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00:11

Japan Retail Rice Prices Fall for 1st Time in 3 Weeks

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2025/06/02

The average price of rice sold at some 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through May 25 fell for the first time in three weeks, the agriculture ministry said Monday.

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00:10

Japan to Set Up Ministerial Council for Farm Policy...

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2025/06/02

The Japanese government said Monday that it will establish a ministerial council for the reform of the country's agricultural policy in order to tackle soaring rice prices.

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00:13

U.S. Marine in Okinawa Pleads Not Guilty over Sexual...

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2025/06/02

A U.S. Marine pleaded not guilty on charges of nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury, in his first hearing at Naha District Court in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on Monday.

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00:12

INTERVIEW: New USJ Head Vows to Promote Kansai Tourism

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2025/06/02

The new chief of theme park operator Universal Studios Japan LLC is eager to further promote tourism in the Kansai region, western Japan, in cooperation with the Osaka city government.

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00:08

JAL Opens Narita-Chicago Route

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2025/06/02

Japan Airlines opened a new route between Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, and Chicago on Saturday.

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00:12

Event to Read Aloud Names of Victims of Okinawa...

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2025/06/02

An event began on Ie Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday to read aloud the names of more than 240,000 people killed in fierce battles in the southern Japan prefecture during World War II.

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00:12

Osaka Expo Marks Highest Visitor Number on Sat.

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2025/06/02

The ongoing World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka attracted 162,000 general visitors on Saturday, marking a new daily record, the organizer said on Sunday.

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00:10

Miyazaki Elected Wakayama Governor for First Time

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2025/06/01

Former Deputy Wakayama Governor Izumi Miyazaki won Sunday's gubernatorial election in the western Japan prefecture, defeating his rival, Michiko Matsuzaka.

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00:17

BYD's Sales Remain Low in Japan: Exec.

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2025/06/01

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD Co. has sold a cumulative total of some 4,800 EVs in Japan, which is still a very small number, Atsuki Tofukuji, president of BYD's Japanese unit, said in a recent interview with Jiji Press.

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00:18

Japan, Philippines Agree to Strengthen Defense...

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2025/06/01

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro on Sunday agreed to further strengthen cooperation between Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the Philippine military amid China's intensified military activities in the East and South China seas.

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00:14

Japanese Pianists Win 2nd, 5th Prizes in Brussels...

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2025/06/01

Japan's Wataru Hisasue and Masaya Kamei won the second and fifth prize, respectively, in the piano category of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, a prestigious international music contest, on Sunday.

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00:17

Ceremony Marks 60 Yrs since Niigata Minamata Disease...

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2025/06/01

A ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the official recognition of Niigata Minamata disease, a neurological disorder caused by polluted industrial wastewater containing methylmercury, took place in the city of Niigata, the capital of the namesake prefecture in central Japan.

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00:12

Japan, U.S., Australia, Philippines Express Concern...

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2025/06/01

The defense ministers of Japan, the United States, Australia and the Philippines have expressed "serious concern" about China's unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China seas.

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00:14

"2,000-Yen" Govt-Stockpiled Rice...

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2025/05/31

Japanese government-stockpiled rice released under no-bid contracts started to hit store shelves at reasonable prices in some areas in the country on Saturday, with the focus now on whether this would lead to price falls for other types of rice.

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00:10

Japan, U.S. Agree to Deepen Cyber Cooperation

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2025/05/31

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the cyber field.

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00:14

Nakatani Calls for Defense Cooperation in Indo-Pacific

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2025/05/31

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, in a speech on Saturday, stressed the importance of promoting defense cooperation among countries in the Indo-Pacific region that share common values such as a rules-based international order.

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00:12

Trump Hails Nippon Steel as "Great...

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2025/05/31

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed a possible partnership between Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. and United States Steel Corp. at a political rally held near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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00:14

Japan-U.S. Tariff Talks Progressing toward Accord:...

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2025/05/31

Japan and the United States, in the fourth round of their tariff negotiations in Washington on Friday, confirmed that their discussions are progressing toward an agreement, Japan's top negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said the same day.

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00:13

Diet Panel Starts Deliberations on Dual Surname Bills

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2025/05/30

A committee of Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Friday began deliberations on three bills submitted by opposition parties related to a selective dual surname system for married couples.

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00:12

Ruling Bloc Rejects Call for Gasoline Tax Cut in July

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2025/05/30

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition on Friday rejected a request from Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 to abolish the provisional gasoline tax rate in July.

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