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Tsuruga N-Reactor Fails to Meet Japanese Safety...

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2024/07/26

Regulators Friday concluded that the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, does not meet new safety standards.

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00:12

Haneda, 4 Other Airports to Increase Air Traffic...

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2024/07/26

Japan's transport ministry said Friday that 14 air traffic controllers will be added from Thursday at five busy airports following a deadly aircraft collision at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January.

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00:13

NTT to End "Dial 177" Weather Info...

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2024/07/26

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. said Friday that they will end their "dial 177" weather information service at the end of March 2025.

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00:12

New COVID-19 Cases Up for 11th Straight Week in Japan

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2024/07/26

New COVID-19 cases reported from about 5,000 regularly monitored medical institutions across Japan have increased for the 11th consecutive week, health ministry data showed Friday.

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00:14

Japan's Average Life Expectancy Up for 1st Time...

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2024/07/26

The average life expectancy for both Japanese men and women rose for the first time in three years in 2023, possibly reflecting a drop in fatality rates for COVID-19 patients, a health ministry survey showed Friday.

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00:07

Japan to Form Team to End Discrimination against...

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2024/07/26

The Japanese government decided on Friday to set up a task force to eradicate discrimination against disabled people.

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00:13

S. Korea to Accept Sado Gold Mines as World Heritage...

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2024/07/26

South Korea is now going to accept designation of forced labor-linked gold mines on Japan's Sado Island as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, a senior official of the country's Foreign Ministry said Friday.

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00:10

Ginowan Mayor Dies on Official Trip to Tokyo

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2024/07/26

The mayor of the city of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, was found dead at a hotel in the Akasaka area in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Friday.

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00:15

Memorial Ceremony Held for Victims of 2016 Care Home...

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2024/07/26

A memorial ceremony was held in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Friday to mourn for the 19 people killed in a knife attack on Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a prefectural care home for people with disabilities, eight years ago.

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00:14

G-20 Finance Chiefs Adopt Statement on Digital...

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2024/07/26

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies on Thursday adopted a statement for the early implementation of digital services taxes, apparently with information technology behemoths in mind.

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00:11

Assigning Multiple Volunteer Probation Officers...

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2024/07/26

Japan's Justice Ministry has decided to expand the scope of cases in which multiple volunteer probation officers are assigned to watch over a person on probation, it was learned Friday.

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00:11

BOJ to Mull Possible Policy Rate Hike Next Week

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2024/07/26

The Bank of Japan is set to deliberate whether to hike its policy interest rate again at a two-day meeting from Tuesday, after the central bank ended its negative rate policy in March.

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00:11

5 Missing in Northeastern Japan after Heavy Rain

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2024/07/26

Five people have gone missing amid severe rain in the northeastern Japan prefectures of Yamagata and Akita, including two police officers responding to a distress call, police said Friday.

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Nadeshiko Japan Loses to Spain in Opener at Paris Games

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2024/07/26

Japan's national soccer team for women, known as Nadeshiko Japan, lost 1-2 to Spain on Thursday in its first group stage match at the Paris Olympic Games.

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00:09

Nitori Opens 1st Store in Indonesia

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2024/07/26

Japanese furniture retailer Nitori Holdings Co. opened a store at a shopping mall in West Jakarta on Thursday, its first outlet in Indonesia.

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00:11

Can Japan Carry Over Medal Momentum from Tokyo to Paris?

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2024/07/26

History shows that nations that enjoyed success in their home Olympics tend to continue riding the medal wave in the next quadrennial event, boosting hopes that Japan will do the same in the Paris Olympics.

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Tokyo Core Consumer Prices Rise 2.2 Pct in July

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2024/07/26

Core consumer prices in central Tokyo rose 2.2pctin July from a year before, climbing for the 35th consecutive month, Japan's internal affairs ministry said Friday.

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00:08

Brazil Apologizes for Persecution of Japan Immigrants...

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2024/07/26

The Brazilian government issued its first formal apology Thursday for its persecution of Japanese immigrants during World War II.

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00:12

Japan "Furusato Nozei" Donations...

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2024/07/25

The annual amount of money collected under Japan's "furusato nozei" hometown donation system is believed to have exceeded 1 trillion yen in fiscal 2023 for the first time ever, sources said Thursday.

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00:13

Japan Beverage Group Asahi to Quit Restaurant Biz

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2024/07/25

Japanese beverage group Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Thursday that it will quit the restaurant business by selling its "ryotei" high-end restaurant operator Nadaman Co. to food service company Onodera Group Co.

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