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00:14

Saga Town Begins Discussions on N-Waste Disposal Site...

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2024/04/17

The town assembly of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, began deliberations Wednesday on whether to accept a "literature survey" to examine the town's suitability for hosting a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear plants.

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00:10

Top Court Rejects Retrial over 1949 Deadly Train...

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2024/04/17

The Supreme Court has rejected a retrial over the so-called 1949 Mitaka incident, in which an empty train ran out of control and killed six people in Tokyo.

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00:11

Japan Enacts Revised NTT Law

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2024/04/17

The Diet, Japan's parliament, enacted a bill Wednesday to ease restrictions on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. partly to help the group become more competitive on the global stage.

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00:10

Throw Your Anger Away Along with Paper: Japan Study

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2024/04/17

You can calm your anger simply by writing down what caused the feeling on a piece of paper and throwing it away into a trash can or shredding it, a Japanese study has found.

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00:12

Japan LDP Exec Eager to Revise Political Funds...

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2024/04/17

A Japanese Liberal Democratic Party executive Wednesday expressed his eagerness to revise the political funds control law in response to a high-profile slush funds scandal involving LDP factions.

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00:08

Welcia Holdings Chief Resigns over Improper Conduct

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2024/04/17

Japanese drugstore chain Welcia Holdings Co. said Wednesday that Tadahisa Matsumoto has resigned as its president.

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00:08

NHK to Raise Base Salaries for 1st Time in 23 Years

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2024/04/17

Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, plans to raise the base salaries of its employees for the first time in 23 years.

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00:16

Japan's Exports Hit Record High of Over 100 T....

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2024/04/17

Japan's exports exceeded 100 trillion yen to mark a record high in fiscal 2023, which ended in March, led by strong automobile exports to the United States, preliminary customs-cleared trade data from the Finance Ministry showed Wednesday.

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00:11

IMF Exec Conditionally Tolerates Forex Intervention

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2024/04/17

Intervention in the currency market may be tolerated when excessive movements of foreign exchange rates are seen, an executive of the International Monetary Fund suggested Tuesday.

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00:08

Japan Automakers Racing to Develop All-Solid-State...

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2024/04/16

Major Japanese automakers are rushing to develop all-solid-state batteries, considered to be next-generation automotive batteries.

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00:13

Ex-Kanebo Chief, JAL Chairman Junji Ito Dies at 99

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2024/04/16

Junji Ito, who served as president of Kanebo Ltd., currently Kracie Ltd., and chairman of Japan Airlines, died in December 2021 at the age of 99, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

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00:12

Japan Companies Look to Sky to Tackle 2024 Logistics...

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2024/04/16

Japanese companies are speeding up efforts to utilize cargo planes to tackle the so-called 2024 problem of possible logistics service disruptions due to new overtime rules for truck drivers.

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00:12

LDP Rejects Shionoya's Request for Review of...

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2024/04/16

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday declined a request by senior party lawmaker Ryu Shionoya to review a penalty given to him over a high-profile political funding scandal.

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00:11

Fujitsu Given Guidance over My Number System Problem

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2024/04/16

Japan's internal affairs ministry on Tuesday issued administrative guidance to Fujitsu Ltd. over a fresh problem with a subsidiary's My Number-linked certificate issuance system.

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00:15

Self-Built Foreign Pavilions at Osaka Expo to...

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2024/04/16

The number of countries slated to build their own pavilions for the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka is expected to decrease to about 40, Hirofumi Yoshimura, governor of Osaka Prefecture, said Tuesday.

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00:11

Japan Raps Iran's Attacks against Israel

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2024/04/16

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa criticized Iran's attacks against Israel in telephone talks Tuesday with her Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

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00:08

Tokyo's Twin Giant Panda Cubs Separated

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2024/04/16

Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Tuesday began showing twin giant panda cubs in separate pens to prevent them from hurting each other.

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00:09

Japan Govt-Backed Fund's Tender Offer for JSR Ends

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2024/04/16

Government-backed Japan Investment Corp.'s tender offer for Japanese semiconductor materials maker JSR Corp. ended Tuesday.

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00:08

S. Korea Protests Japan's Renewed Claim on Sea...

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2024/04/16

South Korea's Foreign Ministry protested Japan's renewed claim on the South Korean-controlled Sea of Japan islets on Tuesday.

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00:12

Japan to Examine Pension Cuts for Working Pensioners

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2024/04/16

Japan's welfare ministry said Tuesday that it will examine the possible impact of changing the rule of reducing "kosei nenkin" public pension benefits for working pensioners with certain levels of income.

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