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Dentsu must be considering withdrawing from the global stage after recording a whopping great 2024 loss of ¥125bn ($820m or ...

Junko Yokota is legally blind in one eye. At first, her parents thought she was just a clumsy child who occasionally bumped ...

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A Japanese woman was so confident in her method of teaching the English language to children that she tested it out in Canada ...

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Senshu University Prof Yashio Uemura, an expert on the publishing field, suggesting bookstores do more to ensure they stay around. Across Japan, bookstores have been closing their doors in recent ...