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Japan to Issue Coins Marking 100th Anniv. of Showa Era

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2026/04/21

Japan's Finance Ministry said Tuesday it will issue commemorative 1,000-yen coins marking the 100th anniversary of the 1926 start of the country's Showa era.

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00:11

Japan to Invest 1 T. Yen to Secure Recycled Resources

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2026/04/21

The Japanese government adopted an action plan Tuesday aiming to invest a total of 1 trillion yen across the public and private sectors by 2030 to secure recycled resources.

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00:12

748 km of Japan's Sewers Classified as Requiring...

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2026/04/21

The total length of sewer pipes in Japan that have been judged to require countermeasures due to risks such as cave-ins reached 748 kilometers, the infrastructure ministry said Tuesday.

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00:11

Japan's Takaichi Proposes Economic Security...

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2026/04/21

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday proposed to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum that the two countries establish a framework for discussing economic security issues.

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00:14

Japan Panel Backs Decision Not to Indict 8 Ex-Abe...

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2026/04/21

A Japanese panel has upheld prosecutors' decision not to indict eight former senior members of the Liberal Democratic Party's now-defunct faction led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a high-profile political funds scandal.

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Many Flights Canceled in Japan for Air Traffic...

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2026/04/21

A glitch occurred at the Japanese transport ministry's air traffic control system Tuesday morning, leading to the cancellations of many flights and affecting a total of about 13,900 people.

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00:13

Japan Lifts Weapon Export Ban in Principle

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2026/04/21

The Japanese government Tuesday revised its implementation guidelines for its three principles on defense equipment transfer, making it possible for the country to export lethal equipment such as fighter jets and destroyers.

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00:13

3 in Cardiopulmonary Arrest in GSDF Tank Accident

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2026/04/21

Tokyo, April 21 ()削除--Fire authorities received a report Tuesday morning that an accident involving a tank has occurred at the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Hijudai training area in the southwestern prefecture of Oita.

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00:12

Japan PM Takaichi Makes Ritual Offering to Yasukuni...

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2026/04/21

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a "masakaki" ritual tree offering to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Tuesday for its spring festival, which began the same day.

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00:09

Takaichi Marks 6 Months in Office as Japan PM

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2026/04/21

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi marked six months in office Tuesday, after becoming the country's first female leader in October last year.

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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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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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