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Japan Tax Revenues Reach Record 75 T. Yen in FY 2024

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2025/07/02

The Japanese government's general-account tax revenues reached 75,232 billion yen in fiscal 2024, marking a record high for the fifth consecutive year, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.

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00:12

2025 POLLS: DPFP Resolved to Hike Take-Home Pay

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2025/07/02

The Democratic Party for the People will seek to implement measures to increase people's take-home pay, its leader Yuichiro Tamaki said in an interview ahead of Japan's House of Councillors election on July 20.

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00:12

Sumitomo Life to Buy Business of U.S. Life Insurer

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2025/07/02

Japan's Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. has said that it will acquire the group life and disability business of midsize U.S. life insurer Dearborn Group through its U.S. subsidiary Symetra Financial Corp.

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00:15

Quad Nations Vow to Cooperate on Minerals Supply Chain

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2025/07/02

The foreign ministers of the Quad countries of Japan, the United States, Australia and India on Tuesday agreed to advance cooperation on building a supply chain for critical mineral resources, bearing in mind China's rare earth export controls.

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00:12

U.S. Urges Japan to Beef Up Defense Capabilities

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2025/07/02

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio underscored the importance of Japan beefing up its defense capabilities at a meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Takeshi Iwaya, in Washington on Tuesday.

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00:06

Trump Says Reaching Tariff Deal with Japan...

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2025/07/02

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that it would be "really hard" to strike a tariff deal with Japan.

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00:11

2 Chiba Banks Mulling Merger

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2025/07/01

Chiba Bank and Chiba Kogyo Bank, both regional lenders based in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, are considering merging their operations, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

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00:13

Average Temperature in Japan in June Highest Ever

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2025/07/01

The average temperature in Japan in June was 2.34 degrees Celsius higher than a normal year, marking the highest for the month on record dating back to 1898, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Tuesday.

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00:08

4 Japanese Securities Firms to Restore Hacked Accounts

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2025/07/01

Four major Japanese securities firms plan to restore hacked online customer accounts to their original state, industry officials said.

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00:12

Japan Ruling, Opposition Parties Split over Inflation...

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2025/07/01

Leaders of Japan's ruling coalition called for cash handouts to cushion the impact of higher prices on households while those of opposition parties sought a consumption tax cut during a televised debate on Tuesday.

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00:11

Ishiba Vows to Cooperate with Congo on Mineral Supply...

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2025/07/01

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that his country will work closely together with the Democratic Republic of Congo on strengthening supply chains for minerals.

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00:12

Japan Adopts Plan to Cut Nankai Quake Deaths by 80 Pct

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2025/07/01

The Japanese government decided Tuesday to seek to reduce the estimated number of deaths from a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast by 80pctover the next decade.

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00:14

ASDF's Blue Impulse to Perform for Osaka Expo...

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2025/07/01

The Blue Impulse aerobatic team of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force will perform over the venue of the ongoing World Exposition in the city of Osaka, western Japan, on July 12 and 13, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

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00:15

Senior Member of "Luffy" Crime Ring...

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2025/07/01

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 admitted his involvement in the cases at the first hearing of his trial at Tokyo District Court on Tuesday.

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00:16

Noto Quake-Hit Area Suffers Biggest Roadside Land...

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2025/07/01

The "Asaichi-dori" morning market street in the central Japan city of Wajima registered the largest year-on-year drop among the 2025 highest roadside land prices surveyed by tax offices across Japan, according to National Tax Agency data released Tuesday.

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00:13

Japan, Vatican to Strengthen Cooperation

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2025/07/01

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin have affirmed their commitment to strengthening relations between the two countries following the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV.

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00:13

Number of Hibakusha Drops Below 100,000

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2025/07/01

The number of hibakusha survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki almost 80 years ago has fallen below 100,000 for the first time, Japanese welfare ministry data showed Tuesday.

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00:15

Ishiba Vows to Strengthen Japan's Cybersecurity...

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2025/07/01

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said that his government will step up efforts to strengthen the country's cybersecurity capabilities as a new law designed to take proactive steps to prevent serious cyberattacks partially went into force on Tuesday.

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00:11

Ishiba Pushes for Policy Shift to Increase Rice...

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2025/07/01

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that his administration will promote a shift to policies encouraging farmers to increase rice production to ensure stable supply.

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00:14

2 Major Japan Dept. Store Firms Face Profit Drops in...

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2025/07/01

Two major Japanese department store operators posted year-on-year decreases in March-May consolidated profits as luxury goods purchases by inbound visitors fell back after faring well a year before on the back of a weaker yen.

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