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Japan Ruling Bloc, Ishin Broadly Agree on Free Education

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2025/02/19

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc has broadly agreed with opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 over a proposal to make high school education free of tuition, an LDP executive said Wednesday.

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00:14

Hyogo Assembly Panel to Find Harassment Allegations True

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2025/02/19

The Hyogo prefectural assembly's special committee investigating harassment allegations against Governor Motohiko Saito is planning to acknowledge in its upcoming report that the allegations are largely true, informed sources said Wednesday.

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00:11

Ex-Iwojima Residents Requests Return to Island

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2025/02/19

Former residents of Japan's Iwojima, a major World War II battlefield, on Wednesday submitted to the land ministry a request to return to the Pacific island in stages.

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00:11

Japan Rice Price to Wholesalers Surges to Another High

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2025/02/19

The average price of Japan's 2024 rice crop sold to wholesalers surged in January to hit a record high for the fifth straight month, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.

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00:12

32 Japanese Prefectures' Draft Budgets Grow in...

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2025/02/19

Thirty-two of Japan's 47 prefectures have compiled draft general-account budgets for fiscal 2025 that are larger than those of the previous year, a Jiji Press tally showed Wednesday.

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00:14

Mitsui to Invest 5.3 B. Dlrs in Aussie Iron Ore Project

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2025/02/19

Japan's Mitsui & Co. said Wednesday that it will acquire a 40pctinterest in an Australian iron ore project for 5,342 million U.S. dollars, one of the biggest investments by the trading house.

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00:11

Kobayashi Pharma Shareholders Reject Hong Kong...

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2025/02/19

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. shareholders voted down proposals by Hong Kong-based investment fund Oasis Management Co. at their extraordinary meeting in Osaka on Wednesday.

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00:12

2 More Rulings Back Japan 2024 Lower House Election

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2025/02/19

Nagoya High Court and Sendai High Court's Akita branch ruled on Wednesday that Japan's House of Representatives election in October 2024 was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities.

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00:12

BOJ Needs to Shift Gears on Rate Hikes: Policymaker...

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2025/02/19

The Bank of Japan needs to consider implementing further gear shifts in its monetary policy after last month's additional interest rate hike, BOJ policymaker Hajime Takata said Wednesday.

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00:17

Unsworn Testimony over LDP Slush Funds Put Off

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2025/02/19

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan agreed Wednesday to postpone an unsworn testimony over slush funds created by the now-defunct LDP faction once led by late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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00:11

Death Sentence over Murder of Japanese Boy in China...

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2025/02/19

The death sentence for the Chinese man who stabbed a Japanese boy to death in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, southern China, last September is likely to be finalized, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:15

Monthly Number of Visitors to Japan Hits Record High...

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2025/02/19

The monthly number of foreign visitors to Japan hit a record high in January, partly reflecting travel demand from China and other parts of Asia during the Lunar New Year holiday period, a Japan National Tourism Organization report showed Wednesday.

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00:07

Major Japanese Automakers Wary of Trump Tariffs

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2025/02/19

Major Japanese automakers are seeking strategies to handle U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs.

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00:13

14 Years On: Miyagi Governor Stresses Importance of...

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2025/02/19

Mental health care and the rebuilding of local communities remain challenging issues in Miyagi Prefecture 14 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami, Governor Yoshihiro Murai said in an interview on Tuesday.

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00:10

Japan Economic Magazines before, during WWII Released...

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2025/02/19

The Japan Press Research Institute released digitized editions of "Kokusai Keizai Shuho" ()削除, published before and during World War II, on its website Wednesday.

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00:12

Japan Core Machinery Orders Fall 1.2 Pct in Dec.

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2025/02/19

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in December last year fell 1.2pctfrom the previous month, the first decline in three months, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.

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00:16

14 Years On: Iwate to Ask for Continued...

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2025/02/19

Iwate Prefecture will ask the Japanese government for continued assistance after the second-phase reconstruction period expires at the end of fiscal 2025 following a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, Governor Takuya Tasso said in an interview.

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00:14

Man Gets 10 Years over Attack on Ex-Japan PM Kishida

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2025/02/19

A Japanese district court on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 10 years in prison over a high-profile attack on then Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign trail in the western city of Wakayama in 2023.

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00:10

Japan Norinchukin Bank Pres. to Resign after Huge Loss

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2025/02/18

Norinchukin Bank President Kazuto Oku plans to step down as early as the end of March after the Japanese lender reported a huge net loss, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:16

Japan, IAEA to Cooperate in Fukushima N-Plant...

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2025/02/18

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, agreed on Tuesday to strengthen cooperation in work to decommission and dismantle the meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

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