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Japan's parliament on Friday enacted revised laws to replace a controversy-plagued foreign trainee program with a new system that encourages workers from abroad to stay longer, as authorities look to address the serious labor shortage created by the country's demographic crisis.

SCiFi Foods, a startup engaged in developing cultivated meat, has ceased operations and initiated the sale of its intellectual property and assets through an advisory firm.

A tiny electric car called the Seagull, designed by a former Lamborghini designer, starts at less than $10,000 in China. A version with a battery that can go 250 miles on a charge costs a little more, at $12,000.

The head of Iran-Georgia joint chamber has stated that Georgia's automobile industry is growing and Georgian cars are mostly imported to Iran as temporary entry.

International investors dominate Saudi Aramco's latest offering, signaling global confidence in the oil giant amid Saudi Arabia's diversification efforts.

Representatives from 10 Japanese companies including startups held discussions with potential Ukrainian business partners on ways to help rebuild the country ravaged by the Russian invasion, during a two-day networking event in Kyiv through Friday.

Korea has identified potential reserves of up to 14 billion barrels of crude oil and natural gas off the coast of the southeastern city of Pohang, and will begin exploratory drilling later this year, the presidential office and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said, Monday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has welcomed recent statements by the Russian Federation’s leadership, Foreign Minister, and other officials, expressing their political will to expand relations with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Japan spent 9.79 trillion yen ($62 billion) between April and May, a monthly record, to slow the yen's rapid fall against the U.S. dollar, government data showed Friday, confirming market views that Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market.

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