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00:16

More "Moritomo Documents" Disclosed...

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2025/06/11

Japan's Ministry of Finance disclosed Wednesday another set of documents related to the dubious sale of state-owned land to Moritomo Gakuen to the widow of MOF official Toshio Akagi, who killed himself after being ordered to tamper with official records on the sale.

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00:14

Japan Pump Price Drops to 2-Year Low

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2025/06/11

The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan fell to a two-year low of 172.2 yen per liter as of Monday due to lower crude oil prices and government subsidies, the industry ministry said Wednesday.

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00:10

Japan's Marelli Seeks U.S. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy...

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2025/06/11

Japanese auto parts maker Marelli Holdings Co. said Wednesday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

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00:10

Japan Enacts Law to Turn Science Council into Special...

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2025/06/11

The Diet, or Japan's parliament, on Wednesday passed into law a bill to convert the Science Council of Japan from a state organization into a special public corporation.

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00:11

Japan FTC Warns NPB over Fuji TV Press Pass Denial

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2025/06/11

Japan's Fair Trade Commission warned the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, on Wednesday over its confiscation of press passes from Fuji Television Network Inc.

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00:13

Japan, Tokyo Govts Decide Not to Appeal Ohkawara Case...

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2025/06/11

The Japanese central and Tokyo metropolitan governments Wednesday decided not to appeal a recent court ruling in a damages lawsuit that found investigations into spray-dryer maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co. were illegal.

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00:11

Nintendo Switch 2 Global Sales Top 3.5 M. Units in 4...

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2025/06/11

Nintendo Co. sold over 3.5 million units of the Switch 2 video game console worldwide in the four days after its release on Thursday, the Japanese company said Wednesday.

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00:14

Japanese Language Requirement to Be Eased for Foreign...

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2025/06/11

The Japanese government at an expert panel meeting on Wednesday proposed easing the Japanese language proficiency requirement for non-Japanese drivers working in the country, aiming to address the serious labor shortages in the bus and taxi industry.

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00:06

INTERVIEW: World Bank Sees Japan Growth Slowing in 2025

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2025/06/11

By Adriana Reinecke

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00:11

Japanese MLB Stars to Be Featured on Manhole Covers

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2025/06/11

U.S. Major League Baseball has announced that special manhole covers featuring Japanese players currently active in the professional league will be installed in their hometowns, starting Monday.

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00:09

Fugaku Remains Top in World Supercomputer Graph500...

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2025/06/11

Japan's Fugaku has remained top in the Graph500 world supercomputer ranking, national research institute Riken said Tuesday.

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00:12

Japan Enacts Law to Boost Teacher Allowances

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2025/06/11

Japan's parliament enacted a bill Wednesday to raise in stages the so-called adjustment allowances for public school teachers to 10pctof base salaries from the current 4 pct.

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00:13

Japan Producer Prices Up 3.2 Pct in May

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2025/06/11

Japan's producer price index in May increased 3.2pctfrom a year earlier, up for the 51st consecutive month, driven by soaring rice prices, Bank of Japan data showed Wednesday.

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00:11

Applications Start for Additional Stockpiled Rice to...

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2025/06/11

Japan's agriculture ministry on Wednesday started accepting applications from retailers that hope to procure government-stockpiled rice to be additionally released under no-bid contracts.

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00:11

Honda Motor Eyes Investment in Chipmaker Rapidus

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2025/06/11

Japan's Honda Motor Co. is considering investing in Rapidus Corp., a Tokyo-based chipmaker working to realize domestic production of next-generation semiconductors.

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00:10

Japan, Guatemala Agree to Upgrade Bilateral Relations

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2025/06/11

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo have agreed to elevate bilateral relations to a strategic partnership.

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00:13

U.S. Intel Chief Speaks Out against Nuclear Weapons

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2025/06/11

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday called for the abolition of nuclear weapons, noting the devastation suffered by the atomic-bombed Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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00:13

INTERVIEW: Ex-Japan Envoy Calls for Avoiding...

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2025/06/10

Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki has highlighted the importance of maintaining the Group of Seven framework, in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's reluctance on global cooperation.

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00:12

3 Opposition Leaders to Meet with Ishiba on Thursday

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2025/06/10

Leaders of three Japanese opposition parties plan to meet with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday for talks on Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

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00:14

CDP Pledges to Cut Consumption Tax on Food Items

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2025/06/10

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday released its policy promises for this summer's House of Councillors election, vowing to cut the consumption tax rate on food items to zero from next April.

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