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00:14

Japan Not to Use Kosei Nenkin Funds for Basic Pensions

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2025/04/16

Japan's welfare ministry plans to give up a plan to increase benefits under the country's basic public pension program by utilizing reserve funds of the "kosei nenkin" pension program for corporate employees, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:08

Trump to Attend Japan-U.S. Ministerial Meeting on...

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2025/04/16

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that he will attend a U.S.-Japan ministerial meeting on tariffs in Washington later in the day.

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00:16

Dalton to Propose SBI's Kitao, 11 Others for...

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2025/04/16

U.S. investment firm Dalton Investments, a major shareholder in Fuji Media Holdings Inc., said Wednesday that it will propose 12 candidates for the troubled media group's board of directors, including SBI Holdings Inc. Chairman and President Yoshitaka Kitao.

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00:15

LDP Rejects Woman Critical of Shinzo Abe as Election...

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2025/04/16

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided not to field Sayaka Watanabe Kankolongo, former head of a nonprofit organization, in the Tokyo electoral district in this summer's House of Councillors election, informed sources said Wednesday.

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00:13

Honda to Shift Civic Hybrid Production to U.S

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2025/04/16

Honda Motor Co. plans to shift domestic production of a hybrid model of the Civic sedan to its plant in the U.S. state of Indiana as early as June to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:15

Ishiba Faces Backlash as Extra Budget Now Unlikely

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2025/04/16

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing a backlash from opposition parties and some members of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party as he is reportedly coordinating not to submit a supplementary budget during the ongoing ordinary session of the Diet.

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00:11

Tokyo Police Refer Dewi Sukarno to Prosecutors

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2025/04/16

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has referred television celebrity Dewi Sukarno, 85, to public prosecutors on a charge of assaulting an woman, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:10

Proper Disposal of Lithium-Ion Batteries Urged in Japan

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2025/04/16

Japan's Environment Ministry is urging people to dispose of lithium-ion batteries properly as they can catch fire when mixed with other waste under certain conditions.

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00:08

Visitors to Japan Hit Record High for March

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2025/04/16

The estimated number of visitors to Japan hit a record high for March, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.

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00:15

Japan Average Pump Price Matches Record High at 186.5...

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2025/04/16

Japan's average retail price of regular gasoline rose 0.2 yen from a week before to 186.5 yen per liter as of Monday, matching the record high marked in September 2023, the industry ministry said Wednesday.

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00:14

Actor Ryoko Hirosue Released from Police Custody

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2025/04/16

Actor Ryoko Hirosue was released Wednesday from police custody over her alleged assault against a nurse at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, after being involved in a car accident on an expressway earlier this month.

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00:12

Japan Renovates School in Northern India

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2025/04/16

An inauguration ceremony was held in the northern India city of Agra on Tuesday to mark the reopening of a public school whose building has been renovated by a Japanese prefecture and nonprofit organization.

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00:08

Japan to Hold 3rd Auction of Stockpiled Rice Next Week

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2025/04/16

The Japanese agriculture ministry said Wednesday that it will hold the third auction of its reserved rice April 23-25.

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00:08

Japan Unprecedentedly Loved by Taiwanese: Poll

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2025/04/16

A record 76pctof Taiwanese people view Japan as the most favored country, a triennial survey has shown.

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00:11

Family Mourns Univ. Student Killed in 2016 Kumamoto...

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2025/04/16

Family members Wednesday mourned the death of a then 22-year-old university student who was killed in one of the big earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in 2016.

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00:11

Japan Core Machinery Orders Up 4.3 Pct in Feb.

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2025/04/16

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in February grew 4.3pctfrom the previous month, the first increase in three months, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.

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00:10

Japan Enacts Bill for Quick Restoration of...

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2025/04/16

Japan's parliament Wednesday enacted a bill to facilitate restoration of ports damaged by natural disasters for use as transportation bases for relief supplies.

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00:13

Japan Unlikely to Compile Extra Budget Now

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2025/04/15

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is coordinating to forgo submitting a supplementary budget for fiscal 2025, which began this month, during the current ordinary session of the Diet, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:12

MSDF Ships to Visit China-Backed Naval Base in Cambodia

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2025/04/15

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships will make a port call at a China-backed naval base in southern Cambodia for four days from Saturday, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday.

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00:14

INTERVIEW: ASEAN+3 Economist Warns of U.S. Tariff...

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2025/04/15

Tariffs imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump could dampen Japan's economic growth, Hoe Ee Khor, chief economist at the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, or AMRO, has warned.

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