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00:15

Japan on Track to Log Highest Post-Pandemic Measles...

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2026/04/18

Japan is on pace to log its highest annual measles cases this year since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 236 patients confirmed by early April compared with the post-pandemic full-year high of 265 marked last year.

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00:12

CRA's Ogawa Calls for Dialogue, Consensus in...

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2026/04/18

Junya Ogawa, leader of Japan's main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, has called for "dialogue and consensus" to better the world at an international conference of center-left political parties.

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00:07

Japan, EU Hold 1st Defense Industry Dialogue

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2026/04/18

Japan and the European Union have held the first dialogue designed to reinforce their cooperation for the defense industry.

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00:12

Japan Pledges "All Possible...

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2026/04/18

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has sent a message to an international meeting expressing her country's determination to take "all possible measures" to improve the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.

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00:12

Strong Quake Jolts Nagano Pref. in Central Japan

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2026/04/18

A powerful earthquake measuring up to upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, struck northern areas of Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Saturday.

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00:12

Japan, Australia to Boost Cooperation for East Asia...

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2026/04/18

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles at a meeting in Melbourne on Saturday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation to ensure security in East Asia.

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00:12

BOJ Caught in Dilemma over Next Rate Hike

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2026/04/18

The Bank of Japan faces a dilemma of choosing between reining in inflation and propping up the economy as it considers whether to raise the policy interest rate at its next policy-setting meeting April 27-28.

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00:10

LDP, JIP Apart over Revision of Article 9 of...

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2026/04/18

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, remain apart over a revision of pacifist Article 9 of the Constitution.

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00:17

G-7 Ministers Discuss Increasing Aid to Resource-Rich...

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2026/04/18

Finance ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries on Friday discussed plans to increase financial aid to resource-rich nations through the World Bank and other entities as part of efforts to build supply chains for rare earths and other critical minerals that do not rely on China.

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00:10

Tokyo IT Firm Head Arrested for Alleged Body Abandonment

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2026/04/18

Tokyo police on Friday arrested the president of Linux Japan, an information technology service provider in the Japanese capital, on suspicion of abandoning a body.

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00:09

Japan, 8 Others Agree to Cut 2026 Saury Catch Quota...

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2026/04/17

Japan and eight other economies agreed Friday to decrease this year's catch quota for saury in the northern Pacific by 5pctyear-on-year.

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00:13

Japan SDF Ship Sails through Taiwan Strait: China

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2026/04/17

A spokesperson for the Chinese military's Eastern Theater Command, which is responsible for areas near Taiwan, said on social media Friday that a Japanese Self-Defense Force vessel had sailed through the Taiwan Strait.

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00:16

Nihon Hidankyo Holds Rally before NPT Review Conference

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2026/04/17

Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, held a rally in Tokyo on Friday ahead of a review conference of the signatories to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, scheduled to be held in New York from April 27.

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00:11

Japan Sees 8.4-T.-Yen Rise in FY 2034 JGB Interest Costs

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2026/04/17

Interest payments on Japanese government bonds in fiscal 2034 are projected to be about 8.4 trillion yen higher than previously estimated, the Finance Ministry said Friday.

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00:12

Takaichi to Skip Yasukuni Visit during Spring Festival

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2026/04/17

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering skipping a visit to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day spring festival that starts Tuesday, informed sources said Friday.

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00:08

2 Western Japan Banks Form Capital, Biz Tie-Up

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2026/04/17

A regional lender based in the Kinki western Japan region and the parent of another local bank announced a capital and business alliance Friday.

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00:16

Japan's Average Rice Price Falls for 9th...

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2026/04/17

Prices of rice sold at some 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through Sunday averaged 3,873 yen per 5 kilograms, down 60 yen from the prior week and falling for the ninth straight week, the agriculture ministry said Friday.

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00:12

Japan's Lawson, FamilyMart Post Record Operating...

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2026/04/17

Major Japanese convenience store operators Lawson Inc. and FamilyMart Co. have reported record operating profits for the year that ended in February, while Seven & i Holdings Co. logged only modest growth.

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00:16

WBC Tokyo Ticket Resale Suspects Referred to Prosecutors

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2026/04/17

Police referred a man and a woman to prosecutors Friday on charges of reselling tickets for World Baseball Classic games in Tokyo this year, as well as for the U.S. Major League Baseball Tokyo Series last year, at prices up to nine times their original costs.

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00:12

Father of Kyoto Boy Admits to Choking Son to Death

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2026/04/17

The father of a boy in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, who was found dead earlier this week after going missing last month has admitted that he strangled the son, investigative sources said Friday.

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