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00:18

Free School Lunches Offered in 40 Pct of Japanese...

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2024/06/12

An education ministry survey showed Wednesday that 43pctof Japanese municipalities as of fiscal 2023 had offered free school lunches or had planned to do so by the March 2024 end of the fiscal year, mainly to help child-rearing households reduce their financial burdens.

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00:11

Kishida Leaves for Italy to Attend G-7 Summit

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2024/06/12

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida left for Puglia, southern Italy, on Wednesday afternoon to attend a three-day summit of the Group of Seven major countries starting Thursday.

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00:12

Japan Beer, Quasi-Beer Sales Up for 2 Months in Row

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2024/06/12

Sales of beer and quasi-beer products in Japan in May increased 1pctby volume from a year earlier, up for the second consecutive month, data from four major brewers showed Wednesday.

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00:09

Tokyo Gov. Koike Announces Bid for 3rd Term

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2024/06/12

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announced Wednesday that she will run in the July 7 gubernatorial election in the Japanese capital for a third term.

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00:18

Kishida, Other Japanese Party Leaders to Hold Debate...

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2024/06/12

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Wednesday agreed that political party leaders will hold a parliamentary debate session on June 19, the first such talks since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took office in October 2021.

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00:07

Japan Diet OKs Bill to Promote Smartphone App...

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2024/06/12

The Diet, Japan's parliament, passed into law on Wednesday a bill to promote competition over smartphone apps.

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00:09

2 Women Held for Allegedly Killing High School Girl...

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2024/06/12

Japanese police on Wednesday arrested two women on suspicion of murdering a 17-year-old high school girl in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.

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00:14

Japan Producer Prices Hit Record High in May

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2024/06/12

Producer prices in Japan grew 2.4pctfrom a year before in May to hit the highest level on record, mainly because materials and energy prices stayed high due to the yen's weakening, Bank of Japan data showed Wednesday.

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00:09

Japanese-Born Giant Panda Xiang Xiang Turns 7 Years Old

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2024/06/12

Giant panda Xiang Xiang, who was born in Japan in 2017 and returned to China in February last year, turned 7 years old Wednesday.

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00:12

Japan Ranks Last among G-7 Nations in Gender Equality

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2024/06/12

Japan ranked last among the Group of Seven major industrialized nations in terms of gender equality in 2024 despite improvement from the previous year, the World Economic Forum said Wednesday.

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00:10

Kioxia Eyeing 100-B.-Yen Add-On Loans from Creditor...

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2024/06/12

Embattled Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. is planning to receive 100 billion yen in additional loans from creditor banks, it has been learned.

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00:10

World-Renowned Japanese Architect Fumihiko Maki Dies...

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2024/06/12

Fumihiko Maki, a world-renowned Japanese architect who won the Pritzker Prize in 1993, died of old age on Thursday. He was 95.

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00:13

CDP to Submit No-Confidence Motion against Kishida...

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2024/06/11

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to submit a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on June 19 at the earliest, party sources said Tuesday.

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00:16

World Bank Cuts Japan 2024 Growth Forecast

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2024/06/11

The World Bank on Tuesday cut its economic growth forecast for Japan for 2024 to 0.7pctfrom 0.9 pct, while raising the global growth estimate for the year to 2.6pctfrom 2.4 pct.

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00:13

16 Heart Transplant Surgeries Abandoned in Japan in 2023

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2024/06/11

There were 16 cases in Japan in 2023 in which heart transplant surgeries were abandoned due to staff shortages and other reasons at medical institutions, the Japanese Society for Heart Transplantation said Tuesday.

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00:15

Akira Endo, Contributor to Development of Statins,...

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2024/06/11

Akira Endo, special honorary professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology who contributed to the development of statins, which are innovative drugs that help lower cholesterol levels, died of illness in Tokyo on Wednesday. He was 90.

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00:16

Japan to Aim for Growth of Over 1 Pct amid Population...

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2024/06/11

The Japanese government will aim to stably achieve annual economic growth of over 1pctto ensure the sustainability of the country's social security system in the 2030s and beyond, when the country's population decline will be in full swing, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:16

U.S. Official Cautious on Putin's Possible N....

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2024/06/11

A U.S. State Department official expressed a cautious stance on Monday regarding the possible expansion of military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, referring to media reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit North Korea as early as this month.

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00:14

Population Panel Deputy Head Warns of Disparities,...

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2024/06/11

Hiroya Masuda, vice chair of a Japanese private-sector expert panel on population strategy, warned Tuesday of the possibility of disparities and divides in society deepening as a result of population decline in the country.

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00:12

Side Job Fraud Believed to Have Taken 1.9 B. Yen from...

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2024/06/11

Tokyo police have arrested 26 people in a side job fraud case in which a total of 1.91 billion yen or more is believed to have been taken from about 8,600 victims across Japan.

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