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00:12

Japan to Oblige Brokerages to Enhance Account Security

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2025/07/15

Japan's Financial Services Agency will revise its supervision guidelines to oblige brokerage firms to enhance the security of their customers' accounts, according to its revision plan released on Tuesday.

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00:12

Freezer Glitch Affects Blood Products at Red Cross...

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2025/07/15

A freezer glitch rendered about 13,700 units of fresh frozen plasma blood unusable at the Japanese Red Cross Society's blood center in Tokyo in May, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:15

Jiji Press, AFP to Launch News Platform...

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2025/07/15

International news agencies Jiji Press and Agence France-Presse, or AFP, on Tuesday announced the launch of Fastlook, a new platform that delivers real-time news stories from AFP's vast global network to clients in Japanese.

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00:12

Yamato Tapped as Japan's Top Defense Bureaucrat

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2025/07/15

The Japanese government decided Tuesday to appoint Taro Yamato, director-general of the Defense Ministry's Bureau of Defense Policy, as the next administrative vice minister of defense.

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00:15

23-Year Sentence Sought for Senior Member of...

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2025/07/15

Japanese public prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 23-year prison term for Tomonobu Kojima, a senior member of a Philippines-based Japanese crime ring that allegedly masterminded a series of robbery and fraud cases across wide areas of Japan.

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00:08

Japan Govt Launches New Office for Foreigner Policies

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2025/07/15

The Japanese government on Tuesday launched a new office at the Cabinet Secretariat to oversee policies related to foreign residents.

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00:12

Living Conditions Index Hits Lowest Level in 15 Yrs...

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2025/07/15

The proportion of people in Japan who think that their living conditions are more comfortable than a year before has fallen to the lowest level in over 15 years, according to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey for June.

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00:15

Japan PM Ishiba to Meet with U.S. Treasury Sec. Bessent

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2025/07/15

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering holding a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is set to visit the World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka this week, Japanese government sources said Tuesday.

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00:10

Japan Shows Strong Concerns over China's...

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2025/07/15

The Japanese government expressed strong concerns over China's growing military activities around Japan, in an annual white paper on defense released Tuesday.

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00:09

INTERVIEW: Ex-U.S. Envoy Hagerty Optimistic about...

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2025/07/15

Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty has sounded optimistic about the course of the ongoing tariff negotiations between the two countries.

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00:14

Nojima to Sell Forex Margin Trading Service Unit

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2025/07/15

Nojima Corp. said Monday that it will sell Money Square Holdings Inc., a subsidiary that offers foreign exchange margin trading service, to SBI Liquidity Market Co. and Japan Airlines on Aug. 12 for an undisclosed sum.

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00:06

Typhoon Nari Crosses Japan's Hokkaido

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2025/07/14

Typhoon Nari crossed Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan, on Tuesday morning.

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00:13

LDP-Komeito Struggling to Keep Upper House Majority

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2025/07/14

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, are struggling to maintain their majority in the House of Councillors ahead of Sunday's election, according to information obtained by Jiji Press so far.

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00:11

80 Years On, 94-Yr-Old Woman Recalls Naval Bombardment

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2025/07/14

The city of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, is said to have been the first place on Japan's Honshu main island to suffer a naval bombardment by the Allied powers during World War II.

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00:17

Japan Average Rice Price Down for 7th Straight Week

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2025/07/14

The average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through July 6 stood at 3,602 yen per 5 kilograms, down 70 yen from the previous week, the seventh consecutive weekly fall, the agriculture ministry said Monday.

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00:16

LDP's Tsuruho Quits as Upper House Committee...

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2025/07/14

Yosuke Tsuruho of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday resigned as chairman of the House of Councilors' Budget Committee after being criticized by both ruling and opposition lawmakers for his recent remark about last year's Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan.

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00:12

Kioxia to Issue Up to 3 B. Dollars in Corporate Bonds

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2025/07/14

Major Japanese flash memory maker Kioxia Holdings Corp. said Monday that it will issue up to 3 billion dollars, or about 440 billion yen, in dollar-denominated corporate bonds.

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00:13

2 Die in Bus-Truck Head-on Collision in Tokushima

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2025/07/14

A bus burst into flames after colliding head-on with a truck on an expressway in the western Japan city of Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, around half past noon on Monday, leaving two dead and 12 others injured.

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00:13

Fifth Disease Inflections in Japan Hit 26-Yr High

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2025/07/14

The number of patients with fifth disease, or slapped cheek syndrome, in Japan hit the highest level in some 26 years in the week that ended June 22, according to data compiled by the Japan Institute for Health Security.

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00:08

2025 POLLS: Opposition Fights Intensifying in...

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2025/07/14

Opposition parties are stepping up fights in 13 multi-seat constituencies ahead of Sunday's Upper House election in Japan.

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