June 7, 2024: Price Rise; Cedar Fever; Punk in Drublic; High Tech Toilets and Right Place, Wrong Crime

In this week's news from Japan Today: Prices for over 600 food items rise in June; Japan plans to replace cedar with low-pollen trees to fight hay fever; no more street drinking in Shibuya; Japan’s high-tech toilets all the rage internationally and a criminal who picked the wrong store to rob.

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This weeks stories:

• Price Rise
• Cedar Fever
• Punk in Drublic
• High-Tech Toilets
• Right Place, Wrong Crime

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