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00:15

Japan's Asahi Sees 1.9 M. Sets of Personal Data...

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2025/11/27

Japanese beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Thursday that 1,914,000 sets of personal information were compromised due to the recent cyberattack that prompted a suspension of shipments of beer and other products.

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00:14

Saga Improper DNA Analyses Had No Impact on Probes: NPA

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2025/11/27

Improper DNA analyses conducted by a former Saga prefectural police member have had no adverse impact on investigations by the police in southwestern Japan, the National Police Agency said in an interim report on Thursday.

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00:13

Japan Upper House Panel Votes to Lower Gasoline Tax

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2025/11/27

Japan's House of Councillors Financial Affairs Committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge of 25.1 yen per liter, effective Dec. 31.

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00:11

Tokyo Govt to Shift to Fixed-Rate Accommodation Tax

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2025/11/27

The Tokyo metropolitan government said on Wednesday that it plans to shift its accommodation tax from fixed amounts to a fixed rate of 3pctof fees in fiscal 2027.

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00:11

Trump Advises Takaichi Not to Provoke China over...

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2025/11/27

U.S. President Donald Trump has advised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to temper the tone after she angered China over Taiwan, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

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00:12

Japan to Tighten Re-Entry Screening over Medical Bill...

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2025/11/27

Japan is considering tightening re-entry screening for foreign nationals who have failed to pay medical bills worth 10,000 yen or more in the country, lower than the current threshold of 200,000 yen.

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00:14

Yamada to Sell " Human Washing...

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2025/11/27

Home electronics retailer Yamada Holdings Co. has said it will sell a human washing machine, which attracted attention at the World Exposition in the western Japanese city of Osaka, at its flagship store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district.

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00:12

BOJ's Latent Losses on JGB Holdings Log Record

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2025/11/27

The Bank of Japan said Wednesday that unrealized losses on its holdings of Japanese government bonds widened to a record 32,825.8 billion yen at the end of September.

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00:12

Sales of Farmed, Feminized Eels Spreading in Japan

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2025/11/26

Sales of cultivated feminized eels are beginning to spread in Japan, as the Aichi Fisheries Research Institute in central Japan and others have successfully developed a method to feminize eels.

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00:15

Japan Prefectures Urge Measures to Cope with Tax...

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2025/11/26

The governors of Japan's 47 prefectures urged the central government Wednesday to implement measures to help them cope with expected declines in local government revenues resulting from the planned abolition of the provisional gasoline and diesel tax surcharge.

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00:08

Tokyo Deaflympics Ends with Record Medal Tally for Japan

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2025/11/26

The Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics drew to a close on Wednesday with a closing ceremony held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

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00:12

Japan Tax Revenue to Top 80 T. Yen for 1st Time in FY...

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2025/11/26

The Japanese government's general-account tax revenue is set to reach around 80.7 trillion yen in fiscal 2025, topping 80 trillion yen for the first time, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:16

Key Japan Labor Group to Seek Pay Scale Hike of...

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2025/11/26

An umbrella body for labor unions in the automotive, electronics and other industries in Japan announced on Wednesday a policy for its member unions to ask for a pay scale hike of at least 12,000 yen per month in next year's "shunto" spring labor-management wage negotiations.

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00:14

Aonishiki Becomes 1st Ukrainian Promoted to 2nd...

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2025/11/26

The Japan Sumo Association unanimously decided Wednesday to promote Aonishiki to ozeki, the second-highest rank in professional sumo, from sekiwake, the third-highest rank, making him the first Ukraine-born ozeki.

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00:13

Panel Calls for Placing Crypto Assets under Financial...

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2025/11/26

A working group of the Financial System Council, which advises Japan's prime minister, on Wednesday broadly approved a draft report calling for crypto assets to be subject to the financial instruments and exchange law.

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00:10

Japan Moving to Ban Condo Resale before Delivery

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2025/11/26

Japan's real estate industry has begun to ban the resale of condominiums before the completion of property handover, in a move to check soaring unit prices.

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00:14

FTC Issues Cease-and-Desist Order over Nagano...

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2025/11/26

The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday issued a cease-and-desist order to a group of oil companies in the northern part of Nagano Prefecture over forming a price cartel for gasoline sold at gas stations in the central Japan prefecture.

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00:10

Japanese Pop Star Kokubun Apologizes for Compliance...

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2025/11/26

Japanese pop star Taichi Kokubun apologized Wednesday for a compliance violation that led to his removal from a Nippon Television Network Corp. program.

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00:09

More Bookstores in Japan Leasing Out Shelves

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2025/11/26

Japan has seen an increase in bookstores renting out shelves to allow book lovers to sell works they want to recommend, fostering communities of such people.

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00:11

Yakuza Exec. Pleads Innocent over Osho President...

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2025/11/26

A ranking gang member at the first trial hearing Wednesday pleaded not guilty to the charge of shooting to death the head of the "Gyoza no Osho" dumpling restaurant chain in Kyoto in 2013.

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