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Probe Finds 2 GSDF Members Killed by Lightning in...

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2025/08/20

The two Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members who died Sunday during a training exercise at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, were killed by electrocution caused by lightning, the GSDF said Wednesday.

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00:09

Sharp Develops "Poketomo"...

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2025/08/20

Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that it has developed a "Poketomo" palm-sized robot equipped with conversational artificial intelligence.

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00:15

Downtown's Matsumoto May Return to Show Biz in Nov.

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2025/08/20

Yoshimoto Kogyo Co. said Wednesday that the entertainment company will launch a new paid streaming service featuring content by the comedy duo Downtown, which may mark Hitoshi Matsumoto's return to show business after a scandal-spurred hiatus.

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00:13

Megaquake Alert Would Urge 520,000 People to Evacuate

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2025/08/20

More than 520,000 people in Japan would be urged to evacuate for a week if an alert is issued for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast, a government survey showed on Wednesday.

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00:09

Japan's Iwaya to Visit Central Asia from Sun.

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2025/08/20

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from Sunday to Aug. 28, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

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00:11

Japan Govt Panel Suggests Hepburn Style Romanization

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2025/08/20

A Japanese government advisory panel on Wednesday suggested revisions to the country's system for romanizing the Japanese language based on the currently widely used Hepburn style.

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00:10

INTERVIEW: Nippon Paper Eager to Boost Exports,...

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2025/08/20

Nippon Paper Industries Co. will further increase exports of household paper, paper containers and biomass materials, new President Akira Sebe has said.

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00:16

Japan Average Pump Price Falls for 1st Time in 5 Weeks

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2025/08/20

Japan's average retail price of regular gasoline fell 0.2 yen from a week earlier to 174.70 yen per liter as of Monday, marking the first decline in five weeks due to lower crude oil prices, the industry ministry said Wednesday.

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00:12

Osaka Expo Organizer Aims to Prevent Recurrence of...

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2025/08/20

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition is tackling transportation challenges after a service suspension on Osaka Metro Co.'s Chuo Line stranded visitors at the site last week.

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00:14

Foreign Visitors to Japan Total Record 3.43 M. in July

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2025/08/20

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in July rose 4.4pctfrom a year before to 3,437,000, a record high for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.

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00:15

Ishiba Unveils New Economic Initiative as TICAD 9 Starts

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2025/08/20

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba unveiled a new regional economic initiative at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9, which kicked off in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.

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00:14

Japan to Begin Antidumping Probe on S. Korea, Taiwan...

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2025/08/20

Japan will launch an investigation into whether it needs to impose antidumping duties on bisphenol A, a raw material for plastics, imported from South Korea and Taiwan, the finance and industry ministries said Wednesday.

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00:10

Japan Extends Deadline for Stockpiled Rice Sales

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2025/08/20

Japan's agriculture ministry said Wednesday that it has decided to extend the deadline for selling government-stockpiled rice released under discretionary contracts.

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00:10

JPYC to Start Issuance of Japan's 1st Stablecoin...

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2025/08/20

Japanese fintech company JPYC Inc. has said that it will start issuing the country's first stablecoin, a type of crypto asset, as early as this autumn.

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00:11

Japan Core Machinery Orders Up 3.0 pct in June

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2025/08/20

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in June rose 3.0pctfrom a month earlier, marking the first rise in three months, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.

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00:12

Japan's U.S.-Bound Exports Fall for 4th Straight...

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2025/08/20

Japan's exports to the United States fell for the fourth consecutive month in July, as automobile exports shrank due to additional U.S. tariffs, Finance Ministry preliminary data showed Wednesday.

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00:11

Famed Japanese Rocket Engineer Tomifumi Godai Dies at 92

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2025/08/20

Renowned Japanese engineer Tomifumi Godai, known as the creator of the country's H-2 and H-2A rockets, died on July 24 at the age of 92, it has been learned.

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00:10

Japan-U.S. Tariff Document to Be Released...

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2025/08/20

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday that a document on the recent deal on U.S. tariffs on imports from Japan will likely be released "weeks away."

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00:15

Japan to Provide 550 M. Dollars to...

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2025/08/20

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has told Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates that Japan will donate 550 million dollars over five years to "Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance," which promotes immunization in developing countries.

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00:08

80 Years On: Japan's Media Deployed as...

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2025/08/20

As Japan fought in the Pacific theater of World War II, the country's newspapers filled their pages with praise for the war effort.

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