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00:10

Komeito Chief Seeks Dual-Surname Talks with LDP

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2024/12/18

Komeito head Tetsuo Saito called Wednesday for talks within the ruling coalition toward introducing a selective surname system for married couples in Japan.

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00:15

Tokyo Court Fines Event Firm for Bid-Rigging over...

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2024/12/18

Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered major Japanese event company Cerespo Co. to pay a fine of 280 million yen for violating the antimonopoly law by rigging bids linked to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021.

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00:19

Visitors to Japan in Jan.-Nov. Top Record Annual High

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2024/12/18

The cumulative number of foreign visitors to Japan in January-November is estimated to have totaled 33,379,900, already exceeding the previous annual record high of 31.88 million in 2019, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.

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00:12

Hidankyo Members Make Nobel Visit to Hiroshima Cenotaph

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2024/12/18

Members of Nihon Hidankyo, a group of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors, made a visit Wednesday to a cenotaph for deceased victims in Hiroshima to mark its receipt of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

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00:16

Guilty Sentence for Ex-Lawmaker Akimoto to Become Final

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2024/12/18

Japan's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by former House of Representatives lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto, 53, against his guilty sentence in a high-profile corruption case linked to a casino-featuring integrated resort, or IR, project.

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00:16

Osaka High Court Denies Govt Liability for Nuclear...

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2024/12/18

Osaka High Court ruled Wednesday that the Japanese government is not liable to pay compensation for evacuations following the March 2011 accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s tsunami-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

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00:15

Japan Household Financial Assets Post 1st Fall in 8...

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2024/12/18

Financial assets held by households in Japan stood at 2,179 trillion yen as of the end of September, falling from a record high marked three months before in their first decline in eight quarters, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday.

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00:15

Japan Incurs Trade Deficit of 117.6 B. Yen in November

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2024/12/18

Japan logged a customs-cleared trade deficit of 117.6 billion yen in November, down sharply from the year-before deficit of 813.9 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Wednesday.

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00:12

U.N. General Assembly Condemns N. Korea's Human...

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2024/12/18

The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday adopted by consensus a resolution condemning North Korea's human rights abuses and demanding the immediate return of Japanese and other abductees in the reclusive country.

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00:10

Japan's Space One Fails Again in Rocket Launch

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2024/12/18

Japanese startup Space One Co. failed in the second launch of its satellite-carrying Kairos small rocket on Wednesday, following the failed first launch in March this year.

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00:15

Kioxia Shares Fetch Debut Price of 1,440 Yen

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2024/12/18

Shares of Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. fetched an initial price of 1,440 yen at their stock market debut on Wednesday, lower than the initial public offering price of 1,455 yen.

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00:08

Another Japanese National Detained in Belarus

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2024/12/17

Another Japanese national has been detained in Belarus, officials at the Japanese Embassy in Belarus said Tuesday.

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00:09

Honda, Nissan in Talks to Merge

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2024/12/17

Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are considering setting up a holding company to merge their operations, people familiar with their talks said Wednesday.

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00:08

Honda Unveils New Hybrid Vehicle Drive System

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2024/12/17

Japan's Honda Motor Co. released the next-generation version of its hybrid vehicle drive system e:HEV on Wednesday.

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00:10

Denmark Decides Not to Extradite Antiwhaling Activist...

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2024/12/17

Danish authorities Tuesday decided not to extradite Paul Watson, 74, founder of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd, despite an extradition request from Japan.

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00:11

Japan Rushing to Arrange Ishiba's U.S. Visit

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2024/12/17

Japan is accelerating arrangements for an early visit by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the United States after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has shown eagerness to meet with him.

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00:11

Ukraine Concerned over Japanese Parts in Russian Weapons

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2024/12/17

Ukraine's presidential adviser for sanctions policy, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, expressed concerns Tuesday over the use of Japan-made parts in weapons made in Russia.

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00:13

DPFP Axes Talks with Ruling Bloc on Annual Income...

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2024/12/17

Japan's opposition Democratic Party for the People broke off talks Tuesday with the ruling coalition over raising the nontaxable income ceiling from the current 1.03 million yen, called the "annual income barrier."

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00:11

Nippon Life to Appoint Asahi as New Pres.

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2024/12/17

Nippon Life Insurance Co. plans to appoint Executive Vice President Satoshi Asahi, 61, as its new president April 1, 2025, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:10

French Pacific Cmdr. Seeks Cooperation with Japan

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2024/12/17

The commander of the French navy in the Pacific region expressed willingness Tuesday to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region with partner nations such as Japan.

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