Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Arts|Asia|Travel

As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers

Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate

As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers
Business|Environment|Technology

Tokyo residents seek to block building of massive data centre

A group of residents in Tokyo said on Wednesday they were aiming to block construction of a massive logistics and data centre planned by Singaporean developer GLP

Business|Economy

Costco's Japan wages provide pathway to firing up nation's low pay, economy

When Costco Wholesale opened its warehouse in a rural Japanese town not far from Tokyo last year offering hundreds of jobs at eye-popping pay, a nearby

Costco's Japan wages provide pathway to firing up nation's low pay, economy

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