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40 Pct Support Intelligence Capabilities Bill: Jiji Poll

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2026/04/16

Nearly 40pctof people in Japan support the government's bill to enhance the country's intelligence capabilities, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed.

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00:12

Mother Mourns Son 10 Years after Kumamoto Quake in Japan

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2026/04/16

A mother returned on Thursday to the site of a bridge collapse in a landslide that happened after an April 2016 massive earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, leaving one of her sons dead.

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00:12

Japan Ruling Bloc Calls for Intensive Talks on...

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2026/04/16

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, on Thursday called for holding discussions focused on a proposed emergency clause for constitutional revision.

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00:12

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant Restarts Commercial...

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2026/04/16

The No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Thursday restarted commercial operations after a hiatus of about 14 years.

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00:13

Ex-Teacher Who Founded Child Porn Sharing Group Gets...

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2026/04/16

A Japanese district court sentenced a 42-year-old former elementary school teacher in the central prefecture of Aichi to 30 months in prison on Thursday for sharing child pornography through a social media group chat he created.

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00:12

Can Japan Stop National Stadium from Becoming White...

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2026/04/16

More than four years after the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics in 2021, efforts are underway to rescue the new Japan National Stadium from its potential fate of becoming a white elephant.

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00:12

Ex-Suntory Chm. Niinami Referred to Prosecutors

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2026/04/16

The Fukuoka prefectural police on Thursday sent to public prosecutors papers on former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami for allegedly violating the narcotics control law.

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00:11

10 Yrs On, 278 Kumamoto Quake Victims Remembered

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2026/04/16

A memorial ceremony was held in Kumamoto Prefecture on Thursday for the victims in huge earthquakes that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture particularly hard 10 years ago.

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00:10

G-7 Finance Chiefs Seek to De-Escalate Middle East...

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2026/04/16

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries Wednesday sought to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East at an early date.

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00:09

Takaichi Joins Time's List of 100 Most...

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2026/04/16

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi joined Time magazine's 2026 list of the 100 most influential people, released on Wednesday.

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00:12

Honda to Release All-New Insight EV Fri.

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2026/04/16

Japan's Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it will release the all-new Insight on Friday, reviving the model, which was the company's first hybrid vehicle, as an electric vehicle after three and a half years.

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00:10

Father Arrested over Kyoto Boy's Body Abandonment

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2026/04/16

Police on Thursday arrested the father of an 11-year-old boy who was found dead in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on suspicion of abandoning his son's body.

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Bessent Aims to Visit Japan in May

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2026/04/16

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday expressed his intention to visit Japan in May, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said.

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00:12

Japan Seeks Early U.S.-Iran Deal to End Conflict

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2026/04/16

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said his country strongly hopes that the United States and Iran will reach a final agreement at an early date to end their ongoing military conflict in the Middle East.

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00:12

Suntory Holdings to Acquire Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare

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2026/04/15

Japanese beverage group Suntory Holdings Co. said Wednesday that it will acquire over-the-counter drug maker Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co. for 246.5 billion yen.

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00:13

Japan Announces 10-B.-Dlr Oil Procurement Cooperation

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2026/04/15

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday announced financial cooperation totaling around 10 billion dollars to help countries and companies procure crude oil, amid the ongoing uncertainty in the Middle East.

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00:14

Lower House Head Wants Imperial House Law Revision...

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2026/04/15

Eisuke Mori, speaker of Japan's House of Representatives, said Wednesday that a bill to revise the Imperial House Law to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members should be enacted in the ongoing session of the Diet, the country's parliament.

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LDP's Ishii Forms Intraparty Group with Over 40...

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2026/04/15

Junichi Ishii, secretary-general for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, announced Wednesday the establishment of an intraparty group composed of more than 40 lawmakers.

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00:12

Japan Average Pump Price Stays below Govt's...

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2026/04/15

Retail prices of regular gasoline in Japan stayed below the government's target of 170 yen per liter on average as of Monday, thanks to state subsidies, industry ministry data showed Wednesday.

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00:15

Foreign Visitors to Japan Hit Record High for March

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2026/04/15

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in March rose 3.5pctfrom a year earlier to 3,618,900, marking a record high for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.

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