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Japan Foreign Chief Meets with NATO Permanent...

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2026/04/17

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with visiting representatives of some 30 NATO member countries permanently stationed at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

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00:11

JA Group Worried over Middle East Crisis Impact on Rice

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2026/04/16

The Japan Agricultural Cooperatives, or JA, group, voiced concerns Thursday about the possible impact of the conflict in the Middle East on the harvest of rice in Japan this autumn.

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00:13

Japan Targets 25 Pct Share of Global Autonomous Car...

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2026/04/16

The Japanese government on Thursday released a draft road map on public-private investment that features a goal of acquiring some 25pctshare of the global market in self-driving vehicle sales in the 2030s.

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00:13

Japan's LDP Wants Lower House Panel to Discuss...

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2026/04/16

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party proposed Thursday that a House of Representatives council on the electoral system include a plan to reduce the number of seats in the lower chamber of parliament in future discussions.

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00:13

JR Tokai's New Inspection Shinkansen Named...

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2026/04/16

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, said Thursday that four N700S series Shinkansen bullet trains that are set to be used also for the inspection of related equipment are named "Doctor S."

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00:10

Japan to Release 50 M. Stockpiled Medical Gloves

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2026/04/16

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that the government will release 50 million medical gloves from its stockpile to medical institutions starting next month.

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00:12

11 Finance Ministers Seek Full Ceasefire in Iran...

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2026/04/16

Finance ministers from 11 countries, including Japan, Britain and Australia, issued a joint statement Wednesday, calling on the United States, Israel and Iran to fully implement their ceasefire.

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00:11

13 Japanese Transferred from Indonesia Arrested for...

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2026/04/16

Japanese police on Thursday arrested 13 Japanese men in their 20s to 50s on suspicion of involvement in a crypto asset fraud scheme after being transferred from Indonesia.

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00:10

Japan-Linked Ship Crews Patiently Watch U.S.-Iran Talks

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2026/04/16

The crews of Japan-linked ships stuck in the Persian Gulf are keeping a close eye on U.S.-Iran talks, a Japanese shipping-sector labor union official has said.

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00:13

5 Years Sought for Boat Operator Head over Fatal Sinking

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2026/04/16

Japanese public prosecutors on Thursday sought a five-year prison sentence for Seiichi Katsurada, president of the operator of a tour boat that sank off Hokkaido in 2022, killing 26 people aboard.

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00:10

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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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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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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