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• Japanese employees can hire this company to quit for them
  
  In a country famous for its punishing work culture, one service helps apprehensive employees tell the boss they're leaving.
  CBS News.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Currency-Hedged ETFs Lead Japan's Stock Market Rally
  
  Currency-hedged Japan ETFs are outperforming their unhedged peers as the surging U.S. dollar is knocking down the returns of international investments.
  Zacks.  Thursday, 8 Jun 2023.
• Political Relationship Green Shoots Lift Markets
  
  Asian equities were mixed overnight on light volumes as Hong Kong and Taiwan outperformed while Japan underperformed.
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023.
• Japanese Star Kamui Kobayashi Coming To Nascar
  
  Kamui Kobayashi will be making his NASCAR debut in August. It will be the first time the talented driver will be racing a stock car.
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023.
• Japan rethinks tattoo ban in defence forces to lift recruitment
  
  Japan's Self-Defence Forces are struggling to recruit from a population that is shrinking and ageing.
  BBC News.  Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023.
• Warning over NINE invasive plants that spread as quickly as Japanese Knotweed and how to remove them
  
  Finding an invasive species in your garden is probably the worst nightmare of many a gardener. Read on to find out what they are, and how to deal with and prevent them.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 6 Jun 2023.
• Changing Rooms home designed by Laurence Llewelyn Bowen is for sale
  
  The Macclesfield family home appeared on Channel 4's Changing Rooms last year, when one of the four bedrooms received a Japanese-themed makeover.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 6 Jun 2023.
• Japan Small-Cap ETF (DXJS) Hits New 52-Week High
  
  Japan Hedged Smallcap Equity ETF hit a 52-week high lately. Can it soar higher?
  Zacks.  Monday, 5 Jun 2023.
• People who got used to face masks during COVID attend smiling lessons
  
  People in Japan who became so used to wearing face masks during the pandemic are signing up for lessons to teach them how to smile again.
  Sky News.  Monday, 5 Jun 2023.
• GaaSyy: Japan YouTuber arrested over celebrity threats
  
  Yoshikazu Higashitani, aka GaaSyy, returns to Japan months after Tokyo police issued his arrest warrant.
  BBC News.  Sunday, 4 Jun 2023.
• People who live longest share these 2 traits, say authors who studied Japanese 'secret' for 'a long and happy life'
  
  "Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life," highlights the practices of some of the longest-lived people. Here are two things they have in common.
  CNBC.  Saturday, 3 Jun 2023.
• Wall Street sees further upside for Japan stocks as they notch a fresh three-decade high
  
  Japan's Topix (Tokyo Price Index) has marked new peaks in the past two weeks, seeing its highest level since July 1990 on Monday.
  CNBC.  Tuesday, 30 May 2023.
• Three Killed After Suspected Shooting and Stabbing in Japan
  
  The assault on Thursday in the city of Nakano in central Japan took the lives of a woman and two police officers. It was a rare episode of violence in a country where gun crime remains low.
  New York Times.  Thursday, 25 May 2023.
• 3 reportedly killed, including police, in Japan knife and gun attack
  
  Reports said a masked man in camouflage with knife and a long gun attacked people in the central Nagano region.
  CBS News.  Thursday, 25 May 2023.
• Japan To Provide 100 Military Vehicles To Ukraine
  
  Japan held a ceremony on May 24 marking its planned donation of about 100 military vehicles to Ukraine, as Tokyo seeks to provide equipment that can be of broader military use than its earlier shipments of helmets and hazmat suits.
  Radio Liberty.  Wednesday, 24 May 2023.

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