Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator

Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator

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Member since Dec 20, 2024 tomas@associatednews.agency

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Japan convenience store sales rise 2.2% in March, up for 13th month

Japan convenience store sales rise 2.2% in March, up fo...

Convenience store sales in Japan rose 2.2 percent from a year earlier in March f...

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California says Amazon pressured retailers to boost prices on their websites to not undercut it

California says Amazon pressured retailers to boost pri...

Amazon used its market leverage to get companies such as Walmart to increase pri...

MONEY
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More Japanese firms plan to cut new graduate hires for FY2027 as AI use grows

More Japanese firms plan to cut new graduate hires for ...

More major Japanese companies plan to reduce the number of new graduates they hi...

TRAVEL
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Explore Japan’s geoparks: Nature, culture and geology combined

Explore Japan’s geoparks: Nature, culture and geology c...

Japan is full of outdoor attractions and natural wonders. Only some, however, hi...

LIVING
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To make hosting less stressful, strive for connection and not perfection

To make hosting less stressful, strive for connection a...

Inviting friends and family members over for a celebration, holiday or routine d...

HEADLINES
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M7.5 quake hits off northeastern Japan, triggering tsunami waves

M7.5 quake hits off northeastern Japan, triggering tsun...

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday,...

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Japan warns of increased risk of earthquakes at M8.0 or stronger

Japan warns of increased risk of earthquakes at M8.0 or...

Japan issued a special advisory on Monday warning of an increased risk of earthq...

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Hit reality show helps rev up Japan's delinquent youth subculture

Hit reality show helps rev up Japan's delinquent youth ...

Sporting towering Elvis-style hair and a school uniform modified into a rebellio...

HEADLINES
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Central Tokyo condo prices hit record ¥137.84 mil in FY2025

Central Tokyo condo prices hit record ¥137.84 mil in FY...

The average price of a new condominium in central Tokyo rose 18.5 percent in fis...

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Shizuoka new tea fetches ¥1.18 mil per kg at year's first auction

Shizuoka new tea fetches ¥1.18 mil per kg at year's fir...

Machine-processed new Japanese tea leaves from central Japan's Shizuoka Prefectu...

BUSINESS
Amazon to invest an additional $5 billion in Anthropic

Amazon to invest an additional $5 billion in Anthropic

Amazon said it would provide Anthropic with chips — for general computing and AI...

BUSINESS
China flashes new tech swagger to world markets convulsed by war

China flashes new tech swagger to world markets convuls...

The world's factory floor is increasingly getting retrofitted for a new era of a...

BUSINESS
Companies in Japan offer kids' meals to help ease burden of working households

Companies in Japan offer kids' meals to help ease burde...

Working parents are ready to spend more money on food that's easy to prepare so ...

BUSINESS
Sanrio launches gaming brand, tapping fast-growing global market

Sanrio launches gaming brand, tapping fast-growing glob...

Sanrio's push into gaming reflects a broader trend among Japanese intellectual p...

BUSINESS
UniCredit pursues Commerzbank, eyeing Europe’s biggest banking takeover

UniCredit pursues Commerzbank, eyeing Europe’s biggest ...

If there had been a sense in March talks that both sides could find common groun...

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The Mainichi News Quiz: What percentage support a woman becoming emperor of Japan?

The Mainichi News Quiz: What percentage support a woman...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...