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00:13

Japan's Exports to U.S. Drop for 3rd Straight...

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2025/07/17

Japan's exports to the United States fell for the third consecutive month in June, hit by U.S. President Donald Trump's auto tariffs, preliminary customs-cleared data released by the Finance Ministry Thursday showed.

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00:12

Nuke Deterrence "Cannot Save...

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2025/07/17

Nuclear deterrence "cannot save humanity," a senior member of a group of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Japan, said in a video speech at a meeting of scientists in Chicago on Wednesday.

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00:12

Trump Reiterates Threat to Impose Tariff on Japan

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2025/07/17

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday reiterated his threat to impose a 25pcttariff on Japanese goods on Aug. 1 for what he sees as Japan's reluctance to open its markets.

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00:15

2025 POLLS: Japanese Parties Apart over Gender Issues

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2025/07/16

Japan's political parties are divided over issues such as the advisability of the nation introducing a selective dual surname system for married couples and gender equality, ahead of the election Sunday for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.

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00:10

Couche-Tard Withdraws Bid for Seven & i

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2025/07/16

Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said Wednesday that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co.

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00:13

SoftBank Group to Introduce "AI...

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2025/07/16

SoftBank Group Corp. will introduce "artificial intelligence agents," which autonomously carry out human tasks, within the group on a large scale, Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said Wednesday.

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00:11

Japan Firms in China More Wary after Astellas Worker...

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2025/07/16

Concerns are growing among Japanese firms operating in China, after a Chinese court on Wednesday found an employee of major Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc. guilty of spying.

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00:11

Guitar Maker Fernandes OK'd to Start Bankruptcy...

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2025/07/16

Tokyo District Court granted permission on July 9 for musical instrument maker Fernandes Co. to start bankruptcy procedures, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said Wednesday.

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00:11

2025 POLLS: Parties Struggling with False Info on...

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2025/07/16

While Japanese ruling and opposition parties utilize social media in their campaigns for Sunday's House of Councillors election, they are struggling to tackle posts spreading false information.

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00:09

Vault for Hiroshima A-Bomb Victims Shown to Press

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2025/07/16

The vault under the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound at the Peace Memorial Park in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan, was shown to the press on Wednesday.

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00:15

Foreign Visitors to Japan Top 20 M. at Record Pace

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2025/07/16

The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached an estimated 21,518,100 in the first half of 2025, passing the 20-million line at record pace, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.

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00:08

Japanese Man Gets 42 Months for Spying in China

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2025/07/16

A Chinese district court Wednesday sentenced a Japanese man in his 60s to three years and six months in prison for espionage.

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00:09

Japan Warns of Foreign Interference in Elections

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2025/07/16

Japanese elections face foreign interference through social media, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiko Aoki said Wednesday.

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00:13

Single Parents Face Tight Budgets during School Breaks

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2025/07/16

About 60pctof single-parent households with low incomes in Japan struggle financially during long school breaks when school meals are not available, according to a recent survey by a nonprofit organization.

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00:12

Japanese Love Leisure More than Ever but Turn Thrifty

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2025/07/16

Japanese people's preference to leisure over work grew to an unprecedented level in 2024 while their tendency to save money became stronger amid rising prices, a private-sector report has shown.

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00:08

Trump Raps Japan Again for Failing to Open Markets

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2025/07/16

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his complaint that Japan does not open its markets further to imports.

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00:10

Japan Researchers Conduct Multifetal Pregnancy...

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2025/07/16

Researchers at the University of Osaka Hospital conducted surgeries last year to reduce the number of fetuses in 10 cases of multiple pregnancy, it has been learned.

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00:14

BOJ Dragged into Prolonged Struggle with Deflation in...

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2025/07/16

Bank of Japan policymakers were dragged into a prolonged struggle with deflation in the first half of 2015, two years after the central bank's introduction of its massive monetary easing policy, transcripts from their meetings showed Wednesday.

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00:14

Japan Says Taking Strict Fentanyl Countermeasures

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2025/07/15

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday that Japan is taking thorough measures against fentanyl, noting that Japanese customs have not uncovered any attempts to smuggle the synthetic opioid through the country in the past six years.

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00:14

Japan Rejects China's Explanation over...

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2025/07/15

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on Tuesday rejected China's account of unusually close approaches made by Chinese military aircraft toward a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force plane in two separate cases last week.

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