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Japan General Election May Take Place in Nov.

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2024/08/21

There are emerging expectations that the next general election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, will be held in November.

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00:12

Japan Shows Settlement Proposal for Forced...

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2024/08/21

Japan has presented a proposal to settle damages lawsuits over forced sterilization conducted under the now-defunct eugenic protection law by paying 15 million yen per plaintiff who went through the surgery.

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Memories of Russian-Held Isles Preserved through...

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2024/08/21

A descendant of a former Japanese resident of the Russian-controlled islands called the Northern Territories in Japan is seeking to preserve memories of life on the isles through the creation of pictorial maps.

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Japan Logs Trade Deficit of 621.8 B. Yen in July

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2024/08/21

Japan posted a customs-cleared trade deficit of 621.8 billion yen in July, posting red ink for the first time in two months as imports swelled due to a weaker yen, a preliminary report by the Finance Ministry showed Wednesday.

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Japan, India Agree to Update Security Cooperation...

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2024/08/20

Foreign and defense ministers from Japan and India agreed Tuesday to update the two countries' 2008 joint declaration on security cooperation to reflect changes in the security environment.

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00:14

Convenience Store ATMs Spreading in Japan

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2024/08/20

Operators of convenience store automated teller machines in Japan are racing to install ATMs outside convenience stores, such as at regional banks, supermarkets and hospitals, as banks are shedding their ATMs to cut costs.

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Panasonic Mulling Building Battery Factories in Japan

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2024/08/20

Panasonic Holdings Corp. is considering building electric vehicle battery factories in Japan for supply to Subaru Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp., people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

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Kishida Eyes Visit to S. Korea in Early Sept.

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2024/08/20

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting South Korea early next month for talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, Japanese government officials said Tuesday.

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Ex-Residents of Russian-Held Isles Pray for Ancestors...

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2024/08/20

Former Japanese residents of Russian-controlled islands held a memorial service for their ancestors on Tuesday on a ship off the islands, which Japan calls its Northern Territories.

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Aeon, GSDF Eastern Army Sign Disaster Cooperation Pact

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2024/08/20

Japanese retailer Aeon Co. and the Ground Self-Defense Force Eastern Army signed a pact Tuesday to cooperate in relief and recovery activities in the event of a large-scale disaster.

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Shinjiro Koizumi to Run for LDP Leadership: Sources

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2024/08/20

Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has informed people close to him of his intention to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's upcoming leadership election, informed sources said Tuesday.

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00:15

JR East, Others to Resume Sales of Suica, Pasmo Cards

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2024/08/20

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, and others said Tuesday that they will partially resume selling the Suica and Pasmo integrated circuit cards on Sept. 1, after a suspension since August 2023 due to a global chip shortage.

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Aomori Municipalities Ink N-Fuel Interim Storage...

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2024/08/20

Five municipalities in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori and the operator of a temporary storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the same prefecture signed a safety agreement Tuesday.

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Kishida to Visit U.S. Just before Stepping Down

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2024/08/20

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering traveling to New York late next month, just before he steps down, to deliver a speech before the U.N. General Assembly, government officials said Tuesday.

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00:18

Heatstroke Sufferers in Japan Climb in July

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2024/08/20

The number of people in Japan who were sent to hospital due to heatstroke climbed by some 20pctin July from a year before to 43,195, the second highest level for the month since records began in 2008, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday.

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00:14

Japan Top Court Finalizes Damages Order over Removal...

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2024/08/20

Japan's Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that ordered a prefectural government to pay 550,000 yen in damages over the police's removal of a heckler from a stump speech by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2019.

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Oura Bay Work Begins in Henoko Base Relocation Project

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2024/08/20

Japan's Defense Ministry on Tuesday began its first full-scale U.S. base relocation work on the Oura Bay side of the Henoko coastal area in the city of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.

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00:13

Black Screen Blocking View of Mt. Fuji Removed

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2024/08/20

The town government of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, has removed a huge black screen that had been blocking an iconic view of Mount Fuji since late May, town officials said Tuesday.

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00:09

Nintendo Museum to Open Up in Kyoto on Oct. 2

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2024/08/20

Nintendo Co. said Tuesday that the Nintendo Museum will open on Oct. 2 in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan.

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Landslide Museum Exec Urges Learning How to Act in...

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2024/08/20

The deputy head of a museum for handing down lessons from massive lethal landslides that happened in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan, a decade ago has urged people to learn how to act in times of disasters.

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