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INTERVIEW: BOJ Missed Key Opportunity to Reverse...

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2025/01/29

The Bank of Japan missed a key opportunity to reverse its aggressive monetary easing at a policy-setting meeting in October 2014, former BOJ policymaker Takahide Kiuchi said in a recent interview.

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00:13

Independent Body to Watch Japan Proactive Cyber...

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2025/01/29

The Japanese government's draft legislation on proactive cyber defense stipulates an independent committee's surveillance and supervision of authorities' actions including those to be taken before attacks happen, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:14

JR Tokai's "Doctor Yellow"...

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2025/01/29

The iconic "Doctor Yellow" Shinkansen train of Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, arrived at Tokyo Station on Wednesday, completing its final inspection of tracks on the Tokaido Shinkansen line before its retirement.

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00:12

Japan Begins Piling Work in Okinawa's Henoko for...

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2025/01/29

Japan on Wednesday started work to set piles into the seabed on the Oura Bay side of the Henoko coastal area in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, as part of a U.S. base relocation project.

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00:12

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Taps Takashima as Chairman

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2025/01/29

Japanese megabank group Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday that it has named Makoto Takashima, chairman of core unit Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., as its next chairman.

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00:10

Rescuers Struggling to Save Man from Road Collapse...

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2025/01/29

Rescuers were struggling Wednesday afternoon to save a male truck driver trapped inside a hole that appeared due to a road collapse in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday.

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00:12

Japan Average Pump Price Unchanged from Week Before

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2025/01/29

Japan's average retail price of regular gasoline was unchanged from a week before, standing at 185.1 yen per liter as of Monday, the industry ministry said Wednesday.

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00:13

Lower House Committee to Vote to Summon Ex-LDP...

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2025/01/29

The Budget Committee of Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, will vote Thursday on whether to summon the former chief accountant of a Liberal Democratic Party faction over a slush funds scandal.

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00:17

Fuji TV Vice Chairman to Resign over Nakai Scandal

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2025/01/29

Fuji Television Network Inc. Vice Chairman Ryunosuke Endo will resign to take the blame for losing sponsors for the Japanese broadcaster, which is under fire for improperly handling now-retired entertainer and TV host Masahiro Nakai's sex scandal, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:14

Japan PM Adviser to Visit 5 Central Asian Countries

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2025/01/29

Akihisa Nagashima, special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, will visit five Central Asian countries as Ishiba's special envoy from Wednesday to Feb. 8, the Japanese government said Wednesday.

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00:10

Sony President Totoki to Double as CEO

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2025/01/29

Sony Group Corp. said Wednesday that President Hiroki Totoki will double as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's CEO, effective April 1.

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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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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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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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