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00:14

Japan Firms Facing Challenge of Employing More Disabled

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2025/09/11

Japanese companies are tackling the difficult task of hiring more disabled people as the statutory minimum employment rate for the disabled will be lifted to 2.7pctnext July from 2.5pctat present.

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00:08

S. Korea's Lee Eager to Work with Japan after...

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2025/09/11

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Thursday showed his eagerness to continue working with Japan after the upcoming leadership change there.

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00:11

Japan, Portugal to Upgrade Ties to Strategic Partnership

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2025/09/11

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Portuguese counterpart, Luis Montenegro, agreed Thursday to elevate relations between the two countries to a strategic partnership.

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00:13

Japan Opposition CDP Launches New Leadership

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2025/09/11

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Thursday launched its new leadership team, picking House of Representatives lawmaker Satoshi Honjo, 50, as head of its Policy Research Committee.

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00:09

Jera Considering Procuring Alaska LNG

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2025/09/11

Jera Co., a Japanese power generation company, said Thursday that it is considering procuring liquefied natural gas produced in Alaska.

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00:12

Japan Producer Prices Up 2.7 Pct in Aug.

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2025/09/11

Japan's producer prices in August rose 2.7pctfrom a year earlier, amid higher prices of food and beverage products including rice, Bank of Japan data showed Thursday.

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00:08

21 Pct of Cyclists in Japan Wear Helmets: NPA

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2025/09/11

Some 21pctof cyclists in Japan were wearing helmets, a survey by the National Policy Agency showed Thursday.

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00:12

Child Abuse Deaths Total 65 in Japan in FY 2023

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2025/09/11

The number of children who died from abuse totaled 65 in Japan in fiscal 2023, down by seven from the preceding year, an expert panel of the Children and Families Agency said Thursday.

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00:11

Ryugu's Parent Body Retained Abundant Water:...

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2025/09/11

A research team led by the University of Tokyo has discovered that the parent celestial body of asteroid Ryugu retained plentiful water for over one billion years after its birth.

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00:12

Indefinite Term Upheld for Japanese Man for Robbery...

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2025/09/10

Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling for a 54-year-old man sentencing him to an indefinite prison term over a robbery resulting in death in Komae, Tokyo, in 2023.

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00:08

Mandom to Go Private through MBO

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2025/09/10

Japanese cosmetics maker Mandom Corp. said Wednesday that it will conduct management buyout that will likely take it private.

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00:09

Crown Princess Kiko Turns 59 with Relief over...

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2025/09/10

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko turned 59 on Thursday, feeling relieved that her son, Prince Hisahito, had completed his coming-of-age ceremony.

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00:13

6 JP Dragon Crime Ring Members Arrested after...

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2025/09/10

Police in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Wednesday transported six members of the "JP Dragon" crime ring from the Philippines to Japan and arrested them for their alleged involvement in special fraud.

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00:16

CDP Head Noda Eyes Azumi as Party Secretary-General

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2025/09/10

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda has decided to appoint Jun Azumi, the current chairman of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee, as secretary-general of the main opposition party in a leadership reshuffle on Thursday, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:14

Arrested Japanese Scam Callers Describe Abuse at...

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2025/09/10

Japanese nationals arrested for allegedly taking part in phone scams from Cambodia have described their experiences of being abused at the scam base, such as having their ears burned and nails removed, Japanese police sources said Wednesday.

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00:09

Team Mirai in Spotlight with Aim to Update Democracy...

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2025/09/10

Team Mirai, a new Japanese political party led by Takahiro Anno, is attracting attention with its aim to digitally update democracy.

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00:11

Luncheon Celebrates Japan Prince Hisahito's...

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2025/09/10

A luncheon was held in Tokyo on Wednesday to celebrate the coming of age of Japanese Prince Hisahito, second in line to the throne, after his father, Crown Prince Akishino.

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00:11

Japan to Close All 6 Economic Centers in Russia

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2025/09/10

The Japanese government said Wednesday that it plans to close all of its six economic centers in Russia because of strained relations between the two countries following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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00:11

EU Envoy Calls for Deeper Ties with Japan

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2025/09/10

European Union Ambassador to Japan Jean-Eric Paquet has called for deeper ties between the two major economies in the fields of defense, economic security and industrial development.

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00:12

5-Yr Term Upheld for U.S. Airman over Okinawa Sexual...

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2025/09/10

A Japanese high court on Wednesday upheld a five-year prison sentence for a U.S. airman over kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl under the age of consent in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan.

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