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00:13

Japanese Manga Artist Yoshiharu Tsuge Dies at 88

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2026/03/27

Prominent Japanese manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge, best known for "Nejishiki," which was published in 1968, died of aspiration pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on March 3. He was 88.

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00:13

Hyogo Governor Not Indicted over Info Leak Case

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2026/03/27

Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office on Friday decided not to indict Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito and two others in connection with the leaking of the private information of a whistleblower who died in July 2024.

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00:14

Japan to Raise Coal-Fired Power Plant Operating Rate

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2026/03/27

Japan's industry ministry decided Friday to raise the operating rate of coal-fired thermal power plants for one year from April, amid uncertainty over liquefied natural gas procurement due to the deteriorating situation in the Middle East.

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00:17

Foreign Residents in Japan Reach Record 4.12 M.

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2026/03/27

The number of foreign residents in Japan as of the end of 2025 rose 9.5pctfrom a year earlier to a record 4,125,395, exceeding 4 million for the first time, the Immigration Services Agency said Friday.

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00:11

Ambassador Praises Japan, S. Korea Leaders'...

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2026/03/27

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Mizushima said in a lecture in Seoul on Friday that the two countries maintain good relations "based on the strong trust between their leaders."

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00:13

Rohm, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric to Begin Power...

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2026/03/27

Rohm Co., Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. have agreed in principle to start discussions on integrating their power semiconductor operations, the three Japanese firms said Friday.

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00:12

Japan Top Court Backs Bear Hunter, Overturns High...

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2026/03/27

The Supreme Court on Friday backed a hunter seeking to cancel the revocation of his gun license that had been decided after he shot a bear at the request of a municipality in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan.

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00:13

Kobayashi Pharma Rejects Management Reform Proposals

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2026/03/27

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. rejected Friday management reform proposals by the top shareholder in the Osaka-based producer of health problem-causing supplements containing "beni koji" red fermented rice.

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00:14

Murakami-Linked Firm Aims to Buy Fuji Media's...

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2026/03/27

Atra, an investment firm linked to Japanese activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami, has proposed together with others to acquire Fuji Media Holdings Inc.'s real estate business for 350 billion yen, it was learned Friday.

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00:08

Iran's Envoy Seeks Japan Leadership for Ending...

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2026/03/27

Iranian Ambassador to Japan Peyman Saadat urged Tokyo on Thursday to play a leading role in helping end the U.S.-Iran conflict.

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00:13

Japan Specified Skilled Workers Hit Record 390,296

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2026/03/27

Foreign residents in Japan holding the country's specified skilled worker status totaled a record 390,296 at the end of 2025, the Immigration Services Agency said Friday.

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00:11

Shizuoka Financial, Bank of Nagoya Reach Merger...

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2026/03/27

Shizuoka Financial Group Inc., the parent of Shizuoka Bank, and Bank of Nagoya said Friday that they have reached basic agreement to merge operations in April 2028.

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00:09

Japan Sees Fewest-Ever Suicides in 2025

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2026/03/27

The number of lives lost to suicide fell below 20,000 for the first time on record in Japan last year, a revised government report showed Friday.

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00:10

Japan to Introduce 10-Yr Residency Requirement for...

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2026/03/27

Japan will implement a 10-year residency requirement for foreigners seeking nationality, starting Wednesday, Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi said Friday.

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00:11

Japan Adopts New Target to Address Overtourism

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2026/03/27

The Japanese government adopted a new target Friday to increase the number of regions implementing measures against overtourism from 47 in 2025 to 100 by 2030.

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00:15

Japan Govt Adopts 8.5-Trillion-Yen Stopgap Budget

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2026/03/27

The Japanese government adopted a stopgap budget plan with 8,564.1 billion yen in general-account spending on Friday to cover expenditures for the first 11 days of fiscal 2026, which begins on Wednesday.

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00:14

Japan Destroyer Set for Tomahawk Duty after Refit

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2026/03/27

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Chokai, currently deployed to the United States, has completed upgrades and crew training for launching U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Friday.

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00:11

Hikone's Hikonyan Mascot to Mark 20 Years of...

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2026/03/27

"Hikonyan," the beloved official white cat mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, will mark the 20th anniversary of its debut in April.

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00:11

86-Yr-Old "Super Volunteer" Excited...

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2026/03/26

Haruo Obata, an 86-year-old man who is known in Japan as the "super volunteer" for his disaster relief work throughout the country, looks forward to attending a night school from April.

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00:11

Chilean Man Gets Life Term in France over Missing...

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2026/03/26

A court in Lyon, France, on Thursday sentenced a Chilean man facing murder charges over a case in which a Japanese woman went missing in France in 2016 to life in prison.

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