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00:11

Japanese Singer, Actress Ayumi Ishida Dies at 76

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2025/03/17

Japanese singer and actress Ayumi Ishida, known for her hit tune "Blue Light Yokohama," died of hypothyroidism at a Tokyo hospital on March 11. She was 76.

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00:14

School Health Checkups Still Cause Trouble with Parents

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2025/03/17

School doctors in Japan still have to take the risk of facing complaints from parents about their children's body parts being exposed during regular health checkups although the education ministry took measures to soothe such parental anxiety over a year ago.

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00:10

Japanese Company Helps Chicago Cubs with Pitching...

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2025/03/17

The Chicago Cubs, currently in Japan for their 2025 opening series at Tokyo Dome, is analyzing players' pitching forms with support from Japan's Next Base Corp.

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00:12

Japan to Invite Small Biz to Declare 10-B.-Yen Sales...

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2025/03/15

The Japanese government will invite small and midsize businesses to declare sales targets of 10 billion yen or more from fiscal 2025, aiming to support their growth and bolster regional economies.

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00:10

No Auto Tariff Exemptions: U.S. Commerce Sec.

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2025/03/15

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Friday that there will be no exemptions from the upcoming U.S. tariffs on automobile imports for Japan or any other countries.

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00:13

150 B. Yen Left Irrecoverable after Japan Fund's...

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2025/03/14

Government-backed fund INCJ Ltd. said Friday that it has completed the sale of its shares in struggling Japan Display Inc., leaving 154.7 billion yen of its investment and loans irrecoverable.

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00:13

Ex-Aum Shinrikyo Exec Voices Regret 30 Years On

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2025/03/14

A former senior member of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult expressed regret over his involvement in the group, in an interview ahead of the 30th anniversary of the cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.

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00:17

Japan Workers Offered Biggest Pay Hike in 34 Yrs

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2025/03/14

Pay hikes Japanese companies have offered so far in the "shunto" spring bargaining with labor unions averaged 5.46 pct, the biggest increase in 34 years, the first tally of management responses by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, showed Friday.

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00:12

NHK Party Head Tachibana Attacked with Weapon

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2025/03/14

Takashi Tachibana, leader of controversial political group NHK Party, was attacked with a machete during political activities in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki central government district Friday.

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00:13

Japan Top Court Rejects Damages over MOF Paper Tampering

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2025/03/14

Japan's Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings that dismissed a petition for damages over a Ministry of Finance document-tampering scandal filed by the widow of a former ministry official who committed suicide.

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00:14

Japan Recognizes 1,661 Quasi-Refugees in 2024

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2025/03/14

Japan's Immigration Services Agency said in a report Friday that it recognized 1,661 people as quasi-refugees in 2024, with Ukrainians accounting for more than 90pctof them.

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00:10

Japan's Dentsu, Others Found Reluctant to Accept...

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2025/03/14

Advertising giant Dentsu Inc. and two other Japanese companies have been found to be reluctant to accept price hikes by their business partners, the Fair Trade Commission said Friday.

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00:15

Japan Govt Sells 141,796 Tons of Reserve Rice in Auction

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2025/03/14

Japan's agriculture ministry said Friday that it has selected successful bidders for 141,796 tons of government-stockpiled rice in the initial round of an auction aimed at curbing recent increases in rice prices.

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00:12

Record 92.6 Pct of Graduating Students in Japan...

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2025/03/14

A government report showed Friday that a record 92.6pctof job-seeking college students graduating in Japan this month had received informal employment offers as of Feb. 1.

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00:14

Nagoya Court Upholds NRA Approvals on Extending...

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2025/03/14

Nagoya District Court on Friday dismissed lawsuits to revoke the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority's decisions to extend the operating lifespans of three aged nuclear reactors in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui.

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00:10

People Bid Farewell to Japan's Easternmost Train...

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2025/03/14

Higashi-Nemuro Station marked its final day of operations Friday, with local residents and rail enthusiasts bidding farewell to the easternmost train station in Japan.

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00:13

Chinese Professor Missing in China Back to Japan

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2025/03/14

A Chinese professor of Kobe Gakuin University in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo returned to Japan in January, after going missing during his temporary stay in China, university officials said Friday.

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00:10

Japan Rebuts U.S. Criticism of "700...

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2025/03/14

Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto on Friday rebutted the U.S. government's criticism that Japan imposes "700 pct" tariffs on rice imports.

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00:12

Ishiba Tries to Control Damage over Gift Certificate...

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2025/03/14

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was forced into damage control Friday, a day after it was learned that he had distributed gift certificates to new lawmakers of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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00:12

Japan's Iwaya Seeks Exemption from U.S....

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2025/03/14

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Thursday requested that Japan be exempted from the additional tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has introduced.

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