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00:08

Rice Shortage Caused by Last Year's Heat Wave...

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2024/07/27

Japan is suffering from a scarcity of rice as quality issues stemming from the heat wave last year has led to a decline in distribution.

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00:18

Japan, Norway Agree to Cooperate for Safety of Paris...

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2024/07/27

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and her Norwegian counterpart Espen Eide, meeting in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, have agreed to cooperate for safety of the Paris Olympic Games following the vandalism, such as arson, that hit France's high-speed railway network early Friday.

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00:10

Japan's Sado Island Gold Mines OK'd for...

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2024/07/27

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee unanimously decided Saturday to register Sado Island Gold Mines in central Japan as a World Cultural Heritage site.

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00:10

Paris Olympics Begins with Opening Ceremony on Seine...

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2024/07/27

The Paris Olympic Games fully kicked off Friday with an opening ceremony featuring a parade of boats carrying athletes from over 200 countries and regions on the Seine River.

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00:11

Suzuki, Yellen Discuss Aid to Ukraine

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2024/07/27

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday discussed aid to Ukraine, including through the use of frozen Russian assets.

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00:11

G-20 Finance Chiefs Reaffirm Agreement on Forex

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2024/07/27

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies reaffirmed Friday their past agreement warning against excessive foreign exchange market fluctuations.

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00:11

Kobayashi Pharma Fails to Report Some "Beni...

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2024/07/26

Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. said Friday that it has failed to report to the health ministry some products containing its "beni koji" red fermented rice that were supplied to five companies.

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00:12

Fukushima Startups Exhibit Drones at Int'l Show...

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2024/07/26

Two startups from Japan's Fukushima Prefecture exhibited their self-developed drones at this year's Farnborough International Airshow, held Monday to Friday in Farnborough, Hampshire, southern Britain.

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00:11

Toyota to Build EV Battery Plant in Fukuoka Pref.

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2024/07/26

Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to build a plant in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, informed sources said Friday.

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00:13

Japan, S. Korea Top Diplomats Affirm Stronger...

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2024/07/26

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and her South Korean counterpart, Cho Tae-yul, on Friday affirmed the importance of cooperation to maintain and strengthen a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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00:10

Embattled Hyogo Governor Vows to Serve Out His Term

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2024/07/26

Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito, facing power harassment and other allegations, vowed Friday to serve out his current term through July 2025.

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00:12

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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