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00:19

Tsuruha Investor Opposes Merger with Welcia

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2025/04/14

A major stockholder in Tsuruha Holdings Inc. clarified Monday its stance against plans to merge the leading Japanese pharmacy chain with its biggest rival, Welcia Holdings Co., in a stock swap and subsequently make the merged company a consolidated subsidiary of Welcia's parent, Aeon Co., through a tender offer.

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00:14

S. Korea Industry Groups Donate 3 B. Won for Wartime...

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2025/04/14

Two major South Korean economic organizations have donated a total of 3 billion won to a Seoul-affiliated foundation that pays compensation to plaintiffs on behalf of Japanese companies sued over wartime labor, it was learned Monday.

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00:11

Japanese Millers to Cut Prices for Business Customers

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2025/04/14

Major Japanese milling companies Nippn Corp. and Showa Sangyo Co. said Friday that they will lower flour prices for business customers, starting with deliveries on July 10.

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00:10

Wakayama Governor Taken to Hospital after Collapse

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2025/04/14

Wakayama Governor Shuhei Kishimoto, 68, has been taken to hospital after collapsing at his official residence, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.

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00:20

Japan's Population Falls for 14th Straight Year

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2025/04/14

Japan's population, including non-Japanese residents, totaled 123,802,000 as of Oct. 1 last year, down by 550,000, or 0.44 pct, from a year before, falling for the 14th straight year, the internal affairs ministry said Monday.

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00:11

Kumamoto Quake Victims Remembered after 9 Years

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2025/04/14

More than 270 victims in huge earthquakes that particularly hit hard Kumamoto Prefecture nine years ago were remembered in the southwestern Japan prefecture's capital on Monday.

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00:10

Japanese National Confirmed Dead in Myanmar Quake

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2025/04/14

The Japanese government has confirmed the first Japanese fatality in last month's 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday.

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00:12

Japan to Decide Whether to Compile Extra Budget: Ishiba

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2025/04/14

Japan will decide whether to compile a fiscal 2025 supplementary budget to address persisting inflation and additional U.S. tariffs, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday.

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00:08

Whooping Cough Spreading in Japan

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2025/04/14

Whooping cough has swept across Japan, with the number of cases reported so far this year exceeding that of the entire year of 2024.

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00:12

Turkmenistan 1st to Mark Osaka Expo National Day

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2025/04/14

The Central Asian country of Turkmenistan on Monday became the first to mark a "national day" in the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, which opened the previous day.

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00:12

58,000 Elderly People Died Alone at Home in Japan in...

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2025/04/14

The National Police Agency has said that 58,044 elderly people living alone died at home in Japan in 2024, disclosing such a figure on an annual basis for the first time.

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00:07

USTR Hopes to Discuss Currency with Japan

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2025/04/14

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Sunday reiterated his hopes for currency talks with Japan.

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00:12

LDP's Moriyama Says to Coordinate for Extra Budget

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2025/04/13

Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Sunday that he will coordinate to submit a supplementary budget during the ongoing ordinary session of the Diet to fight inflation.

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00:12

Ishiba Argues Trump Tariffs Negative for U.S....

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2025/04/13

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday that tariffs imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump are "definitely not reasonable" for strengthening the U.S. manufacturing industry.

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00:13

LDP, CDP Officials Side by Side Voice Caution on Tax Cut

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2025/04/13

Both the policy chiefs of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in a television program on Sunday, expressed caution on a possible consumption tax cut.

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00:07

Osaka Expo Kicks Off for 184-Day Run

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2025/04/13

By Waka Ota and Sakurako Nakagawa

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00:09

Japan Ruling Coalition Divided over Consumption Tax Cut

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2025/04/12

Japan's ruling coalition is increasingly divided over economic measures to deal with inflation and U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policy.

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00:11

Opening Ceremony Held for Osaka Expo

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2025/04/12

An opening ceremony was held on Saturday for the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, which will open on Sunday for a 184-day run.

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00:14

Hiroshima Shifts from Invitation to Notification for...

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2025/04/12

The Hiroshima city government has said that it will shift from inviting countries to its annual peace ceremony on Aug. 6, when the western Japan city was hit by a U.S. atomic bomb in 1945, to notifying them of the event.

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00:13

People in Japan Forecast 12 Pct Inflation over Coming...

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2025/04/12

The average forecast for inflation over the coming year was plus 12.2pctin a Bank of Japan survey last month, up from plus 11.5pctin the previous survey about three months earlier.

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