Foreign visitors to Japan in January surge 40% to monthly record 3.78 mil
[Japan Today] - 02/19/2025
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in January surged 40.6 percent from a year earlier to a record 3.78 million, as travelers from China more than doubled…
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[Japan Today] - 19/02/2025
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[Japan Today] - 19/02/2025
Israel confirms four dead hostages who will be returned from Gaza include young family
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[Japan Today] - 19/02/2025
EU trade chief says bloc will respond swiftly to U.S. tariffs
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[Japan Today] - 19/02/2025
Ikea hopes for furniture market improvement in 2026
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[Japan Today] - 19/02/2025
Mother, son fall to their deaths from 14-story apartment in apparent murder-suicide
A 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old son died after being found on the grounds of a 14-story apartment building (…)
[Japan Today] - 19/02/2025
Ice performance
Japan's Hana Yoshida performs during the women's short program competition at the Figure Skating Road to 26 Trophy, (…)
[Japan Today] - 19/02/2025
Game, set, hate: WTA stars reveal fears after Raducanu's Dubai shock
Iga Swiatek on Wednesday praised the WTA's "solid" action after a fearful Emma Raducanu broke down in (…)
[Japan Today] - 19/02/2025
Japan Today Spotlight #5 | Why won’t Japan screen Shiori Ito’s ‘Black Box Diaries’?
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[Japan Today] - 19/02/2025
Trump says AP will continue to be curtailed at White House until it changes style to Gulf of America
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will continue to restrict The Associated Press' access to his events and (…)
[Japan Today] - 19/02/2025
