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Keio Univ. Ethics Panel OKs Uterus Transplant...

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2025/02/27

Japan's Keio University said Thursday that its ethics committee has approved clinical research in which women without uteruses are given transplants of other people's uteruses in order to become pregnant and give birth.

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00:12

Fuji Media Longtime Director Hieda Resigns from...

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2025/02/27

Hisashi Hieda, a longtime director at Fuji Media Holdings Inc., has stepped down as a member of its management advisory committee, Fuji Media President Osamu Kanemitsu said Thursday.

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00:12

Ishiba Told Trump of Intent to Buy U.S. Transport...

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2025/02/27

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told U.S. President Donald Trump he hopes to buy U.S. transport planes during their meeting in early February, a Japanese government source said Thursday.

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00:13

Japan Top Court Reverses Ruling over Slashed...

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2025/02/27

Japan's Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a high court ruling that dismissed a petition by the city of Izumisano, whose special tax grants from the state were slashed for its huge "furusato nozei" donation revenue.

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00:11

Japan Post Holdings Announces Sale of Shares in...

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2025/02/27

Japan Post Holdings Co. said Thursday that it will sell a portion of its shares in Japan Post Bank in mid-March, in order to increase the flexibility of the banking unit's management.

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00:12

2 Chinese Held in Tokyo over Digital Money Fraud

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2025/02/27

Tokyo police have arrested two Chinese men for allegedly stealing others' credit card data to charge electronic money to a mobile payment service provided by East Japan Railway Co., or JR East.

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3 Boys Arrested for Fraudulently Subscribing to...

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2025/02/27

Tokyo police have arrested three teenage boys on suspicion of fraudulently subscribing to Rakuten Mobile Inc.'s mobile phone service through a self-made program using artificial intelligence.

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00:13

Japan Prince Hisahito's Coming-of-Age Ceremony...

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2025/02/27

Japanese Prince Hisahito, the only son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, will attend a coming-of-age ceremony on Sept. 6, his 19th birthday, the Imperial Household Agency said Thursday.

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00:13

Births in Japan Hit Record Low for 9th Straight Year

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2025/02/27

The annual number of babies born in Japan fell to 720,988 in 2024, hitting a record low for the ninth straight year, a preliminary report by the health ministry showed Thursday.

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Imprisoned Man Arrested over Dismembered Body in...

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2025/02/27

Japanese police on Thursday arrested a 74-year-old man, already imprisoned for murder, on suspicion of another murder involving the dismemberment of a body found in Shiga Prefecture in 2008.

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00:20

4 Ex-Abe Faction Execs Agreed to Resume Kickbacks:...

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2025/02/27

Four former senior members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party faction previously led by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unanimously agreed in August 2022 to resume the practice of kicking back fundraising party revenues to faction members, a former chief accountant of the now-defunct faction said Thursday.

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50 Years On: Dive into Misogynistic Words in...

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2025/02/27

Perhaps one of the most iconic Japanese dictionaries, "Kojien" with its vast collection of some 250,000 words and phrases still include language that may be perceived as misogynistic.

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00:10

Stolen Cash from Mizuho Safe Deposit Boxes Totals 66...

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2025/02/27

Mizuho Bank officials said Thursday that the total amount of cash stolen by a former employee from customers' safe deposit boxes was 66 million yen.

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00:16

TEPCO Delays Antiterrorism Facility Completion at...

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2025/02/27

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it has abandoned a plan to complete by the October 2025 deadline an antiterrorism facility for the No. 7 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.

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Founding Family Gives Up Buyout Plan for Japan's...

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2025/02/27

A founding family of Seven & i Holdings Co. has given up its acquisition plan for the Japanese retail giant due to financing difficulties, the company said Thursday.

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00:17

Accidents Caused by Distracted Driving Hit Record...

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2025/02/27

The number of fatal and serious injury car accidents in Japan that occurred while drivers were using mobile phones rose by 14 from the previous year to 136 in 2024, the highest since available data began in 2007, the National Police Agency said Thursday.

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00:09

Tokyo Police Step Up Crackdown on Sex Worker Scout Group

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2025/02/27

Tokyo police are stepping up a crackdown on a group that recruits women for sexual services by luring them on social media with promises of high incomes.

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00:13

French Top Court Orders Retrial over Alleged Murder...

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2025/02/27

The top appeals court in France on Wednesday ordered a retrial over the alleged murder of a Japanese university student who went missing while studying in the European nation in 2016, local media have reported.

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00:11

Forest Fire Continues in Iwate Prefecture

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2025/02/27

A forest fire continued Thursday in the Pacific coastal city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, with at least 84 buildings burned, according to the city.

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00:18

TEPCO Kashiwazaki-Kariwa N-Plant Seen Staying Offline...

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2025/02/26

The No. 7 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, is set to stay offline for longer than planned, due to delays in constructing an antiterrorism facility, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

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