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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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00:12

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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00:10

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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00:10

Japan Firms to Offer Drone Video-Shooting Services...

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2025/02/26

JTB Corp. and two other Japanese companies said Wednesday that they will launch services employing drones to shoot videos of customers at tourist spots from the sky.

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00:11

Itochu Not to Join Seven & i Buyout by...

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2025/02/26

Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. plans not to take part in a bid by Seven & i Holdings Co.'s founding family to buy out the Japanese retail giant, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:12

Japan Post to Cut Stake in Banking Unit to 50 Pct or...

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2025/02/26

Japan Post Holdings Co. plans to reduce its stake in Japan Post Bank to 50pctor less soon from the current 61.5 pct, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

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00:10

Jins Releases Device to Use PC by Head Movements

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2025/02/26

Japanese eyeglass store chain Jins Inc. released Wednesday a device designed to allow users to operate a personal computer with small movements of their heads.

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00:17

Nippon Ishin's Hyogo Group Expels Member over...

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2025/02/26

The Hyogo prefectural arm of Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 said Wednesday that it will expel prefectural assembly member Minoru Kishiguchi for inappropriately providing information about a probe into the governor of the western Japan prefecture to Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group.

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00:12

Osaka Univ. Develops New Method for Pancreatic Cancer...

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2025/02/26

Osaka University researchers said Wednesday that they have developed a method to test for pancreatic cancer with pancreatic cells or DNA collected through a modified catheter during gastric examinations.

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00:12

Govt Held Responsible Again over 2015 Kinugawa River...

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2025/02/26

Tokyo High Court basically upheld Wednesday a lower court ruling ordering the government to pay damages to residents in Ibaraki Prefecture hit by the 2015 Kinugawa River flooding.

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00:12

Ruling Bloc, DPFP Fail to Agree on Taxable Income...

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2025/02/26

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling coalition and the opposition Democratic Party for the People failed to agree on raising the taxable income threshold at a meeting of their tax panel chiefs on Wednesday.

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00:12

Mitsubishi Heavy to Promote Mogami-Class Frigate in...

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2025/02/26

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday that it has established a temporary office in Canberra to promote the Maritime Self-Defense Force Mogami-class frigate in Australia.

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00:13

Japan's New Condo Price Hits Record High in 2024

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2025/02/26

The average price of new condominiums in Japan hit a record high for the eighth consecutive year in 2024 because of rising costs for construction materials and labor, Real Estate Economic Institute Co. said Wednesday.

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