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Govt Aid Resumption to Cut Feb. Electricity Bills in...

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2024/12/26

Japan's 10 major electricity suppliers said Thursday that February bills for standard households will be cut by up to some 650 yen, thanks to the resumption of government subsidies.

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00:10

Japan Sees Record Low Competition Rate for School...

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2024/12/26

The competition rate of employment examinations for public school teachers in Japan hit a record low in fiscal 2024, the education ministry said Thursday.

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00:14

Top Prosecutors Office Finds Investigation of...

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2024/12/26

Prosecutors failed to properly investigate Iwao Hakamata, 88, who was acquitted this year in his retrial for the murder of four people in 1966, Japan's Supreme Public Prosecutors Office said in a report Thursday.

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Prices of 1,380 Food Items to Go Up in Japan in Jan.

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2024/12/26

Japan's 195 major food and beverage makers plan price hikes for a record 1,380 products in January amid rising logistics and labor costs, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Thursday.

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Japan's Miyazawa Showed Skepticism about China...

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2024/12/26

Then Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa expressed his skepticism about China's democratization in a summit with then U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1993, Japanese diplomatic documents showed Thursday.

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Many Foreign Workers in Japan Face Agency Fee Issue

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2024/12/26

Of foreign workers with work-related issues in Japan, one in five cited expensive fees they paid to employment agencies, a labor ministry survey showed Thursday.

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Cyberattack Hits JAL, Affecting Some Flights

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2024/12/26

Japan Airlines said Thursday that a cyberattack has hit its network equipment, causing a system failure and affecting some domestic and international passenger flights.

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Japan Panel Seeks Law to Gain Cooperation from AI...

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2024/12/26

A Japanese panel of experts Thursday called for creating a law allowing the government to gain cooperation from artificial intelligence developers in the event of a serious problem related to AI technologies.

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Japan Wage Growth Projected to Outpace Inflation in...

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2024/12/26

The Japanese government said Thursday it expects wage growth in Japan to outpace the country's consumer inflation in fiscal 2025, as in fiscal 2024.

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1 Year On: Noto Quake Sparks Efforts to Get Disaster...

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2024/12/26

A powerful earthquake that hit central Japan nearly a year ago has led to moves to help spread disaster-related information to foreign nationals.

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00:17

Hong Kong Fund Ups Stake in Kobayashi Pharma

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2024/12/26

Hong Kong-based activist investor Oasis Management Co. has increased its equity stake in Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., rocked by a high-profile health hazard scandal over its supplements containing "beni koji" red fermented rice, according to a share transaction report.

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Ishiba Vows Continued Support to Ukraine

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2024/12/25

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged his country's continued support to Ukraine in its war with Russia during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday.

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Former Japanese Judge Indicted for Insider Trading

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2024/12/25

Japanese public prosecutors on Wednesday indicted 32-year-old former judge Soichiro Sato without arrest for alleged insider trading.

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Japan Govt Expects 1.2 Pct Economic Growth for FY 2025

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2024/12/25

The Japanese government said Wednesday that the country's economy is expected to grow 1.2pctin fiscal 2025, which starts next April, in price-adjusted real terms, unchanged from its previous November forecast.

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Japan, China Foreign Chiefs Vow Closer Communication

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2024/12/25

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, agreed at a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday to strengthen communication between the two sides.

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Chinese Man Sentenced to Jail for Vandalizing...

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2024/12/25

Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced a Chinese man to eight months in jail for vandalizing Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine.

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Prolonged Low Interest Rate to Risk Exessive Easing:...

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2024/12/25

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda warned Wednesday that if the BOJ keeps its policy interest rate at the current low level for a prolonged period, the move could make the central bank's monetary easing "excessive."

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Japan Foreign Min. Iwaya Meets Chinese Prem. in Beijing

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2024/12/25

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Wednesday, in his first visit to China since taking office in October.

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Japan Budget to Include 100-B.-Yen Investment in Rapidus

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2024/12/25

The Japanese government said Wednesday that it will include 100 billion yen in its upcoming fiscal 2025 draft budget to invest in Rapidus Corp., which aims for domestic production of next-generation semiconductors.

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Japan FSA to Issue Biz Improvement Order to Aeon Bank

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2024/12/25

Japan's Financial Services Agency will issue a business improvement order to Aeon Bank over deficiencies in its measures against money laundering, informed sources said Wednesday.

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