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00:12

Japan FY 2026 Budget Requests Likely to Top 122 T. Yen

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2025/08/29

General-account budget requests from Japanese government agencies and ministries for fiscal 2026 are expected to exceed 122 trillion yen to hit a record high for the third consecutive year.

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00:13

Nippon Ishin's Scandal-Hit Ishii to Resign as...

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2025/08/29

Akira Ishii of opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 said Friday that he plans to resign as a lawmaker of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, due to his secretary pay fraud scandal.

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00:11

Japan Seeks Record Defense Budget of 8.8 T. Yen for...

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2025/08/29

Japan's Ministry of Defense said Friday that it will ask for a record budget of 8,845.4 billion yen for fiscal 2026 starting next April.

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00:18

LDP Postpones Adoption of Report on Upper House...

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2025/08/29

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday stopped short of adopting a review report on its defeat in last month's House of Councillors election, due to internal objections over the report's failure to address the responsibility of the current party leadership, including Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

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00:18

Japan FY 2024 Medical Costs Rise to Record 48 T. Yen

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2025/08/29

Medical fees paid to hospitals and clinics in Japan in fiscal 2024 rose 1.5pctfrom the previous year to a record 48 trillion yen, reflecting the aging of the country's population and advances in medical technology, preliminary health ministry data showed Friday.

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00:14

Births Hit New Record Low for Jan.-June in Japan

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2025/08/29

The number of babies born in January-June fell 3.1pctfrom a year earlier to 339,280 in Japan, hitting a new record low for the first half, the health ministry said Friday.

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00:16

Japan to Deploy Upgraded Type-12 Missiles to...

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2025/08/29

The Japanese Defense Ministry said Friday that it will deploy an upgraded version of its Type-12 long-range surface-to-ship missiles at two Ground Self-Defense Force bases, one in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto and the other in the central prefecture of Shizuoka.

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00:16

Kawasaki Heavy's Engine Data Tampering Scandal...

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2025/08/29

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is suspected of falsifying some inspection data regarding the mileage of diesel engines for submarines of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, following a similar scandal involving private ship engines, informed sources said Friday.

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00:14

Japan, Australia to Hold 2-Plus-2 Security Talks on...

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2025/08/29

The Japanese and Australian governments will hold a so-called two-plus-two security meeting of their foreign and defense ministers in Tokyo on Sept. 5, Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told a press conference on Friday.

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00:11

Japan Police Eyeing Stalker Warnings without Victim...

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2025/08/29

Japan's National Police Agency is considering law revisions allowing police to issue warnings against stalkers at their discretion even without requests from victims, sources said Friday.

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00:12

Yamaguchi Town Can Host N-Fuel Storage: Chugoku Electric

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2025/08/29

It is feasible for the town of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, to host an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, Chugoku Electric Power Co. said Friday.

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00:13

INTERVIEW: Nippon Steel to Send More Engineers to...

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2025/08/29

Nippon Steel Corp. plans to send more engineers to United States Steel Corp. to make the U.S. company more competitive through technical support, Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori said in a recent interview.

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00:11

Japan's State Environment Min. Seeks Early LDP Poll

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2025/08/29

Japanese State Environment Minister Fumiaki Kobayashi of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday called for an early LDP presidential election while hinting at resigning.

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00:11

Japan to Give Aid to More Municipalities near N-Plants

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2025/08/29

The Japanese government said Friday that it will make municipalities within 30 kilometers of nuclear power plants eligible for related financial assistance, instead of 10 kilometers at present.

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00:09

Kids on Nursery Waiting Lists Down for 8th Yr in Japan

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2025/08/29

The number of children on nursery waiting lists decreased for the eighth straight year in Japan to mark a record low, the Children and Families Agency said Friday.

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00:09

Japan July Industrial Output Down 1.6 Pct

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2025/08/29

Japan's industrial production in July fell 1.6pctfrom the previous month, the industry ministry said in a preliminary report Friday.

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00:14

Tokyo Core Consumer Prices Up 2.5 Pct in Aug.

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2025/08/29

The core consumer price index for Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards rose 2.5pctin August from a year earlier, marking the 48th consecutive month of increase, government data showed Friday.

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00:13

Prices of 1,422 Food Items to Rise in Japan in Sept.

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2025/08/29

Prices are slated to rise in Japan in September for 1,422 food products and beverages made by 195 major makers, research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Friday.

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00:16

Japan Jobless Rate Falls to 2.3 Pct in July

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2025/08/29

Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July fell 0.2 percentage point from the previous month to 2.3 pct, marking the first improvement in five months and the lowest reading since December 2019, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.

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00:11

Japan's Princess Akiko Delivers Speech in Oxford

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2025/08/29

Japan's Princess Akiko of Mikasa delivered a speech about developments in Imperial costumes at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford, England, on Thursday.

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