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1 Year after Trump's Return, Japan Struggles to...

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2026/01/19

With Tuesday marking one year since U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term, Japan faces a challenge of consolidating its relationship with the United States amid concerns over Trump's diplomatic approach.

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00:13

Consumer Sentiment in Japan Improves for 2 Quarters...

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2026/01/19

A Bank of Japan quarterly survey for December 2025 showed Monday that consumer sentiment in the country rose for two quarters in a row while views on living conditions deteriorated for the first time in two quarters.

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00:14

Takaichi Announces 2-Year Consumption Tax Elimination...

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2026/01/19

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi unveiled a plan Monday to reduce the consumption tax rate for food items to zero for two years as part of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party's policy pledges for the upcoming general election.

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00:14

Man Ruled Guilty for Sending Student to Myanmar for...

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2026/01/19

A Japanese court on Monday sentenced a man, 29, to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for transporting a then high school student to Myanmar last year to get him to engage in fraud despite knowing that the boy had been kidnapped.

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00:18

Japan Lower House Dissolution to Delay Budget Passage

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2026/01/19

The Japanese government is unlikely to secure the passage of its fiscal 2026 draft budget by the March 31 end of the current fiscal 2025, after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on Monday her decision to dissolve the House of Representatives on Friday for a snap general election.

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00:15

Govt, Keidanren to Boost Supply Chains for Critical...

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2026/01/19

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, on Monday affirmed that the public and private sectors will cooperate to strengthen the supply chains for critical materials.

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00:12

SMFG Taking Foreign Currency Deposits by Credit Card

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2026/01/19

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Monday it launched the same day a service to allow individual customers to make fixed-amount monthly deposits in foreign currency accounts using credit cards.

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00:13

Japan PM Takaichi Says to Dissolve Lower House Fri.

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2026/01/19

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced Monday that she will dissolve the House of Representatives at the start of the ordinary parliamentary session, which is to be convened on Friday, to call a snap general election.

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00:08

Japanese Prefectures Asked to Secure Hotels as Shelters

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2026/01/19

The Japanese government has asked prefectures to lead efforts to secure hotels as shelters during large-scale disasters.

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00:13

CEO Fraud Up Sharply in Japan

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2026/01/19

Japanese companies are facing quickly growing threats of so-called business executive scams, or CEO fraud, in which email directives are issued by those pretending to be top executives of target companies.

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00:14

New Centrist Party in Japan to Focus on Realistic...

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2026/01/19

The Centrist Reform Alliance, a new party launched by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, is expected to take realistic approaches on various issues including national security, it was learned Monday.

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00:13

Valentine's Day Sales Campaigns in Japan Feature...

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2026/01/19

Department store operators and confectionery makers are trying to ride a wave of the Valentine's Day-related shopping binge in Japan by offering products and services featuring experiences, highly valued by consumers these days.

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00:15

TEPCO to Postpone Restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa...

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2026/01/19

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. plans to postpone the restart scheduled for Tuesday of the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.

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00:15

Japan Core Machinery Orders Down 11 Pct in Nov.

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2026/01/19

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in November last year fell 11.0pctfrom the previous month, marking the first decline in three months, following large-scale orders in October, the Cabinet Office said Monday.

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00:10

3 Japan Convenience Store Operators Log Profit Growth...

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2026/01/19

Three major Japanese convenience store operators posted growth in their group operating profits for March-November 2025, according to their earnings reports.

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00:09

LDP to Lift Election Penalty on "Slush...

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2026/01/18

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will lift an election penalty on party members involved in the party's slush fund scandal, it was learned Sunday.

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00:11

China Seen Building New Structure in East China Sea

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2026/01/16

The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Friday that it has confirmed moves by China to build a new structure on the Chinese side of the median line between the two countries in the East China Sea.

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00:12

PM Takaichi to Hold Monday Evening Press Conference

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2026/01/16

The Japanese government said Friday that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will hold a press conference on Monday evening, when she is expected to formally announce her intention to call a snap general election.

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00:11

JCP's Shii Not to Run in Next Election

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2026/01/16

Former Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii said Friday that he will not run in the next election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament.

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00:14

Osaka Governor, Mayor Ready for Elections over...

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2026/01/16

Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura and Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama on Friday tendered their resignations to run in subsequent elections in an attempt to push for the so-called Osaka metropolis plan for local government realignment.

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