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00:13

Japan Ministry Opens Door to Taboo Corporate Takeovers

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2025/01/29

Guidelines issued by Japan's industry ministry in 2023 have opened the door for companies to launch takeover bids without the consent of the companies being acquired, which was widely considered taboo in the country.

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00:12

BOJ Officials Saw Need to Watch U.S. Policies at Dec....

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2025/01/29

Many Bank of Japan policymakers last month agreed to wait to see economic policies by U.S. President Donald Trump before raising interest rates, minutes of their December meeting released on Wednesday showed.

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00:16

Heart Arrest Risks during Marathons Higher for Men...

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2025/01/29

A survey by a Japanese research team found that male runners aged 60 or older were the most likely of any age group to suffer cardiac arrest during citizens' marathons in Japan, showing some six times greater frequency compared with those aged 49 or younger.

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00:09

Ishiba Vows to Foster Communication with China

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2025/01/29

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that his country will facilitate communication with China, including at a leaders' level.

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00:14

BOJ Policymakers Divided over Additional Easing in...

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2025/01/29

Bank of Japan policymakers were divided over a proposal by then Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to take an additional monetary easing step at a meeting in October 2014, according to a transcript of the meeting released on Wednesday.

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00:16

Suicides in Japan Fall to 2nd-Lowest in 2024

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2025/01/29

The number of people who committed suicide in Japan fell to 20,268 in 2024, marking the second consecutive year of decline and the second-lowest level after 20,169 in 2019, the health ministry said Wednesday.

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00:11

Hoshoryu Promoted to Highest Sumo Rank of Yokozuna

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2025/01/29

The Japan Sumo Association on Wednesday promoted Hoshoryu to yokozuna, the highest rank in the makuuchi top division of professional sumo from the second-highest rank of ozeki.

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00:15

Japanese Economist Takuro Morinaga Dies at 67

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2025/01/28

Popular Japanese economist Takuro Morinaga, a professor at Dokkyo University in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, died of cancer of unknown primary at his home on Tuesday, his office said. He was 67.

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00:14

Weekly Corrects Story on Fuji Worker's Role in...

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2025/01/28

A Japanese weekly has corrected its recent story about a Fuji Television Network Inc. employee's alleged role in a dinner at the center of a scandal involving former TV star Masahiro Nakai, its editorial department said Tuesday.

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00:11

Junglia Okinawa Theme Park to Open July 25

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2025/01/28

Junglia Okinawa, a new theme park in northern Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, is set to open July 25, marketing company Katana Inc. and others said Tuesday.

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00:13

Fuji TV Seen Suffering Revenue Dive amid Nakai Scandal

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2025/01/28

Japan's Fuji Television Network Inc. is expected to suffer a revenue plunge as many advertisers have suspended their commercials on Fuji TV amid turmoil caused by a scandal involving former pop star Masahiro Nakai.

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00:17

Hong Kong Fund to Sue Former Kobayashi Pharma Execs

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2025/01/28

Hong Kong-based investment fund Oasis Management Co. said Tuesday that it plans to file a damages lawsuit against the former chairman of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. and others over a high-profile health hazard scandal involving supplements containing "beni koji" red fermented rice.

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00:09

Honda to Build Electric Motorcycle Plant in India

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2025/01/28

Japanese vehicle maker Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will build a plant in India dedicated to manufacturing electric motorcycles.

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00:11

Death Sentence on KyoAni Arsonist Becomes Final

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2025/01/28

Shinji Aoba, who was sentenced to death over the July 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation Co., has withdrawn his appeal, finalizing the ruling, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:12

Japan Labor Leader Seeks Strong Wage Hikes at Smaller...

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2025/01/28

Tomoko Yoshino, head of Japan's biggest labor group, Rengo, has expressed hopes that smaller businesses will decide to raise wages strongly in this year's "shunto" labor-management pay talks.

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00:15

PFAS Levels Top Standard in 87 Pct of Those Tested in...

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2025/01/28

PFAS concentrations in blood samples from 87.4pctof those tested in a town in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, exceeded a U.S. standard for the potentially carcinogenic chemicals, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:12

Tokyo Assembly LDP Accountant Fined 1 M. Yen over...

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2025/01/28

The accountant of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly has been fined 1 million yen over a slush funds scandal involving fundraising party revenues, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:11

Iwate Local Food Event Held in New York

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2025/01/28

Iwate Prefecture held an event to promote its foodstuffs in New York on Monday, serving specialties from the northeastern Japan prefecture to people in the food and restaurant industry.

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00:09

Professor Koeda Tapped as BOJ Policy Board Member

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2025/01/28

The Japanese government on Tuesday nominated Waseda University professor Junko Koeda as a member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board.

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00:13

SBI Shinsei Bank to Repay 100 B. Yen of Public Funds

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2025/01/28

SBI Shinsei Bank said Tuesday that it will repay by the end of March 100 billion yen out of the remaining public funds totaling some 330 billion yen that were injected into the Japanese bank in the past.

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