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00:15

Ex-Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Official Guilty of Insider...

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2025/07/04

Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced a former employee of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank to two years in prison, suspended for four years, for engaging in insider stock trading through the abuse of tender offer information before disclosure.

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00:10

Overseas Voting for Japan Upper House Election Begins

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2025/07/04

Voting for the July 20 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, started for Japanese nationals abroad on Friday.

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00:13

Japanese Parties' Election Campaigning Swings...

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2025/07/04

Leaders of Japanese ruling and opposition parties took to the streets to canvass for votes on Friday as they entered full-fledged campaigning for the July 20 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.

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00:15

Japan Eyes "Golden Share" as...

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2025/07/04

Japan's industry ministry on Friday announced a plan for the government to hold a veto-wielding "golden share" in exchange for its financial aid to companies such as Rapidus Corp., which aims to realize domestic production of next-generation semiconductors.

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00:10

INTERVIEW: Iran Needs Assurance of No Attack During...

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2025/07/04

The Iranian ambassador to Japan has made it clear that his country will not resume nuclear talks with the United States unless it obtains an assurance of no attack during the talks.

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00:15

Max Vote-Value Gap Rises to 3.126 Times for Upper...

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2025/07/04

The maximum vote-value disparity between House of Councillors prefectural constituencies has risen to 3.126 times for the July 20 election for the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, according to an estimate by Jiji Press.

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00:09

2025 POLLS: Women Making Up Less Than 30 Pct of All...

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2025/07/04

Women account for less than 30pctof candidates competing in the July 20 election for Japan's House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.

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00:16

Japan's GPIF Logs 1.7-T.-Yen Profit in FY 2024

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2025/07/04

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that it posted an investment profit of 1,733.4 billion yen in fiscal 2024, thanks mainly to gains on foreign stocks, marking the fifth consecutive year of surplus.

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00:15

Japan Household Spending Rises 4.7 Pct in May

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2025/07/04

Household consumption spending in Japan in May rose 4.7pctfrom a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms, as automobile and food purchases increased, a survey by the internal affairs ministry showed Friday.

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00:10

Victims of 2020 Kumamoto Heavy Rains Mourned 5 Years On

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2025/07/04

Residents of the village of Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture on Friday mourned the victims of deadly torrential rains that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture five years ago.

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00:12

Japan's Akira Otani Wins British Crime Novel Award

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2025/07/04

The English version of "The Night of Baba Yaga," a novel by Japanese author Akira Otani, has won a prestigious British crime novel award, Britain's Crime Writers' Association said Thursday.

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00:10

13 Residents Evacuate Strong Quake-Hit Akusekijima...

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2025/07/04

A dozen of residents left Akusekijima aboard a ship Friday morning after a powerful earthquake rocked the Tokara chain island in southwestern Japan the previous day.

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00:11

80 Pct of Struggling Families in Tougher Situation:...

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2025/07/04

Around 80pctof struggling families with children in Japan said that their household finances are much worse than last year, a survey by nonprofit group Kidsdoor has shown.

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00:16

44 Pct of Japan Firms Expecting U.S. Tariffs'...

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2025/07/04

A Teikoku Databank Ltd. survey has found that 44.0pctof companies in Japan expect negative effects from high U.S. tariffs over the next five years or so, far more than 16.5pctforeseeing no impacts.

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00:14

Japan Upper House Poll Giving Constraints on Trade...

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2025/07/04

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC Thursday that this month's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan's parliament, is placing major constraints on Tokyo's trade negotiations with Washington.

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00:15

Summer Bonuses at Major Japanese Firms Hit New Record

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2025/07/03

Summer bonuses at major Japanese companies this year rose 4.37pctfrom last year to hit a new record high amid the rising cost of living, a report by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, showed Thursday.

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00:11

Japan, U.S., S. Korea Top Uniformed Officers to Meet...

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2025/07/03

Top uniformed officers from Japan's Self-Defense Forces, the U.S. military and the South Korean military will meet in Seoul on or around July 10, it was learned Thursday.

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00:12

U.S. Military Apologizes over Okinawa Sexual Assault...

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2025/07/03

A senior officer of the U.S. Marine Corps on Thursday apologized to Okinawa Prefecture over a recent conviction of a Marine for sexually assaulting a woman in the southernmost Japan prefecture.

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00:14

Shunto Wage Hikes Hit 34-Year High: Rengo

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2025/07/03

Wage increases achieved during this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations were the sharpest in 34 years, according to the final results of a survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, released Thursday.

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00:11

Ishiba Calls on People to Think about Future at Osaka...

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2025/07/03

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called on people to think about the future, in a speech at a Japan Day ceremony at the World Exposition in the western city of Osaka on Thursday.

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