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00:10

Not Every BOJ Meeting Will See Rate Hike: Deputy Gov.

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2025/03/05

The Bank of Japan will not necessarily raise its policy interest rate at every future policy-setting meeting, Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said Wednesday.

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00:08

Trump Says Honda Will Build New Plant in U.S.

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2025/03/05

U.S. President Donald Trump has said in a congressional speech that Japan's Honda Motor Co. will build a new plant in the United States.

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00:13

Hiroshima Court Rejects Request for Ikata Reactor...

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2025/03/05

Hiroshima District Court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the operation of the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan.

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00:13

14 Years On: Reconstruction Min. Vows to Address...

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2025/03/05

Japanese reconstruction minister Tadahiko Ito has pledged to fully tackle issues regarding the reuse of soil from radiation decontamination work after the March 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture.

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00:13

Jiji Press, Yomiuri Journalists Selected for...

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2025/03/05

The Vaughn-Uyeda Memorial International Journalistic Prize for fiscal 2024 will be awarded to journalists from Jiji Press and the Yomiuri Shimbun daily, the Japan Press Research Institute said Wednesday.

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00:11

Discount Store Operator Trial to Acquire Seiyu

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2025/03/05

Trial Holdings Inc., a discount store operator based in the Kyushu southwestern Japan region, said Wednesday that it will acquire Japanese supermarket operator Seiyu Co.

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00:12

Forest Fire Burns 9 Pct of Ofunato in Northeastern Japan

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2025/03/05

The forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, had burned some 2,900 hectares, or 9pctof the total area of the northeastern Japan city, as of Wednesday.

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00:10

Trump Tariffs Seen Impacting Global Economy: BOJ Uchida

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2025/03/05

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's high tariff policy is likely to have an impact on the global economy.

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00:12

GDP Ratio of Defense Costs Not Priority: Japan's...

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2025/03/05

Raising the ratio of defense spending to gross domestic product is not a top priority in Japan's efforts to boost its defense expenditures, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.

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00:14

Japan May Designate Iwate Wildfire as Severe...

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2025/03/05

The Japanese government will mull designating the wildfire raging in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as a severe disaster eligible for massive state aid, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday.

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00:14

Hyogo Assembly Adopts Report over Whistleblower...

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2025/03/05

The Hyogo prefectural assembly on Wednesday adopted a report by its special investigative committee that found the western Japan prefecture's efforts to identify a whistleblower against Governor Motohiko Saito to be highly likely illegal.

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00:15

Sumitomo Mitsui to Quit Int'l Group Committed to...

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2025/03/05

Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. will withdraw from an international framework of banks committed to decorbonizing their operations, in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's pro-fossil fuel policy, according to informed sources.

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00:10

50 Years On: Female MSDF Vice Adm. Who Broke thru...

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2025/03/05

In December 2023, Natsue Kondo became the first woman promoted to top leadership at any of the three branches of Japan's Self-Defense Forces.

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00:10

Japan Lawmaker Addresses Nuke Ban Treaty Meeting for...

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2025/03/05

A Japanese lawmaker spoke at a meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons for the first time as he attended the third conference in New York on Tuesday.

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00:13

JR East to Develop E10 Series Shinkansen Train

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2025/03/05

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, has said that it will start developing a new bullet train series, E10, for the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, which links Tokyo and the Tohoku northeastern region.

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00:10

Pentagon Policy Nominee Urges Japan to Hike Defense...

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2025/03/05

A U.S. Department of Defense policy nominee Tuesday urged Japan to raise its defense spending to over 3pctof its gross domestic product.

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00:12

Iwate Wildfire Enters 2nd Week

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2025/03/04

The ongoing wildfire in the city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which is the largest in Japan since the start of the Heisei era in 1989, entered its second week on Wednesday.

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00:13

Japan Industry Minister to Visit U.S. over Tariffs

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2025/03/04

Japanese industry minister Yoji Muto will visit the United States next week amid growing concerns among Japanese companies over U.S. tariffs under the administration of President Donald Trump, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:07

Marketplace App Operator Mercari Enters Smartphone Biz

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2025/03/04

Marketplace app operator Mercari Inc. said Tuesday that it has launched a low-cost smartphone service.

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00:10

DPFP Targets 16 Seats in Upper House Election

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2025/03/04

The Democratic Party for the People aims to win at least 16 seats in this summer's House of Councillors election, its leader, Yuichiro Tamaki, said Tuesday.

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