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00:14

Japan to Accept Up to 1.23 M. Foreign Workers through...

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2026/01/23

The Japanese government said Friday that it will accept up 1,231,900 foreign workers for five years through the end of fiscal 2028 under specified skilled worker residency and skill development programs.

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00:13

TEPCO Stops Kashiwazaki-Kariwa No. 6 Reactor

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2026/01/23

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Friday the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, was stopped early Friday morning following a problem.

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00:12

Japan Plans Stricter Rules to Address...

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2026/01/23

The Japanese government adopted a package of measures Friday to address problems related to foreign nationals, including planned stricter rules on their acquisitions of Japanese land and nationality.

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00:10

Japan Govt Vehicle May Have Caused Fatal Accident

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2026/01/23

Japanese police are investigating a fatal accident in Tokyo on Thursday involving an official vehicle of the Cabinet Office, suspecting the driver ignored a red light.

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00:11

Japan to Raise Basic Pension Benefits by 1.9 Pct in...

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2026/01/23

The Japanese government will raise basic public pension benefits by 1.9pctin fiscal 2026 from the previous year, the welfare ministry said Friday.

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00:15

2026 POLLS: LDP to Slam Centrists in Election as...

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2026/01/23

Shunichi Suzuki, secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has said that his party will question the newly formed Centrist Reform Alliance's ability to govern during the campaign period for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election.

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00:13

Science Tokyo Becomes 2nd Univ. Eligible for State Aid

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2026/01/23

Japan's education ministry Friday certified the Institute of Science Tokyo as the second university eligible for receiving aid from a government-financed 10-trillion-yen fund aimed at supporting universities.

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00:17

2026 POLLS: Sanseito Aims to Boost Lower House Seats...

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2026/01/23

Sanseito aims to boost the number of its House of Representatives seats by 10-fold in next month's election for the all-important parliamentary chamber in Japan, in order to gain momentum to realize its policies, Sohei Kamiya, leader of the rising opposition party, said in an interview.

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00:10

"Kokuho" Gets Oscar Nomination in...

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2026/01/23

Japan's box-office hit "Kokuho" made the Oscar nominee list in makeup and hairstyling, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday.

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00:08

Japan's Lower House Dissolved for General Election

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2026/01/23

Japan dissolved its House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, at the start of this year's ordinary parliamentary session Friday.

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00:12

BOJ Keeps Policy Rate Unchanged, Ups FY 2026 Growth...

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2026/01/23

The Bank of Japan decided Friday to keep its policy interest rate unchanged while raising its growth outlook for Japan's gross domestic product in fiscal 2026, which starts in April.

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00:12

Japan Core Consumer Prices Up 3.1 Pct in 2025

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2026/01/23

Japan's core consumer prices in 2025 rose 3.1pctfrom the previous year on average, the fourth consecutive year of growth, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.

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00:14

KDDI's AI Data Center in Osaka Begins Operations

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2026/01/23

Japanese telecommunications company KDDI Corp. said it has started operating a large-scale data center specifically designed for generative artificial intelligence in Sakai in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka.

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00:11

DPFP Vows to Boost Take-Home Pay in Election Pledges

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2026/01/22

The Japanese opposition Democratic Party for the People announced Thursday its pledges for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election, vowing to increase people's take-home pay.

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00:14

Hibakusha, Activists Vow to Press for Nuclear Abolition

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2026/01/22

With Thursday marking the fifth anniversary of the effectuation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, hibakusha atomic bomb survivors and antinuclear advocates pledged to build momentum toward the abolition of nuclear arms.

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00:10

Japan Seen Logging 800-B.-Yen Primary Balance Deficit...

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2026/01/22

Japan is expected to post a primary budget deficit of about 800 billion yen in fiscal 2026, a government estimate showed Thursday.

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00:10

Mitsubishi Fuso to Set Up Electric Bus JV with Hon Hai

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2026/01/22

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. announced Thursday that it will set up a bus business joint venture in Japan with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.

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00:16

Inspection of Chubu Electric HQ over Data Fraud to...

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2026/01/22

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority said Thursday it will begin an on-site inspection of Chubu Electric Power Co.'s headquarters Monday over earthquake risk data falsification for the firm's Hamaoka nuclear power plant in the central prefecture of Shizuoka.

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00:18

New Centrist Party Launched with Over 170 Lawmakers

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2026/01/22

The Centrist Reform Alliance, a new Japanese political party, was formally launched Thursday with some 170 House of Representatives lawmakers from the two founding opposition forces--the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, a former ally of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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00:14

Japan Aviation Unions to Seek 12,000-Yen Pay Scale Hike

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2026/01/22

The Japan Federation of Aviation Industry Unions said Thursday that its member unions will request a pay scale hike of at least 12,000 yen, or 4 pct, per month in the 2026 "shunto" spring wage negotiations.

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