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Trump Strikes Historic Trade Deal with Japan: Tariffs Lowered, $550 Billion Investment Secured
The Enterprise World - Ohio
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July 23, 2025
In a significant development, former U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sweeping trade agreement with Japan on July 23, 2025. The Trade deal slashes tariffs on Japanese imports to a flat 15%, averting a potential trade war and replacing the...
Trade deal with U.S. still weighs on Japan's inflation-hit economy
Japan Today
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July 24, 2025
The Japan-U.S. trade deal provides only a brief relief, as tariffs remain at higher levels than before, threatening to hinder Japan's inflation-plagued economy from recovering, analysts say. While Japan offered an increased $550 billion investment...
Top Japan, S Korea diplomats to pursue stable development of ties
Japan Today
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July 24, 2025
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his new South Korean counterpart Cho Hyun agreed Thursday to work together to promote the stable development of bilateral relations and maintain close communication, Japan's government said. During their...
PNG-Japan trade to expect minimal tariffs
The National
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A PROPOSED trade relationship between Papua New Guinea and Japan is expected to see them exchange goods and services with minimal tariffs, following talks led by Prime Minister James Marape in Japan this week. Marape discussed trade relations and...
Rice prices in Japan hit record highs
Turkmenportal
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The price of rice in Japan has doubled from last year to 4 280 yen per 5-kilogram bag. The sharp price jump is due to a supply shortage that began in 2023 due to abnormal heat, Yahoo Finance reports. Extremely high temperatures not only reduced...
Japan Accepting Trump Trade Deal A Sign Of Desperation? Market Commentator Says Bitcoin And Gold Have Known This For A 'Long Time'
Benzinga
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Japan's agreement to the terms of the U.S. trade deal signals a deeper economic crisis, with Bitcoin BTC/USD emerging as a potential beneficiary of the chaos, The Kobeissi Letter said on Wednesday. What happened: In an X post, the capital markets...
Japan asked again by UN body for info on missing French tourist
The Mainichi
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Tiphaine Veron. (Photo courtesy of the Tochigi prefectural police/Kyodo) GENEVA (Kyodo) -- A U.N. committee has again asked Japan to provide detailed investigative information on a French woman who went missing nearly seven years ago during a trip...
Tokyo court rejects key evidence in jailed Perth grandmother's appeal bid
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 24, 2025
The Tokyo High Court has rejected expert evidence defence lawyers hoped would overturn drug trafficking charges against a Perth grandmother. Donna Nelson was arrested in January 2023 at Tokyo's Narita Airport after two kilograms of methamphetamine...
Japan to purchase 100 Boeing planes, increase rice imports by 75 pct
Lao News Agency
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KPL (KPL/Yonhap) The White House said Wednesday that Japan has agreed to purchase 100 Boeing aircraft and billions' worth of agricultural and other products, and increase imports of U.S. rice by 75 percent as part of a trade deal struck this week....
Japan police to trial bodycams from August
NHK
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Japanese police will trial the use of body cameras from August, with the aim of preventing disputes that arise from questioning or traffic stops. The move comes as officers have faced incidents of verbal abuse during stops. Meanwhile, there have...
Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average Topix Rallies to Record High in Trade Deal Afterglow (UPDATE 1)
The Japan News
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July 24, 2025
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The Tokyo Stock Exchange Reuters 12:04 JST, July 24, 2025 (updated at 16:30 JST) TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) – Japan’s Topix index climbed to a record high on Thursday and the Nikkei share average hit a new one-year peak,...
Browse The Latest Arrivals from Disney Store Japan with Winnie the Pooh and Pals Urupocha-Chan Plush
Laughing Place
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July 24, 2025
Winnie the Pooh and his pals are back at Disney Store, this time as part of the Urupocha-Chan plush from Disney Store Japan! The international travelers are micro plush and they’re looking super cozy here in the USA and will look even better in...
Japan’s Topix Sets Record High as Trump Deals Ease Tariff Fears
Mint
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July 24, 2025
Japan’s Topix stock index rose above last summer’s record to close at a fresh peak as hopes of more US tariff deals brightened the outlook for global trade and economic growth. The equity rally in Japan comes as gauges worldwide have notched...
Snipe Women’s World Champs in Japan
Scuttlebutt Sailing News - California
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July 24, 2025
Published on July 24th, 2025 Racing is underway for 34 teams at the 2025 Snipe Women’s World Championship, with eight races scheduled on July 24-27 in Enoshima, Japan. All three USA teams are in the top six after the first day, led by Sarah...
M4.7 Earthquake Strikes Japan’s Nagasaki Pref.; No Tsunami Threat
The Japan News
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July 25, 2025
The Japan News The Yomiuri Shimbun 11:38 JST, July 25, 2025 An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.7 struck on Nagasaki Prefecture at around 11:17 a.m. on Friday. Isahaya and Unzen cities in the prefecture registered a 4 on the Japanese...
Studio Ghibli specialty shop in Tokyo Station announces indefinite closure, for kindhearted reason
SoraNews24
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July 25, 2025
Every other store in Tokyo Character Street is open, but Donguri Kyowakoku says it’s not time to shop. Earlier this month the Tokyo Skytree branch of Studio Ghibli specialty shop Donguri Kyowakoku held its grand reopening, welcoming guests to its...
A touch of class and glass brings out the best in Japan’s Hata Premium soda pop
SoraNews24
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July 24, 2025
Rumors of ramune’s demise were greatly exaggerated. There was a time in Japan where ramune was the soda of choice for kids and adults, whether at festivals, cooling down after some time in a bathhouse, or while visiting candy stores. It came in a...
Japan trade deal offers U.S. automakers relief, not new markets
Japan Times
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July 24, 2025
If only Switzerland would open itself up to U.S. chocolate exports. Oh right, it did. Even so, I’m guessing the master chocolatiers are safe in their Alpine redoubt from an American influx. On a similar note, U.S. President Donald Trump’s touted...
Tokyo’s concessions to Trump send Korea’s trade negotiators scrambling
Hankyoreh
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July 24, 2025
Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan departs for Washington from the Incheon International Airport on July 23, 2025, for trade talks. (Yonhap) The South Korean government finds itself in a pinch during its last-minute negotiations with the US after US...
Japan's Nidec posts rise of 2.3% in first-quarter operating profit
Channel News Asia
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July 24, 2025
TOKYO :Japanese electric motor maker Nidec reported on Thursday 61.45 billion yen ($420.60 million) in preliminary first-quarter operating profit, up 2.3 per cent from the year-earlier period. The result for the quarter ended June compared with an...