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17.09.26 - 06:36
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JR Hokkaido Withdraws Proposal on 8 Loss-Making Sections (Nippon)
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Sapporo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)--Hokkaido Railway Co., or JR Hokkaido, has said it will withdraw a proposal to ask local municipalities to share the cost of maintaining eight loss-making sections in the northernmost Japan prefecture. JR Hokkaido made the announcement Wednesday after it faced opposition from municipalities to the proposal concerning the eight sections it considers difficult t......
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08.09.26 - 22:15
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Sapporo to move some beer production from Canada to US after tariffs (The Hill)
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Japanese brewing company Sapporo said Monday it will shift some of its production from Canada to the U.S. in the wake of the Trump administration's new tariffs on Canadian beer. Last month, President Trump implemented 50 percent levies on Canadian alcoholic products like beer and wine, in addition to a wide variety of other imported......
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07.09.26 - 23:06
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Sapporo Breweries CSO on Tariffs, Iran War (Bloomberg)
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Sapporo Breweries is shifting some production to the US from Canada due to 50% tariffs imposed on beer exports from the country, Chief Strategy Officer Rieko Shofu said. She spoke exclusively with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn on being impacted by tariffs, as well as the Iran war. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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31.08.26 - 10:06
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Osaka, Hokkaido Sign Secondary Capital Cooperation Pact (Nippon)
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Sapporo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)--Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura and Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki on Monday agreed to work together to get both prefectures designated as Japan's secondary capitals. The two governors signed a cooperation agreement to seek secondary capital designations at a meeting in Sapporo, the capital of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. "We should aim......
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28.08.26 - 02:30
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Hokkaido Univ. Graduate Student Dies after Hydrofluoric Acid Exposure (Nippon)
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Sapporo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)--A Hokkaido University graduate student in his 20s died after being exposed to hydrofluoric acid at a facility belonging to the Faculty of Science of the university in Sapporo, the capital of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. At around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, the university called for an ambulance, reporting that students had been exposed to chemicals......
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26.08.26 - 03:54
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Fukushima N-Plant Evacuees Settle with TEPCO (Nippon)
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Sapporo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)--A total of 176 people who fled Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, following the March 2011 severe nuclear accident there have reached a settlement with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in their damages lawsuit filed against the firm and the government. The settlement was reached on Aug. 18 at Sapporo High Court in the northernmost prefecture of......
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19.08.26 - 10:30
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Man Dies in Accident at Nuclear Power Plant in Hokkaido (Nippon)
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Sapporo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)--A 33-year-old male worker died after falling at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Tuesday, its operator, Hokkaido Electric Power Co., said Wednesday. The accident happened around 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the company. The man, employed by a partner company, was working at a conveyor belt above a storage pit for gravel, wh......
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07.08.26 - 10:54
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Man Who Led Hokkaido Group Assault Case Given Life Term (Nippon)
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Sapporo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)--Sapporo District Court on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for his role in a high-profile group assault case in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido in 2024. The life sentence for Yuto Kawaguchi, who was 18 years old at the time of the incident, came in line with the prosecution's demand. In the same case, the court also sentenced another man......
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28.07.26 - 09:06
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30-Year Term Sought for Teen in Hokkaido Group Assault Case (Nippon)
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Sapporo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--Public prosecutors have sought a 30-year prison sentence for a teenager in a high-profile group assault case in which a 20-year-old university student died in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, in 2024. During Monday's hearing at Sapporo District Court in the northernmost prefecture, the defense argued that a sentence of up to 20 years would be appropriate for the teenager, who......
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06.07.26 - 10:48
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Sapporo to Form Tie-Up with Denmark′s Carlsberg (Nippon)
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Tokyo, July 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Sapporo Breweries Ltd. said Monday that it will form a capital and business tie-up with Danish brewing giant Carlsberg Breweries A/S. The two companies plan to establish a joint venture in Singapore. Sapporo will invest about 643 million dollars in the new firm to snap up a 25 pct stake. Through the joint venture, Sapporo aims to boost its beer sales in......
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25.06.26 - 15:18
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3 Youths Jailed over Fatal Assault of College Student in Hokkaido (Nippon)
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Sapporo, June 25 (Jiji Press)--Sapporo District Court on Thursday sentenced three youths over a robbery resulting in death, in which then 20-year-old college student was beaten to death by six people at a park in Ebetsu in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido in 2024. Presiding Judge Masaki Takasugi sentenced former college student Haoto Kawamura, 21, to 30 years in prison. Prosecu......
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