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00:12

Japan Labor Group Rengo to Seek Wage Hike of 5 Pct of...

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2025/11/28

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, formally adopted a plan Friday to demand a pay increase of 5pctor more in "shunto" annual spring wage negotiations next year.

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00:16

Japan Govt Adopts 18.3-T.-Yen Draft Extra Budget

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2025/11/28

The Japanese government Friday adopted a fiscal 2025 draft supplementary budget with 18,303.4 billion yen in general-account spending to finance an economic package centered on aid for household finances and growth investments.

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00:12

Hokkaido Governor Backs Tomari Nuclear Plant Restart

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2025/11/28

Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki on Friday announced his support for a planned restart of the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear plant in the northern Japan prefecture.

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00:12

Japan Diet OKs Bill to Scrap Add-On Gasoline Tax

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2025/11/28

Japan enacted Friday legislation to scrap the provisional tax surcharges for gasoline and diesel fuel in an effort to curb inflation, without specifying alternative sources for government funding.

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00:17

Record 85.9 Pct of Japan Civil Servants Took...

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2025/11/28

The share of eligible full-time noncareer-track national public servants in Japan who took paternity leave in fiscal 2024 rose by 5.0 percentage points from the previous year to a record high of 85.9 pct, the National Personnel Authority said Friday.

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00:09

Japan's Industrial Output Up 1.4 Pct in Oct.

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2025/11/28

Japan's industrial production in October increased 1.4pctfrom a month earlier, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday.

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00:13

Tokyo Core Consumer Prices Up 2.8 Pct in Nov.

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2025/11/28

The core consumer price index for Tokyo's 23 special wards in November rose 2.8pctfrom a year before, up for the 51st consecutive month, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.

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00:14

Japan's Job Availability Ratio Slides to 1.18 in...

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2025/11/28

Japan's seasonally adjusted job availability ratio fell 0.02 point to 1.18 in October from the previous month as companies curbed new hires ahead of rises in minimum wages, the labor ministry said Friday.

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00:12

Prices of 217 Food Products to Rise in Japan in Dec.

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2025/11/28

Prices are slated to rise in Japan in December for 217 food and beverage products from 195 major Japanese makers, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Friday.

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00:08

Japan's Prince Hitachi Turns 90

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2025/11/27

Japanese Prince Hitachi, the younger brother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and uncle of Emperor Naruhito, turned 90 on Friday.

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00:14

Health Insurance Likely to Be Kept Applied to...

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2025/11/27

A Japanese government subcommittee on public health insurance on Thursday basically agreed to ask patients for additional payment for prescription medicines whose ingredients and effects are similar to over-the-counter drugs while maintaining insurance coverage for them.

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00:11

Japan Mulls Hiking Permanent Residency Permit Fee to...

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2025/11/27

The Japanese government is considering a plan to raise the fee for issuing a permanent residency permit to as much as 300,000 yen from the current 10,000 yen, it was learned Thursday.

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00:12

LDP-Led Coalition Seen Reaching Majority in Lower House

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2025/11/27

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has asked three independent lawmakers to cooperate with the LDP in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, it was learned Thursday.

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00:10

BOJ Must Avoid Tardy, Premature Rate Hike:...

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2025/11/27

The Bank of Japan must raise its policy interest rate at a timing that is not too late and not too early, BOJ policymaker Asahi Noguchi said Thursday.

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00:12

8 Japan Automakers' Global Production Falls 1.5...

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2025/11/27

The combined global vehicle output of eight major Japanese automakers fell 1.5pctfrom a year earlier to 2.22 million units in October, data from the companies showed Thursday.

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00:13

Japan Denies WSJ Report on Trump-Takaichi Phone Talks

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2025/11/27

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday denied a Wall Street Journal report claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump advised Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae not to provoke China over Taiwan.

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00:17

Japan FY 2025 Extra Budget to Total 18.3 T. Yen

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2025/11/27

The Japanese government's upcoming supplementary budget for fiscal 2025 will total 18,303.4 billion yen, a record high excluding the COVID-19 pandemic years of fiscal 2020 to 2022, it was learned Thursday.

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00:16

INTERVIEW: Nippon Ishin May Leave Govt if Seat Cut...

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2025/11/27

Takashi Endo, parliamentary affairs chief of Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除, warned Thursday that his party may leave the ruling bloc if talks with its coalition partner, the Liberal Democratic Party, on reducing the number of House of Representatives seats falter.

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00:14

Japan FY '26 Budget Policy to Highlight...

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2025/11/27

Japan's upcoming basic policy for the fiscal 2026 regular budget will highlight spending to promote investment in artificial intelligence and other select areas in order to realize a powerful economy, a draft showed Thursday.

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00:08

Dolls Featuring Iconic Figures, Events of 2025...

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2025/11/27

Traditional Japanese "hina" dolls featuring this year's iconic people and events were unveiled Thursday to the press in Tokyo.

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