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TEPCO Standard Family Power Bill to Rise by 600 Yen...

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2024/10/17

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will raise the standard family electricity bill in November by 608 yen from the previous month to 8,868 yen as energy cost subsidies are set to end, it was learned Thursday.

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00:15

1 in 2 Backs Ishiba's Treatment of Scandal-Hit...

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2024/10/17

Nearly half of people in Japan support Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Shigeru Ishiba's action against money scandal-tainted LDP lawmakers ahead of the Oct. 27 general election, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday.

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00:10

Japan's Hoshino Resorts to Open "Onsen...

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2024/10/17

Japan's Hoshino Resorts Inc. said Thursday that it will open an "onsen ryokan" Japanese-style hot spring inn in the U.S. state of New York in 2028.

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00:12

36 Pct in Japan Hopeful of CDP's Noda: Jiji Survey

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2024/10/17

A Jiji Press survey found Thursday that 36pctof respondents have high hopes for Yoshihiko Noda, the new president of the major opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan,

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00:12

Sea Shepherd Founder Seeks Political Asylum in France

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2024/10/17

Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, detained in Greenland and facing an extradition request from Japan, has sought political asylum in France, the antiwhaling group's local organ said Wednesday.

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00:11

Japanese Children's Book Author Nakagawa Dies at 89

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2024/10/17

Rieko Nakagawa, Japanese author of children's books, notably the "Guri and Gura" picture book series, died of old age at a Tokyo hospital Monday. She was 89.

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00:13

Japanese Actor Toshiyuki Nishida Dies at 76

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2024/10/17

Famed Japanese actor Toshiyuki Nishida, who played a wide range of characters in films, television dramas and stage productions, has died at his home in Tokyo, it was learned Thursday. He was 76.

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00:16

Ishiba Cabinet Logs Lowest Initial Support since...

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2024/10/17

Public support for the cabinet of new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stood at 28.0 pct, the lowest starting approval rate for any administration launched in and after 2000, a Jiji Press monthly opinion poll showed Thursday.

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00:14

Japan Coast Guard Raids JR Kyushu Unit over Water Leak

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2024/10/17

Investigators from the Japan Coast Guard raided a unit of Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, Thursday over operating a high-speed passenger ship while concealing a water leak, people familiar with the investigation said.

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00:11

Ishiba Meets Families of North Korean Abductees

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2024/10/17

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met Thursday with the families of citizens abducted decades ago by North Korea, their first meeting since he took office on Oct. 1.

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00:10

Subaru Unveils New Hybrid System

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2024/10/17

Subaru Corp. on Thursday unveiled a new hybrid system that enables vehicles to travel more than 1,000 kilometers without refueling when the tank is full.

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00:15

Japan's Trade Deficit Expands 14 Pct in Fiscal...

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2024/10/17

Japan's customs-cleared trade deficit expanded 14.4pctto 3,106.7 billion yen in the fiscal first half ended last month from a year before, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report on Thursday.

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00:14

Japan Police to Test Body Cameras to Check Duties

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2024/10/17

Japan's National Police Agency said Thursday that body cameras, or cameras designed to be worn on the chest of police uniforms, will be introduced on a trial basis at some prefectural police departments in the fiscal year starting next April.

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00:13

Japan's 1st Bird Flu Case This Season Confirmed...

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2024/10/17

Japan's first case this season of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Atsuma in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, the prefectural government said Thursday.

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00:14

U.S. Fund Urges Seven & i to Enter into...

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2024/10/17

U.S. investment fund Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. said Wednesday that it has sent a letter to Seven & i Holdings Co. urging the Japanese retailer to enter into talks on a takeover proposal from Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

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00:15

2024 POLLS: Parties Highlight Measures for Working...

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2024/10/17

As Japan faces the pressing issue of how to cover swelling social security costs amid an aging population, political parties are highlighting measures to reform the healthcare system for the elderly and the public pension system to ease the burden on the working generation.

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00:11

Chilean Woman under Fire after Pull-Ups on Torii...

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2024/10/16

A Chilean woman has faced criticisms after posting a video on Instagram showing her hanging from a "torii" shrine gate and doing pull-ups in sync with music during her visit to Japan.

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00:11

Ishiba Makes Ritual Offering at Yasukuni Shrine

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2024/10/16

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a ritual "masakaki" tree offering at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, the start of its three-day autumn festival.

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00:12

Genome Analysis Unreliable for Looks, Disease Risk...

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2024/10/16

A Japanese team said Wednesday that technology to predict future physical traits, such as looks and height, and disease susceptibility based on genome analysis of in vitro fertilized eggs is unreliable.

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00:14

90 Pct of Japan Firms Have No Plans to Adopt Digital...

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2024/10/16

Nearly 90pctof Japanese companies have no plans to introduce "digital salaries," or salaries paid via smartphone payment apps and other methods, a survey by research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd. showed Wednesday.

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