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Honda CEO Apologizes to Shareholders for Test Fraud

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2024/06/19

Honda Motor Co. CEO Toshihiro Mibe apologized to shareholders on Wednesday for irregularities in engine testing involving the Japanese automaker.

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00:14

Former Japanese Nurse Gets Indefinite Term in Appeal...

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2024/06/19

Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling on Wednesday that sentenced a 37-year-old former nurse to an indefinite prison term for murdering three patients at a hospital in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, in 2016.

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00:12

CDP to Submit No-Confidence Motion against Kishida on...

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2024/06/19

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the country's main opposition party, decided Wednesday to submit a motion of no confidence against the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday.

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00:10

Ex-Husband Nabbed after Family Members Found Dead in...

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2024/06/19

Police arrested a 46-year-old man Wednesday on suspicion of killing his former wife, who was found dead near the bodies of their three children at their house in Tokyo in May.

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00:14

Visitors to Japan Hit May Record High of 3.04 M.

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2024/06/19

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan rose 60.1pctfrom a year before to 3,040,100 in May, hitting a record high for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.

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00:13

Ex-Nikai Faction Accountant Admits Funds Scandal Charges

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2024/06/19

The former chief accountant of a Liberal Democratic Party faction led by former party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai on Friday admitted charges linked to a political funds scandal rocking the ruling party.

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00:13

Blackstone to Acquire Japanese Digital Comics Provider

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2024/06/19

U.S. investment firm Blackstone Inc. has announced that it will acquire Japanese digital comics provider Infocom Corp. for a total of about 280 billion yen, its largest investment in Japan.

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00:15

CDP's Izumi Urges Kishida to Call Snap Election...

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2024/06/19

Kenta Izumi, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, called on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap election, during a Diet debate between party leaders on Friday.

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00:07

Japanese Critic Toshiko Marks Dies at 88

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2024/06/19

Japanese critic Toshiko Marks died at her home in London on Saturday at the age of 88, informed sources said.

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00:12

Japan Enacts Bill to Create Japanese Version of DBS

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2024/06/19

Japan's parliament Wednesday enacted a bill to create a Japanese version of Britain's Disclosure and Barring Service, to check whether people holding or seeking jobs that involve contact with children have sex crime records.

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00:12

Nintendo to Release New Mario, Zelda Games for Switch

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2024/06/19

Japan's Nintendo Co. has said it will release new game titles for its flagship video game console Nintendo Switch, including Mario Party, Mario & Luigi and Legend of Zelda games.

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00:13

BOJ Member Saw Need for Timely Rate Hike: April Minutes

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2024/06/19

A Bank of Japan policymaker stressed at an April meeting the need for raising interest rates "in a timely and appropriate manner" as the BOJ gets closer to achieving its inflation target, the minutes of the meeting showed Wednesday.

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00:13

Ricoh to Release 1st Pentax-Brand Film Camera in 21...

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2024/06/19

Japanese precision equipment maker Ricoh Co. will release the first film camera under the Pentax brand in 21 years on July 12, after acquiring the brand from lens maker Hoya Corp. in 2011.

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00:14

Japan Logs 1.2-T.-Yen Trade Deficit in May

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2024/06/19

Japan posted a customs-cleared trade deficit of 1,221.3 billion yen in May as crude oil imports swelled due to higher resources prices and a weak yen, a government report showed Wednesday.

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00:11

Japan Enacts Bill for Emergency State Power over...

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2024/06/19

Japan's parliament enacted Wednesday a bill to give the central government power to issue necessary instructions to local governments in the event of emergencies such as disasters and pandemics.

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00:12

Japan to Revise Probe Guidelines for Serious Bullying...

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2024/06/19

Japan's education ministry on Wednesday presented a draft of revisions to its investigation guidelines for serious bullying cases in which children are suspected of having suffered severe physical or mental damage.

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00:09

HondaJet Rental Service to Be Launched for Corporate...

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2024/06/19

Japan's Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it will launch a service to rent its HondaJet small business aircraft to corporate customers later this month.

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00:11

Noto Quake's Death Toll Seen Exceeding Kumamoto...

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2024/06/18

The death toll from the Noto Peninsula earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 1 is likely to exceed that from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, it was learned Tuesday.

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00:16

Norinchukin Bank to Sell Up to 10 T. Yen of U.S,...

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2024/06/18

Norinchukin Bank plans to sell up to 10 trillion yen's worth of U.S. Treasuries and European bonds, likely to leave it with some 1.5 trillion yen in consolidated net loss in the year ending in March 2025, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

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00:14

Japan Likely to Enact LDP's Political Funds Bill...

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2024/06/18

Japan's parliament is expected to enact a bill sponsored by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to revise the political funds control law on Wednesday after a committee of the House of Councillors, its upper chamber, approved the legislation on Tuesday.

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