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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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00:14

Japan to Lift Restrictions on Coal-Fired Thermal...

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2026/03/26

The Japanese government plans to lifts for one year from April the restrictions imposed on the operations of coal-fired thermal power plant, in order to ensure stable electricity supply amid Middle East tensions, it was learned Thursday.

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00:12

LDP Still Halfway to Regaining Trust: Draft Policy...

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2026/03/26

The Liberal Democratic Party says in the draft of its 2026 policy platform approved at a party council Thursday that the Japanese ruling party is still only halfway to regaining public trust.

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00:11

Rohm, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric Eye Power Chip...

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2026/03/26

Japan's Rohm Co., Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. will start discussions on integrating their power semiconductor operations, it was learned Thursday.

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00:09

Woman Stabbed to Death in Tokyo's Sunshine City...

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2026/03/26

A woman was stabbed to death in the Sunshine City commercial complex in the Higashi-ikebukuro district of Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Thursday.

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00:14

Trump Understands Japan's Limits over MSDF...

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2026/03/26

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested Thursday that she has gained U.S. President Donald Trump's understanding of Japan's constitutional constraints over sending a Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel to the Strait of Hormuz.

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00:11

Noted Foreign Economists Advise Japan to Improve...

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2026/03/26

Renowned foreign economists on Thursday proposed that the Japanese government achieve a primary budget balance within several years in light of rising interest rates or curb the deficit in the balance.

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00:13

OECD Keeps 2026 Global Growth Forecast at 2.9 Pct

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2026/03/26

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development maintained its global economic growth forecast at 2.9pctfor 2026, in its latest Economic Outlook report released on Thursday.

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