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Government Measures for New Capitalism: Strengthening Tax Reduction Measures, Support for Capital Investment, and Encouraging Domestic Investment in Strategic Fields

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Government Measures for New Capitalism: Strengthening Tax Reduction Measures, Support for Capital Investment, and Encouraging Domestic Investment in Strategic Fields

In response to Prime Minister Kishida’s instruction to compile economic measures by the end of next month, the government’s “Council for the Realization of New Capitalism” discussed specific measures at a meeting on the 27th. and,â–½Strengthening tax reduction measures for companies working on raising wages,â–½Support for capital investment to improve productivity at small businesses, etc.in … Read more

TOHO Cinemas Under Investigation for Alleged Monopolistic Practices

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TOHO Cinemas Under Investigation for Alleged Monopolistic Practices

TOHO Cinemas, a subsidiary of Toho, is a major movie theater operator with approximately 70 movie theaters nationwide. According to people involved, TOHO Cinemas is unfairly restraining the business of movie distributors by giving them preferential distribution and putting pressure on other companies not to distribute their films. The Japan Fair Trade Commission has been … Read more

Musician “CHEHON” Arrested for Possession of Marijuana

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Musician “CHEHON” Arrested for Possession of Marijuana

The suspect arrested is Koji Yoneda (39), a musician who performs under the name “CHEHON.” According to the police, on the 11th of this month, a man is suspected of violating the Cannabis Control Act for possessing approximately 1 gram of dried cannabis at an apartment in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. Police received information that Yoneda … Read more

Congressman Menendez Indicted for Corruption: Implications for the Democratic Party

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Congressman Menendez Indicted for Corruption: Implications for the Democratic Party

The US District Attorney’s Office in New York held a press conference on the 22nd, announcing that a federal grand jury had indicted five people, including Congressman Menendez of the ruling Democratic Party, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Senate, his wife, and three businessmen acquaintances. It was announced that he had been … Read more

Fatal Crane Accident Kills 2 Workers at Tokyo Construction Site: Investigation Progress and Safety Management Concerns

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Fatal Crane Accident Kills 2 Workers at Tokyo Construction Site: Investigation Progress and Safety Management Concerns

On the 19th of this month, a steel frame being lifted by a crane fell at a building construction site in Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, killing two workers and seriously injuring three others. Did. Approximately 30 investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department inspected the scene from 9 a.m. to determine the detailed circumstances of the accident. … Read more

Tragic Bus Accident in New York State: Two Adults Killed, Several Injured

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Tragic Bus Accident in New York State: Two Adults Killed, Several Injured

On the afternoon of the 21st in New York State, United States, and in the early hours of the 22nd Japan time, a large bus carrying about 40 people, including local high school students, veered off the highway it was traveling on and overturned. According to police, two adults were killed and at least five … Read more

Construction Site Accident in Tokyo: Two Deaths, Three Injured

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Construction Site Accident in Tokyo: Two Deaths, Three Injured

On the morning of the 19th, a steel frame that had been lifted by a crane fell at the construction site of a building in Yaesu, Chuo Ward, Tokyo, and Yuichiro Hara (33), a company employee from Asaka City, Saitama Prefecture, was working on it. Two people, Yamato Hanada (43), a company employee from Ichikawa … Read more

The Continued Pollution of River Water in Kita Ward, Osaka: A Threat to Public Health

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The Continued Pollution of River Water in Kita Ward, Osaka: A Threat to Public Health

The following year, starting in 2004, the Japan College of Analytical Chemistry, located in Kita Ward, Osaka, began investigating the degree of turbidity of river water and the number of bacteria. The water quality is improving, and the endangered Japanese eel was confirmed to be living there in November last year, but E. coli, an … Read more

Remembering the 2011 Torrential Rains: Memorial Gathering and Prayers for Victims in Wakayama, Nara, and Mie Prefectures

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Remembering the 2011 Torrential Rains: Memorial Gathering and Prayers for Victims in Wakayama, Nara, and Mie Prefectures

The torrential rains that hit the Kii Peninsula on September 4, 2011 caused a series of river floods and landslides due to the typhoon, resulting in a total of 88 deaths and missing persons in Wakayama, Nara, and Mie prefectures. On the 4th of 2012, in Nachikatsuura Town, Wakayama Prefecture, where the most 29 people … Read more

iDeCo account management fee waived by Nippon Life: Latest update on tax-exempt private pensions

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iDeCo account management fee waived by Nippon Life: Latest update on tax-exempt private pensions

“iDeCo” is one of the private pensions that individuals voluntarily join on top of public pensions, and there are preferential treatment that tax exemptions are made on contributions and investment profits. Regarding this iDeCo, Nippon Life decided to waive the account management fee, which subscribers pay 319 yen every month, from October. Regarding iDeCo’s account … Read more