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Japan to Double Security Assistance in FY 2026

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2025/12/24

Japan plans to more than double funding for its security equipment aid to like-minded countries in fiscal 2026, in view of China's increasingly assertive actions in the East and South China Seas.

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00:15

Final Check Requested for TEPCO Kashiwazaki-Kariwa...

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2025/12/24

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Wednesday asked the Nuclear Regulation Authority to make a final check before the planned restart of operations at the No. 6 reactor of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan.

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00:15

Japan Watchdog to Investigate AI Online Search Services

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2025/12/24

The Japan Fair Trade Commission said Wednesday that it will investigate artificial intelligence-based online search services as the unauthorized use of news articles by these services could constitute an abuse of a dominant bargaining position under the antimonopoly law.

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00:14

At 1994 Summit, Japan Cautious about Russia Joining G-7

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2025/12/24

Japan took a cautious stance toward granting Russia full membership of the Group of Seven at the 1994 summit in Naples, Italy, due to a long-standing bilateral territorial dispute, newly released documents showed Wednesday.

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00:14

China Urged Japan to Address Taiwan Issue in 1994:...

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2025/12/24

China repeatedly urged Japan to address its concerns related to Taiwan ahead of then Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's visit to China in March 1994, according to Japanese diplomatic records disclosed Wednesday.

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00:14

Ex-Japan PM Hosokawa Shocked to Hear 50 Pct Chance of...

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2025/12/24

Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa has recounted how shocked he was to hear a U.S. view that there was over a 50pctchance of a Korean Peninsula contingency during the 1994 North Korea nuclear crisis.

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00:11

Japan's Mie Pref. Mulls Stopping Hiring Foreigners

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2025/12/24

The prefectural government of Mie, central Japan, is considering stopping hiring foreign nationals, in order to protect confidential information, officials said Wednesday.

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00:15

Disability Abuse Cases Hit Record in Japan in FY 2024

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2025/12/24

Cases of abuse against people with disabilities in Japan reached a record high of 3,770 in fiscal 2024, the welfare ministry said Tuesday, citing an increase in consultations and reports to local governments.

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Japan to Adopt Record 122.3-T.-Yen FY 2026 Budget

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2025/12/24

The Japanese government is in the final stages of work to set the size of its fiscal 2026 general-account budget at around 122.3 trillion yen, informed sources said Wednesday.

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00:13

Japanese Golf Legend Masashi Ozaki Dies at 78

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2025/12/24

Masashi Ozaki, Japan's most successful male professional golfer, better known by his nickname "Jumbo Ozaki," or simply "Jumbo," died of sigmoid colon cancer Tuesday at the age of 78.

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00:14

Japanese Ministers Agree to Raise Medical Service Fees

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2025/12/24

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and health minister Kenichiro Ueno agreed Wednesday to raise medical service fees by 2.22pctin fiscal 2026, the first increase in 12 years.

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00:10

Safety of Quake-Damaged NTT East Tower Confirmed

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2025/12/24

NTT East Inc. has said there is no risk of its steel tower damaged by a powerful earthquake earlier this month collapsing in the event of another major temblor.

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U.S. Hoping to Use Heavy Weapons in Training at 5...

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2025/12/23

The United States has informed Japan of its hope to additionally use heavy weapons, such as antitank missiles and rocket launchers, in the Marine Corps' live-fire training at five firing ranges of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force.

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00:13

Tritium-Containing Water Leaks at Fugen N-Reactor

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2025/12/23

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday that about 20 milliliters of water containing radioactive tritium leaked at its Fugen advanced converter reactor in the city of Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan.

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00:15

Genome Analysis to Examine Radiation Impact on...

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2025/12/23

A Japan-U.S. research institute said Tuesday it will analyze the genomes of children of hibakusha who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to understand the impact of radiation from the bombs on the children.

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Japan to Raise Overall Medical Service Fees by 2.22 Pct

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2025/12/23

Japan plans to raise overall government-set medical service fees by 2.22pctin fiscal 2026, informed sources said Tuesday.

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00:16

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group to Appoint Oyama as Pres.

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2025/12/23

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. said Tuesday that it will appoint Kazuya Oyama, the current president of core subsidiary Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, as president of the parent company, marking the group's first leadership change in about five years.

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Japan's Per-Capita GDP Drops to 24th among OECD...

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2025/12/23

Japan placed 24th in terms of per-capita gross domestic product in 2024 among the 38 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Cabinet Office said Tuesday.

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00:08

Japan to Resume Bilateral Economic Aid for Syria...

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2025/12/23

The Japanese government said Tuesday that it will resume bilateral economic aid for Syria after 15 years of suspension.

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00:12

Japan Income Inequality Largest on Record in 2023

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2025/12/23

Income inequality in Japan was the largest in 2023, reflecting an increase in elderly households earning less than working-generation households, a welfare ministry survey showed Tuesday.

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