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2022-07-01 20:49:00
Pitcher Roki Sasaki of professional baseball Lotte started in the middle of the 8th in the Rakuten match held at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba City on July 1, and took four strikes in one inning at a time, lining up in the professional baseball record. However, I got off the mound four times due to the crushed blister on my right hand.
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2022-07-01 20:42:00
JR East has announced a disposition to reduce the remuneration of Vice President Yoichi Kise, who participated in the event, saying that he had been drunk excessively at an in-house social gathering and caused inconvenience to related parties such as employees being transported by emergency.
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2022-07-01 20:20:00
This time of year is usually the rainy season, but in many areas the rainy season has already ended and the heat is severe every day. The growth of agricultural products is beginning to be affected, and producers and others are raising concerns in various places.
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Economic news
2022-07-01 19:58:00
Russia's President Putin has signed a presidential decree ordering the change of business entity to a Russian company for the oil and gas development project "Sakhalin 2" being promoted in the Far East of Russia with the investment of a major Japanese trading company. It seems that there is also an aim to shake the Japanese side, which is tightening sanctions against Russia, which continues to invade Ukraine.
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2022-07-01 19:46:00
The depreciation of the yen does not stop. In the foreign exchange market this week, the yen's exchange rate temporarily dropped to the 137 yen level for the first time in about 24 years from the view that the United States will continue to tighten monetary policy aggressively. In the last six months, the yen has depreciated by 21 yen and the dollar has strengthened, and the rate of decline in the six months has been the largest since 1998, when the Bank of Japan has a record. Concerns are growing among businesses and households over the depreciation of the yen, which pushes up import prices. How far will this depreciation of the yen go? (Hidetoshi Inomata, Reporter, Ministry of Economic Affairs)
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2022-07-01 19:30:00
Food maker Kewpie has announced that it will raise prices for mayonnaise and sauces in response to soaring raw material prices. This is the third mayonnaise price increase since last year.
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Political News
2022-07-01 18:55:00
The Ministry of Justice has notified the Tokyo District Court that it is a breach of duty for seven IT businesses that have not indicated their intention to apply for registration as stipulated by the Companies Act over "foreign companies" that do business in Japan. This is the first time that the Ministry of Justice has notified the court that a fine should be imposed on a "foreign company" that is not registered.
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2022-07-01 18:54:00
As part of measures to counter rising prices of energy and other products, the government has decided to support farmers who have reduced the amount of chemical fertilizer used by 70% of the increase in fertilizer prices in order to reduce the production cost of agricultural products. ..
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2022-07-01 18:04:00
GPIF = Government Pension Investment Fund, which manages public pension reserves, has invested more than 10 trillion yen last year against the backdrop of a sharp rise in yields on foreign stocks and government bonds and a rapid depreciation of the yen. Announced that it was in the black.
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Social News
2022-07-01 21:18:00
In June, a transparent liquid was found in the car of the Tobu Noda Line running in Chiba Prefecture, which affected the operation, but as a result of police investigation, this liquid got water when washing the car. It turned out to be a thing.
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2022-07-01 20:42:00
JR East has announced a disposition to reduce the remuneration of Vice President Yoichi Kise, who participated in the event, saying that he had been drunk excessively at an in-house social gathering and caused inconvenience to related parties such as employees being transported by emergency.
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2022-07-01 20:21:00
In May, two suspects in their twenties were suspected of robbery after threatening a teenage man on the streets of Hachioji, Tokyo, saying "Hachioji Namenna" and robbing his car by assaulting him. I was arrested.
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