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00:12

Japanese Satellite-Carrying Rocket Explodes after...

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2024/03/13

A Japanese satellite-carrying rocket developed by Space One Co. exploded shortly after lift-off from the Tokyo-based company's launch site in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.

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00:13

1 Year Passes since Change in Mask-Wearing Policy in...

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2024/03/13

As Wednesday marks one year since the Japanese government left it up to individuals whether to wear face masks to prevent COVID-19 infections, the country is seeing a coexistence between those who wear and do not wear masks.

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00:09

Ex-Head of Japanese Tourist Farm Arrested over...

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2024/03/13

Japanese police Wednesday arrested a former head of a now-bankrupt farm tourism company, called Nishiyama Farm, over an alleged investment scam.

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00:17

Giant Squid Monument Provides Emotional Support after...

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2024/03/13

A giant squid monument in the town of Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, that was once criticized as a waste of money survived unscathed the major tsunami triggered by the Noto Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1 and is now unexpectedly providing emotional support to affected local residents.

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00:09

Dai-Ichi Life Succeeds in Tender Offer for Benefit One

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2024/03/13

Japan's Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc. said that it has succeeded in a tender offer for employee welfare service provider Benefit One Inc.

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00:10

Ex-Nomura Holdings Head Koga to Chair NHK Board

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2024/03/12

Former Nomura Holdings Inc. President Nobuyuki Koga was picked as head of Japanese public broadcaster NHK's top decision-making body on Tuesday.

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00:18

Japan's Workforce May Fall 9.56 M. from 2022 to...

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2024/03/12

The number of workers in Japan would fall by 9.56 million from 2022 to 57.68 million in 2040 if the country continues to have no economic growth and lacks active labor force participation, mainly by women, according to an estimate by a government-affiliated body.

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00:17

IAEA Vows Involvement until End of Fukushima Water...

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2024/03/12

The International Atomic Energy Agency will continue to oversee the release into the sea of tritium-containing treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan until the last drop is discharged, IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said Tuesday.

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00:13

Money Scandal Cuts LDP Membership by over 30,000

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2024/03/12

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Tuesday its membership stood at 1,091,075 as of the end of 2023, down 33,688 from a year earlier.

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00:14

Shimomura to Face Lower House Ethics Panel over LDP...

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2024/03/12

Hakubun Shimomura, former policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, on Tuesday offered to appear before the ethics panel of the House of Representatives over a money scandal involving factions of the Japanese ruling party.

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00:15

LDP, Komeito Likely to Agree on Fighter Jet Exports...

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2024/03/12

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, are expected to reach an agreement as early as this week 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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00:09

BOJ's Ueda Acknowledges Weak Personal Consumption

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2024/03/12

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda acknowledged Tuesday that personal consumption in Japan is currently weak amid rising prices.

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00:12

Japan, U.S. Officers Play Up "Iron...

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2024/03/12

High-ranking Japanese and U.S. defense officers on Tuesday stressed the importance of joint exercises now going on at sites in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa and the nearby Kyushu region.

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00:11

Mercedes-Benz Japan Fined Record 1.2 B. Yen for...

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2024/03/12

The Consumer Affairs Agency slapped Tuesday a record 1,230.97-million-yen fine on Mercedes-Benz Japan Co. for misleading consumers.

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00:11

Costco Japan Gets Recommendation over Subcontract Law...

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2024/03/12

Japan's Fair Trade Commission said Tuesday that it has recommended Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd. take measures to prevent a recurrence of violation of the subcontract law.

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00:13

Only 3 Upper House Members from LDP to Face Ethics Panel

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2024/03/12

Only three out of 32 invited Japanese lawmakers, mostly from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, have agreed to appear before a parliamentary political ethics panel over unreported funds, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:10

Death Sentence Overturned for Kudo-kai Gang Boss in...

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2024/03/12

A Japanese high court Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling sentencing the head of the Kudo-kai crime syndicate to death over four cases of attacks on civilians.

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00:13

Japan LDP OKs Rules Banning Traditional Factions

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2024/03/12

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday adopted new internal rules prohibiting the continuation and creation of traditional intraparty factions and toughening penalties for lawmakers whose accountants are indicted.

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00:10

Japan Producer Prices Up 0.6 Pct in Feb.

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2024/03/12

Japanese producer prices rose 0.6pctfrom a year earlier in February, up for the 36th straight month, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.

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00:10

Event in London Marks 10 Yrs since...

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2024/03/12

A symposium was held in London on Monday to celebrate the 10 years since "washoku" Japanese traditional cuisine was registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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