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00:16

High Court Rejects Petition to Halt Aging Kansai...

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2024/03/15

Osaka High Court on Friday rejected a petition to shut down the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, saying that there is "no concrete danger" that the aging reactor would cause a serious accident during operation.

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00:15

Japanese Firms Offer to Raise Pay by 5.28 Pct in Wage...

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2024/03/15

Japanese companies have offered to raise pay by a weighted average of 5.28pctin this year's "shunto" spring wage talks with labor unions, according to the first tally released by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, on Friday.

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00:15

3 Ex-Kinki Nippon Tourist Officials Found Guilty of...

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2024/03/15

Osaka District Court on Friday found three former Kinki Nippon Tourist Co. branch officials guilty of swindling the Higashiosaka municipal government out of hundreds of millions of yen through the western Japan city's COVID-19 vaccination program.

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00:12

Baseball Star Ohtani Arrives in S. Korea, Together...

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2024/03/15

Japanese two-way baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani arrived in South Korea on Friday, together with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates, including Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and his new wife.

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00:08

BOJ in Final Stages of Talks to End Negative Rate Policy

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2024/03/15

The Bank of Japan is in the final stages of talks to end its negative interest rate policy next week, people familiar with the matter said Friday.

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00:14

Japan Govt to Provide 109.2 B. Yen in Aid to JR Hokkaido

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2024/03/15

The Japanese transport ministry said Friday that it will provide financial assistance of 109.2 billion yen to Hokkaido Railway Co., which is in financial difficulties, over three years from fiscal 2024.

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00:12

Japan Govt OKs Bill for New Foreign Worker Training...

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2024/03/15

Japan's government Friday approved legislation to abolish the existing technical intern program for foreign nationals and create a new system to train foreign workers amid labor shortages in the country.

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00:13

Japan Ruling Bloc Agrees on Fighter Jet Exports

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2024/03/15

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, agreed Friday to allow exports to third countries of a next-generation fighter jet that the country will develop jointly with Britain and Italy.

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00:12

Nissan, Honda to Collaborate on EVs

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2024/03/15

Nissan Motor Co. plans to sign a comprehensive memorandum of understanding with Honda Motor Co. on collaboration in areas including electric vehicles, people familiar with the matter said Friday.

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00:12

Nippon Steel Resolved to Complete U.S. Steel Buyout

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2024/03/15

Nippon Steel Corp. underscored its resolve Friday to complete its planned buyout of United States Steel Corp., in response to a statement opposing the deal issued by U.S. President Joe Biden.

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00:09

Japan Starts Clinical Trial of Familial...

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2024/03/15

A Japanese research team has begun an international clinical trial to check the effectiveness and safety of a treatment for familial Alzheimer's disease.

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00:13

Biden Opposes Nippon Steel's U.S. Steel Buyout Plan

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2024/03/15

U.S. President Joe Biden, in a statement Thursday, expressed his opposition to Nippon Steel Corp.'s planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp., while avoiding to directly mention the Japanese steelmaker.

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00:15

IPEF Ministers Agree to Launch 4 Clean Economy Projects

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2024/03/15

Ministers from the 14 countries discussing the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity agreed Thursday to launch four projects in the area of clean economy, such as promoting the distribution of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF.

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00:13

Japan, Russia Keep Salmon, Trout Fishing Quota Intact...

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2024/03/15

Japan and Russia have agreed to give Japanese fishing operators an annual fishing quota of 2,050 tons for salmon and trout presumably from Russian rivers in 2024, unchanged from 2023.

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00:15

Earthquake Jolts Fukushima, Logs Lower 5 on Japan Scale

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2024/03/14

An earthquake rocked Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at around 12:14 a.m. Friday, registering up to lower 5, the fifth-highest level on Japan's seismic intensity scale, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

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00:18

Japan, IAEA Reaffirm Cooperation on Fukushima Water

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2024/03/14

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi agreed Thursday that the two sides will continue to cooperate in ensuring the safety of the release into the sea of treated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.

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00:12

Massive Tokyo-Area Quake Estimated to Cost 1,000 T. Yen

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2024/03/14

If a huge inland earthquake occurs in the Tokyo metropolitan area, it would cause economic losses totaling 1,001 trillion yen, the Japan Society of Civil Engineers said Thursday.

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00:12

Toyota Engineers Develop Mobility Inspired by Pokemon...

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2024/03/14

Engineers of Toyota Motor Corp. have developed a mobility inspired by Miraidon, a character from the popular Pocket Monsters, or Pokemon, game series, in collaboration with Pokemon Co.

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00:14

Komeito Decides to Allow Fighter Jet Exports

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2024/03/14

Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, decided Thursday to allow the export to third countries of a next-generation fighter jet that Japan will develop jointly with Britain and Italy.

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00:10

Diet Starts Deliberations on Joint Child Custody Bill

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2024/03/14

The Diet, Japan's parliament, began deliberations Thursday on a bill aimed at introducing in the country a system to allow divorced parents to share custody of their children.

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