan Amid Population Crisis: "Metaphor Of Decline"
Reactions poured in from social media users who described the building as a metaphor for Japan's demographic crisis.
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Climate Change Cooks Up Japanese 'Cabbage Shock'
Due to intense localised rain, then a prolonged dry period, farmers in Japan's Aichi are grappling with yields an estimated 30% lower than usual.
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"Uterus Removal At 30": Japan Leader's Bizarre Proposal To Boost Birth Rate Sparks Backlash
The minister suggested banning women from marrying after 25 and undergoing forced hysterectomies at 30, as well as restricting women's access to university education from the age of 18.
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Defence "Geek" Shigeru Ishiba Is New Japan Prime Minister
Japan got a new prime minister on Tuesday, with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis and build an Asian NATO to face down China.
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Japan PM Fumio Kishida To Step Down Amid Sinking Poll Ratings
Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to quit after announcing on Wednesday he will not seek re-election as party chief.
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Japan Birth Rate Hit Record Low In 2023 As Nation's Population Crisis Deepen
The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth consecutive year to a record low in 2023, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, underscoring the daunting task the country faces in trying to stem depopulation.
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Amid War With Russia, Ukraine PM Seeks Reconstruction Help In Japan
Ukraine's prime minister urged Japan's government and private sector on Monday to step up support for the country's reconstruction, promising an "economic miracle" once the almost two-year-old war with Russia ends.
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Chilling Predictions Baba Vanga Made For 2024 That Came True
Baba Vanga reportedly foretold that there will be a huge economic crisis that will impact the global economy in 2024.
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Japan Village, Battling Demographic Crisis, Celebrates Birth Of Baby In Over 20 Years
In 2022, less than 800,000 babies were born in Japan and the indigenous population shrank by over half a million.
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Japan Sees Highest Record Drop In Population
Japan's population fell by a record in 2022, government data showed Wednesday, as the country struggles to reverse its perennial low birthrates.
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Japan Population Crisis Deepens As Birth Rate Hits Record Low
Japan's birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly.
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Japan's Fumio Kishida Orders $26 Billion To Be Set Aside For Childcare
Japan's government will set aside $26 billion for new child care measures, slightly more than earlier estimated, in a move likely to add more debt to the industrial world's heaviest public debt burden.
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"US, China, Japan Facing Economic Crisis Because...": BJP Chief JP Nadda
BJP chief J P Nadda today claimed that the US, China and Japan are facing an economic crisis now as they spent money on providing freebies during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Indian government came up with a Rs 20 lakh crore package
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Japan's Rice Crisis: Prices Soar, Supplies Dwindle And A Minister Resigns
Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the decades.
-
Trump Tariffs A "National Crisis": Japan PM Calls For "Calm-Headed" Approach
Japanese firms are the biggest investors into the United States, but Trump on Thursday announced a 24% levy on imports from the close Washington ally.
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Love Motel Converted To Funeral Home In Japan Amid Population Crisis: "Metaphor Of Decline"
Reactions poured in from social media users who described the building as a metaphor for Japan's demographic crisis.
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Climate Change Cooks Up Japanese 'Cabbage Shock'
Due to intense localised rain, then a prolonged dry period, farmers in Japan's Aichi are grappling with yields an estimated 30% lower than usual.
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"Uterus Removal At 30": Japan Leader's Bizarre Proposal To Boost Birth Rate Sparks Backlash
The minister suggested banning women from marrying after 25 and undergoing forced hysterectomies at 30, as well as restricting women's access to university education from the age of 18.
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Defence "Geek" Shigeru Ishiba Is New Japan Prime Minister
Japan got a new prime minister on Tuesday, with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis and build an Asian NATO to face down China.
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Japan PM Fumio Kishida To Step Down Amid Sinking Poll Ratings
Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to quit after announcing on Wednesday he will not seek re-election as party chief.
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Japan Birth Rate Hit Record Low In 2023 As Nation's Population Crisis Deepen
The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth consecutive year to a record low in 2023, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, underscoring the daunting task the country faces in trying to stem depopulation.
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Amid War With Russia, Ukraine PM Seeks Reconstruction Help In Japan
Ukraine's prime minister urged Japan's government and private sector on Monday to step up support for the country's reconstruction, promising an "economic miracle" once the almost two-year-old war with Russia ends.
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Chilling Predictions Baba Vanga Made For 2024 That Came True
Baba Vanga reportedly foretold that there will be a huge economic crisis that will impact the global economy in 2024.
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Japan Village, Battling Demographic Crisis, Celebrates Birth Of Baby In Over 20 Years
In 2022, less than 800,000 babies were born in Japan and the indigenous population shrank by over half a million.
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Japan Sees Highest Record Drop In Population
Japan's population fell by a record in 2022, government data showed Wednesday, as the country struggles to reverse its perennial low birthrates.
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Japan Population Crisis Deepens As Birth Rate Hits Record Low
Japan's birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly.
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Japan's Fumio Kishida Orders $26 Billion To Be Set Aside For Childcare
Japan's government will set aside $26 billion for new child care measures, slightly more than earlier estimated, in a move likely to add more debt to the industrial world's heaviest public debt burden.
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"US, China, Japan Facing Economic Crisis Because...": BJP Chief JP Nadda
BJP chief J P Nadda today claimed that the US, China and Japan are facing an economic crisis now as they spent money on providing freebies during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Indian government came up with a Rs 20 lakh crore package
