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00:17

Nippon Steel, U.S. Govt Agree on Withdrawal of Suit...

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2025/06/21

Nippon Steel Corp. and the U.S. government have agreed on the withdrawal of an administrative lawsuit filed by the Japanese company over former U.S. President Joe Biden's order to block its acquisition of United States Steel Corp., according to a document released by a U.S. court on Friday.

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00:16

U.S. Demands Japan Raise Defense Spending to 3.5 Pct...

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2025/06/21

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Japan to increase its defense spending to 3.5pctof its gross domestic product, higher than the U.S. side's earlier demand for 3 pct, the Financial Times reported Friday.

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00:12

Upper House Starts Discussions on Gasoline Tax Bill

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2025/06/21

The House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, started discussions on an opposition-sponsored gasoline tax cut bill on Saturday, the day before this year's ordinary Diet session ends on Sunday.

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00:07

Japan, U.S., Philippine Coast Guards Hold Joint Drill

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2025/06/20

The Japanese, U.S. and Philippine coast guards on Friday held a joint exercise in Japan for the first time.

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00:11

Japan Foreign Minister Urges Israel to Calm Iran...

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2025/06/20

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya called on Israel to scale back its escalating conflict with Iran, in a phone call to his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, on Friday.

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00:13

Memorial Service Held in Fukuoka for Executed U.S. POWs

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2025/06/20

A memorial service was held in Fukuoka on Friday for U.S. prisoners of war who were executed without trial by the western command of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army in the closing days of World War II.

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00:13

Japanese Figure Skater Sakamoto to Retire after Next...

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2025/06/20

Kaori Sakamoto, a Japanese three-time world champion figure skater, said Friday she will retire from competition after next season, which will include the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

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00:11

Japan Min. Iwaya to Visit Netherlands for G-7 Meet

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2025/06/20

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday that he will visit The Hague in the Netherlands for three days from Tuesday to attend an anticipated meeting of the Group of Seven foreign ministers.

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00:10

A-Bomb Dome Recommended as Special Historic Site in...

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2025/06/20

A Japanese government panel on Friday proposed the designation of the Atomic Bomb Dome in the western Japan city of Hiroshima as a special historic site.

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00:10

INTERVIEW: Seven-Eleven Vows to Shift from Top-Down...

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2025/06/20

Seven-Eleven Japan Co. is shifting from its top-down management, Tomohiro Akutsu, who became president of the convenience store chain last month, said in a recent interview.

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00:17

Hyogo Governor Referred to Prosecutors over Alleged...

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2025/06/20

Police referred Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito to prosecutors Friday on suspicion of vote buying over his alleged payments to a public relations company for campaign activities in the western Japan prefecture's gubernatorial election last November, people familiar with the investigation said.

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00:15

Police, Prosecutors Apologize to Ohkawara Kakohki

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2025/06/20

Tokyo police and public prosecutors on Friday apologized to the president of Ohkawara Kakohki Co., a former executive and others after a recent court ruling on a damages lawsuit found their investigations into the machinery maker were illegal.

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00:16

Imperial Couple Visits 2014 Hiroshima Rain Disaster Site

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2025/06/20

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited Friday a district in the western city of Hiroshima that was severely hit by a torrential rain-caused sediment disaster in August 2014 and learned to what extent reconstruction work has made progress there.

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00:13

Former Komeito Head Yamaguchi to Retire from Politics

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2025/06/20

Natsuo Yamaguchi, former head of Japan's junior ruling party Komeito, will retire from politics upon the end of his current six-year term as a House of Councillors member late next month, it was learned Friday.

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00:12

Japan Ruling, Opposition Parties Gearing Up for Upper...

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2025/06/20

Japanese ruling and opposition parties are gearing up for a House of Councillors election, expected to take place on July 20, as the current parliamentary session ends without an extension on Sunday.

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00:14

Annual Economic Losses from Workers' Health...

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2025/06/20

Economic losses in Japan stemming from workers' mental or physical disorders, including shoulder stiffness and sleeplessness, total around 7.6 trillion yen each year, a study by Japanese researchers has shown.

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00:13

Ishiba to Join Battle of Okinawa Ceremony 80 Years On

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2025/06/20

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will attend a memorial ceremony on Monday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday.

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00:13

1.9 T. Yen Eyed for 2011 Tsunami Reconstruction over...

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2025/06/20

Japan adopted a new basic policy Friday for reconstruction after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami expecting projects worth 1.9 trillion yen for the next five years from fiscal 2026.

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00:14

Japanese Nationals Flee Iran, Israel

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2025/06/20

Government-chartered buses have evacuated 87 Japanese nationals and their family members from Israel and Iran amid the intensifying conflict between the two Middle Eastern countries, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday.

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00:11

Japan Core Consumer Prices Rise 3.7 Pct in May

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2025/06/20

Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.7pctin May from a year earlier, as prices of rice and other food products continued to soar, government data showed Friday.

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