Tokyo-based plant dye brand brightens everyday items with nature’s colours
Based in Tokyo’s Kuramae district, Maito Design Works offers a range of plant-dyed items for everyday use, such as socks, scarves and small bags.
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Japan to create digital archive of manga, anime and games to further boost soft power
The government also aims to promote the online distribution of local arts and cultural properties, with the goal of fostering regional revitalisation.
Japan’s penal code changes allow more flexible approach to inmates
The change will combine conventional prison work with new forms of guidance and education.
Struggling Nissan offers early retirement to employees in U.S.; part of global plans to cut 20,000 jobs, close 7 plants
This move comes in addition to previous measures, in which the company offered voluntary retirement to employees in the United States from April to September last year due to poor…
Nintendo, online marketplace operators join hands to prevent scalping of Switch 2
Nintendo will cooperate with the three companies in alerting users and requesting the removal of products listed against their sales guidelines from their online marketplaces.
In Japan, rice purchase applications halted amid huge demand
The government is now expected to reach its 200,000-ton limit for releasing state-stockpiled rice that was harvested in 2022, according to the agriculture ministry.
Japan government to spend US$6.2 billion in response to U.S. tariffs
The government compiled in April an emergency response package, which includes measures to stimulate consumption and support small and medium-sized businesses, and has now secured…
Japanese ‘rice meister’ shares tips on how to cook tasty stockpiled rice
Shinichi Nishikawa, 59, holds a qualification called “five-star rice meister,” which is like a PhD among those who have professional experience with rice.
Discretionary contracts for stockpiled rice: Will they help calm prices?- The Japan News
It is important to promote measures to stabilise prices that will be acceptable to both consumers and producers.
Japanese students at Harvard worried by U.S. move
The University of Tokyo decided on Friday to temporarily accept Japanese and other international students who become unable to study at Harvard due to the U.S. administration’s…