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00:12

Japan's Diet to Start Special Session on Feb. 18

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2026/02/10

The Diet, Japan's parliament, will hold a special session from Feb. 18 through July 17, Hiroshi Kajiyama, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Diet affairs chief, said Tuesday.

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00:12

Nikkei Rewrites Closing High for 2nd Straight Day

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2026/02/10

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rewrote its all-time closing high for the second straight day on Tuesday, as buying momentum continued after Sunday's general election.

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00:12

Stricter Penalties for Insults Not Needed Now: Govt

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2026/02/10

Japan's Justice Ministry has decided that there is no need to further toughen punishment for the crime of insults or to newly impose penalties for libel conducted via direct messages on social media.

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00:09

Prudential Life Sets Up 3rd-Party Panel to...

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2026/02/10

Prudential Life Insurance Co. said Tuesday that it has set up a third-party committee to investigate widespread fraud by its employees targeting customers.

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00:10

Japan to Mull Punishments on Paying for Sex

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2026/02/10

Japanese Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi said Tuesday that his ministry will set up a panel of experts to consider introducing punishments on paying for sex.

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00:13

Posts Linked to Defense, Constitution Soar Just...

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2026/02/10

The number of social media posts referring to national security and constitution revisions rocketed toward the end of the official campaign period for Sunday's election for the House of Representatives, Jiji Press analysis has shown.

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00:12

Japanese Snowboarder Murase Wins Gold at Milan-Cortina

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2026/02/10

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase won the gold medal in the women's big air event at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Monday, becoming the first Japanese to earn women's snowboarding gold.

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00:15

FOCUS: Tough Road Ahead for Japan's Fiscal...

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2026/02/09

Despite the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's overwhelming victory in Sunday's House of Representatives election, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration is expected to face challenges in managing economic and fiscal policies.

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00:15

Lawsuits Filed to Void Japan Lower House Election

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2026/02/09

A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday to nullify the results of Sunday's House of Representatives election for all of the 289 single-seat constituencies, claiming that the election was unconstitutional in terms of vote-value disparities.

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00:10

LDP Sweeps Single-Seat Constituencies in 31 Prefectures

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2026/02/09

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party won every single-seat constituency in 31 of Japan's 47 prefectures in Sunday's House of Representatives election.

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00:14

Sony to End Blu-ray Disc Recorder Shipments

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2026/02/09

Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. said Monday that it will stop shipping all Blu-ray Disc recorders starting in February, as the market for such products is shrinking amid the popularity of online video distribution services.

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00:09

Takaichi Aims to Build Consensus on Tax Cut by Summer

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2026/02/09

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that she aims to build a consensus among political parties on a consumption tax cut by this summer.

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00:16

Japan Lower House Election Winners Aged 54.7 on Average

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2026/02/09

The average age of people who won seats in Sunday's election for Japan's House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament, was 54.7 years old, a bit younger than 55.6 in the previous Lower House election in 2024.

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00:17

TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactor Back Online

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2026/02/09

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday it restarted the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture the same day after a series of control rod-related problems, aiming to bring it back into commercial operation on March 18.

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00:13

Nikkei Hits Another High after LDP's Landslide...

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2026/02/09

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average soared to another all-time closing high on Monday, following the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's sweeping victory in Sunday's House of Representatives election.

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00:11

Centrist Reform Alliance Co-Leaders Announce...

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2026/02/09

The two co-leaders of the Centrist Reform Alliance announced their resignations on Monday, following the major opposition party's crushing defeat in Japan's general election on Sunday.

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00:09

68 Women Elected to Japan's Lower House, 2nd...

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2026/02/09

Sixty-eight women were elected to Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, in Sunday's vote, the second highest figure.

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00:17

Japan's Real Wages Fall 1.3 Pct in 2025

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2026/02/09

Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages in 2025 fell 1.3pctfrom the previous year, down for the fourth consecutive year, due to price increases for food and other items outpacing wage hikes, the labor ministry said in a preliminary report Monday.

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00:11

Trump Congratulates Takaichi on Election Victory

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2026/02/09

U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in Sunday's House of Representatives election.

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00:15

Japan's 2025 Current Account Surplus Hits Record

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2026/02/09

Japan's current account surplus in 2025 rose 11.1pctfrom the previous year to a record 31,879.9 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Monday.

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