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Chubu Electric May Have Underestimated N-Plant Quake...

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2026/01/05

Chubu Electric Power Co. may have presented data underestimating earthquake risks for a regulatory process to check whether its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan meets new safety standards, President Kingo Hayashi said Monday.

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00:11

Japanese Securities Firms to Consolidate...

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2026/01/05

Securities firms in Japan will set up a joint venture this month to consolidate administrative work to improve efficiency as they grapple with labor shortages and complicated regulations.

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00:07

Better Dental Health, Longer Life: Studies

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2026/01/05

Regular dental checkups and early treatment will help older people live longer, recent research studies have suggested.

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00:11

Japan to Set Up Social Security Reform Council in...

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2026/01/05

Japan will set up a nonpartisan national council for social security reform within January, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said at her New Year's press conference Monday.

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00:09

Japan Opposition Leaders Worry about U.S. Attacks on...

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2026/01/05

Leaders of Japanese opposition parties Monday showed their concerns about U.S. attacks on Venezuela and criticized the Japanese government's response.

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00:16

Scandal-Hit Ex-Mayor Files Candidacy for Election in...

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2026/01/05

Akira Ogawa, the former mayor of Maebashi who stepped down over controversial hotel visits with a married male municipal official, and four other people filed their candidacies on Monday for a mayoral election set for Jan. 12 in the city in Gunma Prefecture, central Japan.

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00:09

New Year's Tuna Auction Logs Record 510 M. Yen

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2026/01/05

A bluefin tuna fetched a record 510.3 million yen in New Year's tuna auction at the Toyosu market in Tokyo on Monday morning.

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00:11

Assets of Japan's New Upper House Members...

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2026/01/05

Assets held by the 125 lawmakers elected to Japan's House of Councillors in July last year averaged 30.82 million yen, a Jiji Press tally showed Monday.

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00:11

BOJ Likely to Pursue Further Rate Hikes This Year

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2026/01/05

The Bank of Japan will likely seek to raise interest rates further this year after bringing its policy rate target to a 30-year high above 0.5pctin late 2025.

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00:11

Japan CDP Chief Criticizes U.S. Strike on Venezuela

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2026/01/04

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, on Sunday criticized the U.S. military operations against Venezuela.

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00:12

Japan Opposition Chief Raps FY 2026 Draft Budget

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2026/01/04

Japanese opposition leader Yoshihiko Noda on Sunday criticized the government's draft fiscal 2026 budget with record general-account spending of some 122.3 trillion yen.

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00:08

Japan to Draw Up Action Plan to Reduce Clothing Waste

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2026/01/04

-Japan's Environment Ministry plans to compile by March an action plan aimed at reducing large amounts of clothing waste from households.

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00:06

Japan Struggling over Response to U.S. Strike on...

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2026/01/04

The Japanese government is facing difficulties over how to respond to the U.S. strike on Venezuela.

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00:12

Specialty Shop in Tokyo Helping Reconstruction after...

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2026/01/04

A shop in Tokyo that sells specialties from Ishikawa Prefecture is supporting reconstruction following a powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in the central Japan prefecture two years ago.

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00:06

Matcha in Short Supply amid Global Boom

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2026/01/04

Matcha is in short supply as the Japanese green tea is at the center of a global boom.

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00:12

Japan May Consider Review of 3 Nonnuclear Principles

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2026/01/04

Japan's government and ruling coalition may consider a possible review of the country's three nonnuclear principles during work to update its three key national security-related documents within this year.

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00:08

Path to Constitutional Revision Unclear under LDP-JIP...

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2026/01/04

While Japan's two governing parties share the goal of revising the country's Constitution, differences between their stances are now becoming evident.

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00:12

TEPCO Reactor to Be Restarted as Early as Jan. 20

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2026/01/04

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is slated to reactivate the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in central Japan as early as Jan. 20.

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00:13

CDP to Come Up with New Perspective on Security...

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2026/01/04

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to compile as early as this spring a new perspective on the country's security legislation, which tolerate its exercise of the right to collective self-defense.

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00:08

N. Korea Fires Apparent Ballistic Missiles into Sea...

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2026/01/04

North Korea fired apparent ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, sources in the South Korean military said.

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