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00:11

Sumitomo Mulling Investment in Ito-Yokado

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2024/11/27

Sumitomo Corp. is considering investing in an intermediate holding company that controls supermarket chain Ito-Yokado Co., people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

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00:18

Arrested Man Served New Warrant over 2007 Murder of...

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2024/11/27

Japanese police on Wednesday served a fresh arrest warrant to a 45-year-old suspect in the 2006 case of attempted murder of a girl in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, for allegedly stabbing another girl to death in Kakogawa in the same prefecture in 2007.

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00:15

Japanese Prosecutor Apologizes to Hakamata after...

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2024/11/27

The head of a public prosecutors' office in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Wednesday apologized directly to Iwao Hakamata, who was recently acquitted in a retrial decades after he was convicted over the 1966 murder of four people.

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00:11

Trump Tariffs on Mexico, China Feared to Affect...

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2024/11/27

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plan to raise tariffs on products from Mexico, China and other countries is feared to affect Japanese firms with plants in those countries.

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00:14

Japan Goes Over 2 Years without Execution

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2024/11/27

More than two years have passed since Japan previously conducted an execution, as calls for the abolition of capital punishment in the country grow again, following the acquittal of former death row inmate Iwao Hakamata in a retrial.

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00:13

G-7 Ministers Condemn Russia-N. Korea Military...

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2024/11/27

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major democracies Tuesday criticized Russia and North Korea for expanding their military cooperation, including Pyongyang's dispatch of its troops to Russia over its war against Ukraine.

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00:07

Major Quake Rocks Noto Peninsula in Central Japan

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2024/11/26

A major earthquake rocked the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Tuesday night.

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00:11

Many Scandal-Mired Upper House Lawmakers to Face...

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2024/11/26

Many House of Councillors lawmakers embroiled in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's slush funds scandal have shown their intent to face a parliamentary ethics panel, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:15

Japan to Raise Pay to Secure Fixed-Term SDF Personnel

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2024/11/26

Japan's Defense Ministry presented a plan Tuesday to abolish the current system of Self-Defense Forces personnel candidates and create a new recruitment system with a higher salary level, in order to secure enough fixed-term SDF personnel.

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00:14

JR Kyushu Cuts President's Pay over Scandal at...

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2024/11/26

Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, said Tuesday that it will cut President Yoji Furumiya's pay by 30pctfor two months over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water leak incident on a high-speed ferry.

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00:14

Japan Parties Agree to Scrap Policy Activity Funds

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2024/11/26

Japanese ruling and opposition parties broadly agreed on a plan Tuesday to abolish so-called policy activity funds provided by political parties to member lawmakers, amid criticisms over the lack of transparency regarding their use.

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00:14

Many Municipalities Unaware of Nankai Quake Advisory...

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2024/11/26

Many Japanese municipalities that could be heavily damaged by a possible Nankai Trough megaquake lack enough knowledge of the government's advisory system to warn that such a disaster may strike soon, a government survey showed Tuesday.

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00:16

Japan Launches Govt-Led Panel on CO2 Storage

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2024/11/26

Japan has launched a government-led panel to commercialize carbon capture and storage, or CCS, projects by 2030, including by creating a common standard for ships carrying liquefied carbon dioxide and developing tanks to store liquefied CO2.

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00:15

Misreport on Ikuina's Yasukuni Visit...

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2024/11/26

Japan's top government spokesperson, at a press conference on Tuesday, called it "extremely regrettable" that Kyodo News erroneously reported that Akiko Ikuina, parliamentary vice foreign minister, had visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.

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00:10

Itochu Starts Selling Google-Certified Used Pixel...

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2024/11/26

Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. said Tuesday it has started selling Google LLC-certified used Pixel smartphones in Japan through a subsidiary.

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00:13

Japan Govt Task Force Seeks Beds, Cooking Facilities...

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2024/11/26

A Japanese government task force on Tuesday compiled a report seeking the strengthening of support for disaster-affected people, including through the introduction of cardboard beds and cooking facilities at evacuation shelters.

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00:10

DPFP Chief Says Defense Tax Hikes Unnecessary

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2024/11/26

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, clarified Tuesday his stance against tax increases to boost Japan's defense spending.

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00:09

Ishiba Vows to Raise Japanese Minimum Wages

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2024/11/26

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that his government will draw up measures by next spring to help raise the country's minimum wages.

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00:11

Nissan to Cut U.S. Vehicle Production by 17 Pct

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2024/11/26

Nissan Motor Co. plans to reduce its vehicle production in the United States by 17pctuntil the end of March 2025, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

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00:13

Fire Occurs during Epsilon S Rocket Engine Test in Japan

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2024/11/26

A fire broke out during a ground combustion test for the second-stage engine of a Japanese Epsilon S solid-fuel rocket at Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Tuesday morning.

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