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00:12

JR Kyushu Ferry Unit Found Covering Up Leak Problem

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2024/08/14

Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, said Wednesday that its jet ferry subsidiary covered up a water leak on a high-speed passenger ship linking Japan and South Korea for over three months.

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00:15

Japanese Celebrities Raising Alarm over Social Media...

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2024/08/14

Amid a surge in social media fraud cases in which Japanese celebrities' photographs are used without permission in fake advertisements to lure victims into making investments, those who have been impersonated in such ads have started to take preventative action.

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00:12

2 Chinese Ships Enter Japanese Waters off Senkaku Isles

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2024/08/14

Two Chinese coast guard ships entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa prefecture on Wednesday, marking the first such incursion by an official Chinese ship since Aug. 7.

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00:10

Meiji Yasuda to Acquire U.S. Life Insurer

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2024/08/14

Japan's Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. said Wednesday that it will acquire American Heritage Life Insurance Co. and a related firm for a total of 2 billion dollars.

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00:09

Aeon Employee Returns to Japan after Detention in...

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2024/08/14

An Aeon Co. employee returned to Japan Wednesday morning after over one month of detention by Myanmar's military regime, the Japanese retailer said.

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00:10

Kishida Not to Run in LDP Leadership Race

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2024/08/14

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida does not plan to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

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00:15

Takashi Morita, Who Led Efforts to Help A-Bomb...

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2024/08/14

Takashi Morita, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima who later immigrated to Brazil where he led efforts to help bomb survivors overseas, died of old age at a hospital in Sao Paulo on Monday. He was 100.

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00:16

96-Year-Old Japanese Breaks Silence about WWII...

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2024/08/14

Toshimizu Ishii, 96, has broken his silence about his bitter memories of working as an electrician at a base for balloon bombs released by the now-defunct Japanese military against the United States in the late stage of the Pacific War, part of World War II.

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00:08

Kishida Meets with Japan's Paris Olympics Medalists

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2024/08/13

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday met with 66 Japanese medalists in the Paris Summer Olympics who had returned home.

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00:11

All 4 Major Japan Brewers Log 1st-Half Sales Growth

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2024/08/13

All four major Japanese brewers posted higher sales for the first half of this year, thanks chiefly to price increases and the yen's weakening, according to their earnings reports released by Tuesday.

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00:11

Japan's Kishida Has Phone Talks with Kyrgyz,...

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2024/08/13

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday held separate telephone talks with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov and Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene.

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00:12

INTERVIEW: JPMorgan Wants 30 Pct Female Exec Ratio in...

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2024/08/13

JPMorgan Asset Management ()削除 Ltd. will request that Japanese companies raise the share of women on their boards to at least 30 pct, President Shoichi Okoshi has said.

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00:14

Kobayashi Pharma Fails to Report 11 More Suspected...

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2024/08/13

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. said Tuesday it has newly found 11 more fatalities that should have been reported to Japan's health ministry over possible links to supplement products containing its "beni koji" red fermented rice.

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00:09

Japan Transport Ministry Boosting Powers of...

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2024/08/13

Japan's transport ministry has begun strengthening the functions of "truck G-men," or inspectors who monitor working conditions in the logistics sector.

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00:16

Japan Lawmakers, Taiwan Leader Affirm Cooperation

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2024/08/13

A suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers, including Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday affirmed cooperation to maintain regional peace.

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00:11

20 Years Pass since U.S. Military Helicopter Crash in...

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2024/08/13

Students and others gathered at Okinawa International University in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Tuesday to mark 20 years since a U.S. military helicopter crashed into the school.

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00:10

Japan to Revise Consumption Tax Exemption for Visitors

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2024/08/13

Japan is considering revising the consumption tax exemption system for visitors from abroad to prevent goods bought tax-free from being resold within the country.

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00:14

Nippon Ishin Struggling to Rebuild after Missteps

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2024/08/13

Japanese opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 is struggling to regain momentum following a string of its recent missteps, ahead of the next election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament.

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00:13

Continence Care Market on Rise in Aging Japan

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2024/08/13

The Japanese market for continence care products such as paper diapers for adults is on the rise, prompting manufacturers to race to develop a range of products in anticipation of a surge in demand amid an aging population.

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00:09

Rice Price Futures Index Listed on Osaka Dojima Exchange

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2024/08/13

A Japanese rice price futures index was listed Tuesday on the Osaka Dojima Exchange, offering a hedge against future price fluctuations.

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