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Japan's 'beat poet' Kazuko Shiraishi, pioneer of modern performance poetry, dies at 93
Newsday· 7 hours agoKazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, known for her dramatic readings,...
Japan’s Exports Grow Most Since 2022 as Weak Yen Provides Boost
Bloomberg· 13 hours agoJapan’s exports grew at the fastest clip since late 2022 as the weak yen boosted their value, a...
Japan has an excess sushi problem. These food waste activists put it in numbers
BBC News· 1 day agoRiko Morinaga, a recent high school graduate in Tokyo, normally spends her weekend nights hanging...
Japan's glut of abandoned, derelict homes created so many eyesores and safety hazards it's making...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJapan has over 8 million abandoned houses in the countryside.Makoto Watanabe Japan's abandoned homes...
Foreign visitors to Japan top 3m for third straight month in May
Nikkei Asian Review· 4 hours agoThe number of foreign visitors to Japan totaled 3.04 million in May, up 60.1% from a year earlier...
Japan Bank to Overhaul Investments as Wrong-Way Rate Bets Trigger Bond Losses
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 9 hours agoMost Read from BloombergWhat to Know About the Deadly Flesh-Eating Bacteria Spreading in Japan‘I...
US pushing Netherlands, Japan to restrict more chipmaking equipment to China, source says -...
BusinessWorld· 9 hours agoUS official was headed to Japan after meeting with the Dutch government in an effort to push allies...
Kazuko Shiraishi, ‘the Allen Ginsberg of Japan’, dies aged 93
Euronews via Yahoo News· 5 hours ago“beat” poetry, known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music, has died. She was 93....
Japan's 'Beat Poet' Kazuko Shiraishi, Pioneer of Modern Performance Poetry, Dies at 93
US News & World Report· 7 hours agoShiraishi, whom American poet and translator Kenneth Rexroth dubbed “the Allen Ginsberg of Japan,” died of heart failure on June 14, Shichosha, a Tokyo publisher of her works ...
Japan's May exports rose 13.5% from a year earlier, led by cars and chips
Nikkei Asian Review· 13 hours agoJapan's exports grew in value terms for the sixth month in a row in May, due primarily to...