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Insight Japan eager to welcome tourists from abroad amid cheap yen Posted onOctober 10, 2022 Individual travelers will be able to visit Japan without visas beginning Tuesday, just like in pre-COVID-19 times 1741464
Insight Japan’s weaker yen a blessing to some, burden for others Posted onMay 25, 2022 The Japanese yen has weakened, trading recently at 20-year lows of 130 yen to the U.S. dollar, just when prices of oil and other goods … 7426217
Insight Japanese billionaire donates 1 billion yen to Ukraine and calls Russian invasion ‘challenge to democracy’ Posted onFebruary 28, 2022 Hiroshi Mikitani promises the sum in a letter to Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky 10383470