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00:14

15 Years On: Japan to Push Forward with N-Reactor...

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2026/03/11

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is poised to plow ahead with work to restart nuclear reactors, aided by the political dominance of her Liberal Democratic Party and the reduced presence of opposition parties supporting zero nuclear power.

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00:16

Japan Pump Price Tops 160 Yen for 1st Time in 3 Months

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2026/03/11

Retail prices of regular gasoline in Japan surpassed 160 yen per liter on average as of Monday for the first time in three months, reflecting higher crude oil prices following U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, the industry ministry said Wednesday.

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00:16

15 Years On: Fukushima Promotion Lights Up Streets in...

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2026/03/11

Japan's Reconstruction Agency on Monday started screening a promotional video in South Korea highlighting food and tourist sites in Fukushima, a prefecture in northeastern Japan hit by a nuclear accident following a massive earthquake and tsunami 15 years ago.

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00:15

Japan Does Not Currently See Existential Crisis in...

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2026/03/11

The Japanese government does not consider the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz to constitute a so-called survival-threatening situation that would allow Japan to exercise its collective self-defense right, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday.

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00:12

Japan Producer Prices Rise 2.0 Pct in Feb.

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2026/03/11

Japan's producer prices rose 2.0pctin February from a year earlier, driven by higher prices for food, beverages and nonferrous metals, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday.

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00:13

March 2011 Disaster Victims Remembered in...

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2026/03/11

Victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami were remembered in the hardest hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima in northeastern Japan on Wednesday, the 15th anniversary of the disaster.

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00:14

JR East to Monitor Yamanote Line Pantographs with AI

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2026/03/11

East Japan Railway Co. has said it will launch a trial in April of a system that uses artificial intelligence to monitor pantographs on trains running on its busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo to detect defects in train cars at an early stage.

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00:12

Japan's Asahi Breweries to Fully Resume...

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2026/03/11

Japanese alcoholic drink maker Asahi Breweries Ltd. plans to resume shipments of all its products starting April 7 after a halt due to a computer system failure caused by a cyberattack on its parent.

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00:14

Takeda Named Chair of Japan-South Korea...

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2026/03/11

Former Japanese interior affairs minister Ryota Takeda was appointed chair of the Japan-South Korea parliamentarians' union, a suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers promoting ties between the two countries, on Tuesday.

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00:15

Nonlife Insurers to Widen High-Risk Areas amid Iran...

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2026/03/11

Japan's three major nonlife insurers will expand the sea areas in which extra premiums are required under ship insurance policies to cover war and terror risks, in the wake of the conflict between U.S.-Israeli forces and Iran, it has been learned.

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00:14

15 Years On: Ex-Teacher Shares Stories of Children...

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2026/03/11

Jun Izumita, a former elementary school teacher, recounts stories about the children who lost their lives in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as well as those who endured hardships in the aftermath of the ensuing nuclear accident.

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00:12

26,000 People Still Evacuated 15 Years after Tohoku...

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2026/03/10

Japan marked the 15th anniversary of the March 2011 massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident on Wednesday, with around 26,000 people still living as evacuees.

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00:14

G-7 Energy Ministers Voice Readiness to Release Oil...

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2026/03/10

Energy ministers from the Group of Seven major countries said in a joint statement on Tuesday that their countries are ready to take necessary measures, including releasing their oil reserves, in response to the deteriorating situation in the Middle East.

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00:10

Japan, U.S. Defense Chiefs Discuss Iran over Phone

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2026/03/10

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discussed the situation surrounding Iran over the phone on Tuesday.

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00:09

Colowide to Acquire Cafe Veloce Operator

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2026/03/10

Japanese restaurant chain operator Colowide Co. said Tuesday that it will acquire the operator of the Cafe Veloce chain for some 44 billion yen.

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00:13

Japan Picks 61 Goods, Techs for Priority Investment

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2026/03/10

The Japanese government on Tuesday designated a total of 61 goods and technologies for priority investment by the public and private sectors, as part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's efforts to realize a strong economy.

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00:16

15 Years On: Many Areas Struggle to Pass Lessons to...

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2026/03/10

About 40pctof municipalities in the three northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami face difficulties in disaster education for children born after the incident, a Jiji Press survey has found.

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00:17

DPFP Opposes Fri. Lower House Vote on Budget Bill

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2026/03/10

The Democratic Party for the People expressed its opposition on Tuesday to the ruling bloc's plan to hold a vote on the government's fiscal 2026 budget bill at a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, on Friday, citing insufficient deliberation time.

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00:11

15 Years On: Fukushima Gov. Calls for Further...

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2026/03/10

Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori has called for further efforts to rebuild areas affected by the March 2011 nuclear disaster in the northeastern Japan prefecture.

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00:12

Mitsui Chemicals Begins Ethylene Production Cuts

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2026/03/10

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has begun cutting ethylene production in anticipation of potential raw material supply shortages amid rising tensions in the Middle East, company officials said Tuesday.

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