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00:14

Japan Unemployment Rate Down for 1st Time in 7 Months

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2026/03/31

Japan's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in February declined 0.1 percentage point from the previous month to 2.6 pct, marking its first drop in seven months, the internal affairs ministry said Tuesday.

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00:12

Japan Deploys Long-Range Missiles as Counterstrike...

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2026/03/31

Japan's Defense Ministry on Tuesday deployed a long-range missile system to Ground Self-Defense Force camps in Kumamoto and Shizuoka prefectures that can be used as a counterstrike capability.

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00:13

Food Price Increases in Japan to Slow in April

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2026/03/31

Major food makers in Japan plan to raise prices for 2,798 items in April, down 33.8pctfrom a year earlier, a survey by Teikoku Databank Ltd. showed Tuesday.

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00:13

FOCUS: Gender Stereotype Linking Pink with Women...

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2026/03/31

The stereotype of associating pink with women remains deeply entrenched in society, appearing in products such as toys and household goods, as well as in the female characters of the "Power Rangers" superhero series.

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00:12

G-7 Vows to Take All Necessary Steps for Energy...

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2026/03/30

The Group of Seven major democracies, in a communique on Monday, said that they "stand ready to take all necessary measures in close coordination" to preserve the stability and security of the energy market.

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00:10

Japanese Communist Party-Backed Candidate Wins...

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2026/03/30

A candidate backed by the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party beat the incumbent in the mayoral election in the city of Kiyose in western Tokyo on Sunday.

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00:14

10-Year Sentence to Be Finalized over Attack on Ex-PM...

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2026/03/30

Japan's Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings sentencing a 27-year-old man to 10 years in prison for attacking then Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with an explosive during an election campaign event in April 2023.

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00:10

Japan Moves to Steady Naphtha Supply for Medical Care

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2026/03/30

The Japanese government has moved to secure naphtha supplies to avert disruption to medical care amid Middle East fuel concerns, Prime Minister Sane Takaichi said Monday.

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00:12

Japan Urges China to Lift Sanctions against Lawmaker...

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2026/03/30

The Japanese government urged China on Monday to lift sanctions against a member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party who heads a suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers seeking closer ties with Taiwan.

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00:15

Ex-Mayor of Ito, Central Japan, Indicted over...

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2026/03/30

Public prosecutors on Monday indicted without arrest Maki Takubo, former mayor of the city of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on suspicions including local autonomy law violation over her alleged academic fraud.

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00:14

TEPCO to Start Commercial Operations of...

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2026/03/30

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Friday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, will begin commercial operations as early as April 16.

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00:13

Firms Boosting Student-Employee Interactions to...

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2026/03/30

A Jiji Press survey of 100 major Japanese companies has found that some of them are increasing opportunities for students seeking jobs to interact with employees, in a bid to prevent job offer rejections and early turnover.

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00:09

Japan's Emperor Meets with Indonesian President

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2026/03/30

Japan's Emperor Naruhito held a meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and had lunch together at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday.

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00:12

Japan Aiming to Attract More Foreign Visitors to...

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2026/03/30

The Japanese Environment Ministry aims to raise the annual number of foreign visitors to national parks in the country to 14 million by 2030, up 1.4-fold from last year's total.

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00:11

Japan FY 2024 Corporate Taxes Hit Record 18.68 T. Yen

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2026/03/30

Japan's corporate taxes amounted to a record 18,682.2 billion yen in fiscal 2024, National Tax Agency data showed Monday.

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00:10

Tokyo Stocks Plunge on Middle East Woes

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2026/03/30

Tokyo stocks tumbled Monday amid rising crude oil prices reflecting concerns over a prolonged conflict between the U.S.-Israeli side and Iran.

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00:10

Shizuoka's Premium Melons Hit Aussie Mart

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2026/03/30

High-end muskmelons produced in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture have started hitting the Australian market amid growing interest in Japanese food culture in the Oceanian country.

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00:11

Japan Marks 10 Years since Landmark Security...

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2026/03/29

Japan marked the 10th anniversary of the implementation of its landmark national security legislation on Sunday, as the scope of activity of its Self-Defense Forces continues to expand.

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00:09

1 in 4 Children Have Used Generative AI at School:...

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2026/03/29

One in four children in Japan have used generative artificial intelligence in elementary or junior high school classes, according to a recent private survey.

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00:15

CDP Stops Short of Specifying When to Merge into CRA

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2026/03/29

The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan adopted its fiscal 2026 campaign policy at a regular party convention on Sunday, stopping short of specifying when it will decide whether to merge into the Centrist Reform Alliance.

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