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00:16

MUFG to Invest in Major Indian Nonbank Lender Shriram...

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2025/12/19

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Friday that it plans to invest some 396.2 billion Indian rupees, or about 682.3 billion yen, in major Indian nonbanking financial company Shriram Finance Ltd.

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00:13

Japan's Emperor Meets Leaders of 4 Central Asian...

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2025/12/19

Japan's Emperor Naruhito held separate meetings with the visiting presidents of four Central Asian countries--Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan--at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday.

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00:11

Takaichi Aims at Holding AI Summit in Japan

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2025/12/19

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday instructed relevant government agencies to work to hold a summit on artificial intelligence in Japan as early as possible.

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00:10

Opposition Seeks Dismissal of Govt Official over...

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2025/12/19

Japanese opposition parties on Friday urged Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to dismiss a senior government official who has said that the country should possess nuclear weapons.

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00:16

Suspect Says He Targeted Idol Group Members in...

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2025/12/19

A man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in a stabbing incident near the Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka told investigators he was targeting members of the idol group HKT48, investigative sources said Friday.

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00:14

Japan Ruling Bloc OKs Taxable Income Hike, Other Tax...

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2025/12/19

The ruling bloc of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party ()削除 adopted on Friday a tax system reform package for fiscal 2026, including a rise in the taxable income threshold to 1.78 million yen.

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00:17

JR Tokai, 5 Other Firms Ordered to Stop Bid-Rigging

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2025/12/19

The Fair Trade Commission on Friday recognized bid-rigging by Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, and five other firms regarding inspection work for bridges installed over railroad tracks in violation of the antimonopoly law, ordering them to end the malpractice and prevent a recurrence.

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00:16

U.S. Military Rejects Okinawa Access Requests over...

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2025/12/19

The U.S. military has rejected Okinawa's requests to conduct on-site inspections at U.S. bases in the southernmost Japan prefecture, after per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, were detected around the facilities, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Friday.

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00:14

Sony Group to Make Snoopy's Owner Subsidiary

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2025/12/19

Japan's Sony Group Corp. said Friday it will make Peanuts Holdings LLC, the U.S. company holding the copyright for the popular comic strip "Peanuts," known for its beloved character, Snoopy, a consolidated subsidiary.

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00:16

Tokyo Inland Earthquake Likely to Kill 18,000: New...

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2025/12/19

In a worst-case situation, up to around 18,000 people would be killed chiefly in Tokyo and its three neighboring prefectures if a powerful inland earthquake with a magnitude of around 7 occurs in the heart of the capital, the government said in its new damage estimate on Friday.

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00:12

Real Interest Rates "Very Low"...

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2025/12/19

Japanese real interest rates are "very low" even after the Bank of Japan's decision to implement its first interest rate hike since January, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday.

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00:10

Kuroda to Head Japan Imperial Household Agency

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2025/12/19

Buichiro Kuroda, vice grand steward of Japan's Imperial Household Agency, will be promoted to grand steward, effective on Wednesday, the government said Friday.

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00:14

INTERVIEW: MHI Ready to Support Japan's...

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2025/12/19

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. President Eisaku Ito has expressed the company's readiness to support the revival of Japan's shipbuilding industry by taking the leadership in ship designing and development with its technological prowess.

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00:14

Science Tokyo Expected to Be 2nd Univ. Eligible for...

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2025/12/19

The Institute of Science Tokyo is expected to be the second university eligible to receive aid from a Japanese government-financed 10-trillion-yen fund to support universities, according to a report by a government panel released Friday.

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00:12

Japan Reaffirms Commitment to Three Non-Nuclear...

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2025/12/19

Japan remains committed to the three non-nuclear principles of not possessing nuclear weapons, not producing them and not permitting their entry into the country, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Friday.

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00:12

Japan Ordinary Diet Session Likely to Begin Jan. 23

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2025/12/19

Japan's government and ruling parties are considering convening next year's ordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Jan. 23, 2026, informed sources said Friday.

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00:09

BOJ Decides to Raise Policy Rate to 30-Year High

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2025/12/19

The Bank of Japan on Friday decided to raise its policy interest rate to a level unseen in 30 years in its first rate hike since January this year.

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00:21

Criminal Law Violations in Japan Rise 4.9 Pct in 2024

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2025/12/19

The number of criminal law violations recognized in Japan in 2024 rose 4.9pctfrom the previous year to 737,679, increasing for the third straight year and returning to almost the same level as 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Justice Ministry said Friday.

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00:13

Japan Core Consumer Prices Up 3.0 Pct in Nov.

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2025/12/19

Japan's core consumer price index in November rose 3.0pctfrom a year earlier, lifted by continued increases in food prices and higher electricity bills, government data showed Friday.

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00:10

U.N. General Assembly Condemns N. Korea's Human...

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2025/12/19

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday condemning North Korea's human rights violations, including its abductions of Japanese and other foreign nationals.

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