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Japan’s Basic Policy 2025 Strengthens Space Industry
National Law Review
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July 17, 2025
Demonstrating Japan’s intention to fortify its space policy and support the growth of space businesses, the government approved the Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform 2025 (Basic Policy 2025) on June 13, 2025. This important...
₹4,000 cr state-aid for shipbuilding goes abegging with just 12.5% utilised so far
ETInfra.com
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July 26, 2025
The financial assistance to Indian shipyards is applicable for shipbuilding contracts signed between April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2026.MUMBAI: A ₹4,000 crore state aid budgeted by the government for local shipbuilders for a ten-year period...
Japan-funded FAO project revives farming, livestock in flood-hit areas
The Nation
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July 18, 2025
ISLAMABAD - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has concluded a critical emergency project that provided support to flood-affected farming and herding communities in Balochistan and Sindh provinces, made possible...
The Results Of The 2025 Eisner Awards As They Are Announced (Updating)
Bleeding Cool - Illinois
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July 26, 2025
Posted in: Boom, Comics, Comics Publishers, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Fantagraphics, IDW, Image, Mad Cave Studios, Marvel Comics, Oni Press, Pop Culture | Tagged: eisner awards, sdcc The Results Of The 2025 Eisner Awards As They Are Announced...
European Union-China summit: sharp tensions between Beijing and Brussels
World Socialist Web Site
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July 26, 2025
For a long period, there were expectations that the US’s aggressive trade war policy would bring other industrialized countries and regions closer together. However, Thursday’s summit between China and the European Union (EU) points in the...
Pressure mounts on Ishiba to resign, but he remains defiant
The Asahi Shimbun
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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces mounting pressure to resign following his Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous showing in the Upper House election. On July 25, Hiroyoshi Sasagawa, a senior farm vice minister, told reporters that his group of...
Japan’s Core Inflation Slows but Stays above BOJ Target, Keeps Hike Bets Alive
The Japan News
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July 18, 2025
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The Bank of Japan Reuters 10:23 JST, July 18, 2025 TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s core inflation slowed in June but stayed above the central bank’s 2% target for well over three years, highlighting lingering price pressures...
Poll Reveals Japan’s Ruling Coalition May Lose Upper House Grip
MENAFN
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July 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Japan’s governing alliance—comprised of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito—is poised to lose its majority in the House of Councillors following Sunday’s election, according to multiple media projections....
Cities with Most Michelin-Starred Restaurants; Japan Dominates
Tempo.co
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July 20, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Michelin Guide has long become a global reference for restaurants and dining places. First published in 1900, the book has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. Currently, the Michelin Guide covers 18,106 restaurants...
Iconic Japanese Sports Cars You Can Import for Cheap
CarBuzz
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July 20, 2025
JDM, or Japanese domestic market. It's a three-letter acronym synonymous with some of the most amazing Japanese performance cars that were initially only offered for sale in Japan. Think Nissan GT-R R34, Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) and the Honda NSX-R. Cars...
Partnership between energy giants brings limitless clean power closer to reality: 'A significant milestone'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 25, 2025
"Together, we can make a global impact." by Ren VenkateshJuly 25, 2025 Photo Credit: Tokamak Energy In efforts to uncover and commercialize cleaner alternatives to dirty fuel-based power, companies worldwide are starting to invest in nuclear...
Japanese CEO of Luxury Goods Trading Platform Revealed as Buyer of $10 M. Birkin Bag
Art in America
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July 18, 2025
Shinsuke Sakimoto, the CEO of luxury goods reseller Valuence Holdings Inc., revealed himself as the buyer of a Hermès Birkin bag auctioned last week in an interview with the Khaleej Times on Monday. The handmade, all-black leather bag sold at...
DIY plastic recycling made easy: How a global community is fighting plastic pollution
Euronews
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July 20, 2025
It all started in 2014 when Dave Hakkens, then a student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released his design for a plastic recycling machine to the world for free. The aim was to make plastic recycling available to local communities at scale by...
The Deepest Video Game Rabbit Holes I've Ever Gone Down
TheGamer
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July 25, 2025
Rabbit holes are fun, especially if they're something you can get more into in and outside your favorite video games. I am not immune to the temptations of wanting to know more about the games I enjoy, especially if they leave a compelling and...
Tokyo stocks end higher after robust TSMC earnings
The Mainichi
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This file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Thursday, as heavyweight chip shares trimmed earlier losses after robust earnings from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. helped ease concern...
“This Isn’t Investment, It’s Invasion”: Locals Revolt as Dubai Takes 1 Billion ft³ of U.S. Land to Pump the ‘New Oil’
Sustainability Times
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July 25, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 Adnoc and ExxonMobil have partnered in the Baytown Project to revolutionize low-carbon energy production. ⚡ The project aims to create the world’s largest low-emission hydrogen plant, producing up to 1 billion cubic feet of blue...
Elections Today in Japan : Prime Minister Ishiba on the Line After Pivotal Vote
Tunisie Numerique
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July 20, 2025
Japanese voters head to the polls this Sunday, July 20, 2025, to renew half of the 248 seats in the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the national parliament. While the outcome of the vote does not directly impact the composition of the...
Asia Week Ahead: Key Data On South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, While China Holds Lending Rate Steady
myMotherLode - California
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Saturday, July 19, 2025 10:49 PM EDT Image Source: Unsplash The highlights of the week are data on South Korean GDP, Japanese inflation, and Taiwanese industrial production and exports. China is expected to hold its prime lending rate steady....
Japanese embroidery on display at Carnegie Public Library
The Herald Republican - Indiana
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ANGOLA — When Mari Miller — the artist whose work is currently on display at Angola’s Carnegie Public Library — first started sewing, it was out of lockdown boredom in early 2020. Stuck in her home in Kawagoe, Japan, she tried her hand at a few...
Japan university repeatedly gave mom false info over bullying at affiliated primary school
The Mainichi
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July 17, 2025
The mother of a girl who was bullied at school looks at internal documents in Ibaraki Prefecture, May 23, 2025. She got the documents through a FOIA request, wanting to know how the university was handling the serious situation. (Mainichi/Hitomi...