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Japan’s bean sprout shortage hitting Jiro-style ramen businesses hard

• Master Blaster
  Oct 16, 2026
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Could this spell doom for one of the most beloved ramen styles?

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• Japan
• (bean sprouts • business • COK • economy • food • inflation • Jiro-style ramen • moyashi • ramen)

Toys R Us is leaving Japan after 35 years in the country

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2026

U.S. born chain has soldiered on for nearly a decade after the closing of stores in America.

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• Japan
• (business • COK • don quixote • economy • society • toys • Toys R Us • Toys R Us Japan)

Japanese hair salons going bankrupt in record numbers

• Master Blaster
  May 5, 2026

Salons are dying in more ways than one.

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• Japan
• (bankruptcy • business • economy • hair salons • inflation • labor shortage • oil crisis)

Japan’s ministry of economy reminds us to “use sound judgment” before buying toilet paper

• Master Blaster
  Mar 26, 2026

Just take a beat and really think about it calmly.

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• Japan
• (1973 • economy • Iran • Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry • oil crisis • oil shock • panic buying • shopping • toilet paper • way)

New agriculture minister named, thousands make the same joke online at once

• Master Blaster
  May 21, 2025

We’re bringing sexy back to farming.

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• Japan
• (economy • food • Forestry and Fisheries • gaffe • LDP • Minister of Agriculture • politics • rice prices • shinjiro koizumi • Taku Eto)

Japanese government’s investment alligator mascot missing, possibly in hiding

• Master Blaster
  Apr 9, 2025

Followers are demanding crocodile tears.

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• Internet, Japan
• (alligators • economy • investing • Mascots • money • NISA • stock market • Tsumitate Wanisa)

Deaths way up, births way down yet again in Japan as population shrinks faster than expected

• Master Blaster
  Mar 5, 2025

At least there are some things you can rely on these days.

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• Japan
• (aging population • birth rate • culture • death rate • economy • Ministry of Heath Labor and Welfare • population • population decline • statistics)

Furikake rice seasoning sales are soaring, which is bad news for Japan as a whole

• Master Blaster
  Dec 2, 2024

Bad news for everyone over 10 in Japan at least.

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• Japan
• (business • economy • food • furikake • Japanese meals • okazu • rice)

Nearly half of Japan plans to spend summer vacation at home

• Master Blaster
  Jul 18, 2024

No one goes out in Japan no more. It’s too crowded.

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• Japan
• (economy • holidays • Nippon Life • Obon • summer • travel • vacation)

What ever happened to Premium Friday? Japanese government looks set to pull the plug

• Master Blaster
  Aug 5, 2023

Not so premium now, are you, Friday?

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• Japan
• (COVID-19 • culture • economy • internet • Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry • Premium Friday • websites)

Asahi Breweries to gift its over 3,000 employees with 30,000 yen each to eat out

• Master Blaster
  Nov 25, 2022

Christmas is coming early for Asahi Breweries workers.

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• Japan
• (Asahi Breweries • beer • business • eating out in Japan • economy • employee satisfaction • money • restaurants)

Japan second-most popular country to move to according to Google Search analysis

• Master Blaster
  Jul 12, 2022

It’s nice to feel wanted.

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• Japan
• (canada • country • economy • life in japan • move to Japan • moving • ranking • survey)

Olympic media dismayed by their subpar and overpriced food and drink

• Master Blaster
  Jul 23, 2021

Let the price gouging begin!

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• Japan
• (Coca-Cola • drink • economy • food • Main Press Center • MPC • Olympics • prices)

Pokémon’s legendary 2020 net profits prove it’s the very best, like no other franchise ever was

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 11, 2021

Despite perilous fumbles and mighty rivals in recent years, Pokémon marches along Victory Road: 2020 was its most successful sales year on record.

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• Japan
• (2020 • anime • economy • finance • kids • Pokemon • profits • the pokemon company • videogames • Yo-Kai Watch)

Japanese ministers call for reform of company hiring practices that focus on new graduates

• Dale Roll
  Nov 6, 2020

With jobs getting harder to find, it’s important that more people have the chance to be hired.

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• Japan
• (COK • college • college student • coronavirus • economy • hiring • job hunting • society • working in Japan)

Government plan has everyone talking about a 17-day-long New Year holiday

• Master Blaster
  Oct 26, 2020

Suga administration hopes everyone doesn’t party quite like it’s 1999 this year.

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• Japan
• (business • coronavirus • COVID-19 • economy • Japanese holidays • Japanese New Year • vacation • Yasutoshi Nishimura)

Japanese KitKats are shrinking, Nestlé says previous size may have been “too large” for customers

• Oona McGee
  Oct 19, 2020

Twitter user uncovers a case of shrinkflation, and chocolate lovers aren’t happy about it. 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • economy • food • Japanese Kit Kats • Japanese KitKats • Kit Kat • KitKat • Nestle • Nestle Japan • price increase • shrinkflation • sweets)

Here are the 10 richest companies in Japan: Can you guess which is number one?

• Dale Roll
  Aug 28, 2020

These Japanese companies have the most cash in their pockets.

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• Japan
• (Bandai Namco • business • COK • economics • economy • nintendo • profits • survey • technology • video games)

Osaka burglar arrested because he couldn’t find a mask during shortage

• Master Blaster
  Aug 18, 2020

Even thieves are feeling the pinch of COVID-19.

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• Japan
• (burglary • coronavirus • COVID-19 • crime • economy • face masks • Osaka)

Government plans to establish four “Japanese Silicon Valleys”

• Master Blaster
  Jul 16, 2020

In search of the elusive Japanese unicorn.

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• Japan
• (business • COK • economy • Fukuoka • government • IT • Nagoya • Osaka • Silicon Valley • start-ups • tech • Tokyo)

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