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00:10

Japan Lower House Passes FY 2024 Budget

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2024/03/02

Japan's House of Representatives passed the fiscal 2024 state budget bill Saturday, making it certain to be enacted before the current fiscal year ends this month.

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00:16

WTO Ministerial Meeting Ends without Notable Results

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2024/03/02

A ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization that started Monday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ended Saturday without notable results, as participants failed to find a compromise in many areas partly due to strong opposition from some countries.

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00:09

U.S. to Lift Ban on Osprey Flights: Media

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2024/03/02

The U.S. Department of Defense will lift its ban on flights by the Osprey transport aircraft as early as next week, U.S. media reported Friday.

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00:17

Ex-SDF Member Gonoi to Receive Int'l Women of...

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2024/03/02

Former Japanese Self-Defense Forces member Rina Gonoi, who went public about the sexual harassment and abuse she experienced during her service, has been named among the 12 winners of the 2024 International Women of Courage Awards given by the U.S. Department of State, the department said Friday.

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00:11

Japan Lower House Likely to Pass FY 2024 Budget Sat.

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2024/03/01

Japan's House of Representatives is seen passing the fiscal 2024 state budget as early as Saturday afternoon after ruling and opposition parties agreed on a Budget Committee schedule.

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00:11

Mayor in Okinawa Wants GSDF Training Ground Plan...

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2024/03/01

The mayor of Uruma on Friday asked the Defense Ministry to scrap a plan to build a new Ground Self-Defense Force training ground in the city in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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00:14

Top Court Finalizes Okinawa's Loss in U.S. Base...

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2024/03/01

Japan's Supreme Court has finalized a high court ruling that ordered Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki to approve a construction design change for ground improvement work under a U.S. base relocation project in the southernmost prefecture.

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00:15

LDP Shionoya Says Kickback Practice Goes Back over 20...

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2024/03/01

Ryu Shionoya, who previously led the decision-making body of the biggest faction of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Friday that the faction's practice of kicking back revenues from fundraising parties to member lawmakers started over 20 years ago.

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00:09

Japan Cabinet OKs Bill to Revise NTT Law

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2024/03/01

The cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida adopted at a meeting Friday a bill to ease restrictions on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.

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00:13

U.S. H-Bomb Test Victims Remembered in Japan 70 Years On

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2024/03/01

Japanese fishermen who died after being exposed to radiation from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific were remembered in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on the 70th anniversary of the incident Friday.

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00:09

Japan Govt Panel Starts Talks on ODA Using Private Funds

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2024/03/01

A panel of Japan's Foreign Ministry on Friday started discussing concrete measures to better utilize private-sector funds for official development assistance.

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00:12

S. Korea's Yoon Hopes to Further Develop Ties...

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2024/03/01

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol voiced hopes Friday for further development of his country's relations with Japan next year, which marks the 60th anniversary of the normalization of their diplomatic ties.

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00:09

Major Japanese Firms Begin Explanatory Sessions for...

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2024/03/01

Major Japanese firms started explanatory sessions Friday for job-seeking university students expected to graduate in spring 2025.

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00:12

Trump Attaches Importance to Japan-U.S. Relationship:...

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2024/03/01

Former U.S. President Donald Trump tried to strengthen Japan-U.S. ties while he was in office, a close aide told media organizations including Jiji Press on Thursday.

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00:12

Encouraging Gun Ownership to Be Punishable in Japan

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2024/03/01

The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Friday a bill to impose penalties against the act of explaining how to manufacture guns on the internet and inciting unlawful possession of such weapons.

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00:11

Japan Lower House Budget Panel Chief Faces Dismissal...

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2024/03/01

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted a motion Friday to dismiss Itsunori Onodera, chairman of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives.

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00:14

LDP's Nishimura Unaware of Details of Kickback...

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2024/03/01

Former Japanese industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told a parliamentary panel Friday that he is unaware of the circumstances that led to the resumption of kickbacks at the heart of a money scandal rocking the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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00:17

13 Years On: Japan Slow to Make Evacuation Plans for...

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2024/03/01

Japan has failed to make major progress in crafting plans to help evacuate elderly people and people with disabilities in the event of natural disasters, although nearly 13 years have passed since the March 2011 powerful earthquake and tsunami that mainly struck the country's northeast.

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00:10

Large Japanese Firms Positive about Wage Hikes:...

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2024/03/01

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that Japanese companies, mainly large businesses, are showing a positive attitude toward raising wages this spring.

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00:15

Japan to Spend 116 B. Yen to Support Noto Quake Victims

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2024/02/29

The Japanese government said Friday that it will spend some 116 billion yen out of its fiscal 2023 reserve funds to support people affected by the magnitude-7.6 earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula in central Japan on New Year's Day.

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