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00:15

TEPCO to Start FY 2024 Fukushima Water Release on Fri.

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2024/04/17

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Wednesday that it will start on Friday the first round in fiscal 2024 of the release of treated water containing radioactive tritium from the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant into the sea.

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00:10

Toshiba Mulls Cutting Thousands of Jobs in Japan

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2024/04/17

Toshiba Corp. is considering cutting several thousand jobs in Japan as it seeks to reduce costs and improve its profit structure, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:11

Govt-Backed JIC's Tender Offer for JSR Successful

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2024/04/17

Government-backed Japan Investment Corp. said Wednesday that its tender offer for Japanese semiconductor materials giant JSR Corp. has been successfully completed.

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00:09

Japan Govt to Survey Creative Sector Trade Practices

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2024/04/17

The Japanese government said Wednesday that it plans to survey trade practices in the creative sector to consider devising guidelines for appropriate contracts.

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00:10

Toyota Recalls 135,000 Prius Cars

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2024/04/17

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it is recalling 135,305 units of its Prius hybrid car due to a risk of doors opening during driving.

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00:10

Monthly Visitors to Japan Top 3 M. for 1st Time

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2024/04/17

The estimated monthly number of foreign visitors to Japan surpassed three million for the first time last month, a Japan National Tourism Organization report showed Wednesday.

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00:09

Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for U.S. Pavilion at...

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2024/04/17

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Osaka on Wednesday for the U.S. pavilion at the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city.

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00:09

Japan Average Pump Price Down for 1st Time in 5 Weeks

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2024/04/17

Japan's average retail price of regular gasoline fell for the first time in five weeks due to boosted subsidies, the industry ministry said Wednesday.

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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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