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00:09

Brokerage to Sell Tokens of Japanese Film Investor...

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2024/07/13

Phillip Securities Japan Ltd. has said it will begin selling on July 24 rights obtained in return for investment in film production.

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00:13

Japan's Sharp to Shed 500 Jobs thru Early...

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2024/07/13

Struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. is seeking to shed 500 jobs through an early voluntary retirement program at its Sakai plant in the western prefecture of Osaka, sources have said.

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00:13

Kishida, Scholz Agree on Japan-Germany Defense...

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2024/07/13

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed Friday to expand defense cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region in light of China's increasingly hegemonic actions there.

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00:14

Hyogo Vice Gov. to Resign over Death of Prefectural...

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2024/07/12

The vice governor of the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo said Friday that he will resign over the death of a prefectural government official who created and distributed a document about alleged harassment and other problems with Governor Motohiko Saito.

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00:17

Aeon's 1st-Quarter Net Profit Slumps 71.1 Pct

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2024/07/12

Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. said Friday that its consolidated net profit slumped 71.1pctfrom a year earlier to 5,125 million yen in the first quarter of the year through February 2025, weighed down by its wage hikes and price cuts.

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00:12

Keizai Doyukai Chief Urges BOJ to Raise Interest Rates

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2024/07/12

The head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, on Friday urged the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates at its next policy meeting later this month to stem the yen's weakening.

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00:10

Russian Deputy PM Visits Japan-Claimed Island

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2024/07/12

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev has visited one of four Russian-held islands that Japan calls its Northern Territories, the Sakhalin state government said Friday.

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00:13

Japan Intervened in Currency Market Thurs. Night,...

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2024/07/12

Japanese authorities are believed to have intervened in the currency market on Thursday night, when the yen surged against the dollar and other major currencies, market sources said, citing Bank of Japan data released on Friday.

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00:13

Summer Bonuses Hit Record High in Japan: Keidanren

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2024/07/12

The average summer bonus at major Japanese companies in 2024 hit a record high of 983,112 yen, a survey by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, showed Friday.

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00:08

NATO's Tokyo Office Plan Remains Shelved

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2024/07/12

NATO has made no progress in its plan to open a liaison office in Tokyo, a senior organization official has indicated.

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00:12

47 Nations Choose Self-Built Pavilions at 2025 Osaka...

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2024/07/12

Forty-seven nations have chosen Type A self-built pavilions at the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, Hanako Jimi, minister in charge of the event, said Friday.

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00:14

Ex-Senior Japanese Prosecutor Indicted for Sexual...

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2024/07/12

The Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office on Friday indicted Kentaro Kitagawa, a lawyer and former head of the prosecutors office in western Japan, for sexually assaulting a then female subordinate in 2018.

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00:11

China Military Increasingly Active in Pacific: Japan...

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2024/07/12

The Japanese government in an annual white paper adopted Friday expressed concern over China's growing military activities in wide areas around Japan, including the Pacific Ocean.

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00:13

U.S. Serviceman Denies Sexual Assault Allegations

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2024/07/12

A U.S. serviceman stationed in Okinawa Prefecture on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping a girl under the age of 16 in the southernmost Japan prefecture and nonconsensual sexual acts.

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00:18

Japan's FY 2023 Local Tax Revenues Hit Record...

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2024/07/12

Local tax revenues in Japan in fiscal 2023 totaled an estimated 45,706.4 billion yen, up 1.2pctfrom the previous year, hitting a record high for the third straight year, the internal affairs ministry said in a preliminary report on Friday.

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00:08

Mudslide Hits Japan's Matsuyama, Leaving 3 Missing

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2024/07/12

A mudslide took place in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, around 4 a.m. Friday, leaving three people missing.

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00:17

Japan Punishes 218 SDF Members, Defense Min. Officials

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2024/07/12

Japan's Defense Ministry on Friday punished 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior ministry officials over lax management of security secrets, benefit fraud by Maritime SDF members and power harassment, or workplace bullying, by senior bureaucrats.

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00:07

British Chipmaker Graphcore Acquired by SoftBank Group

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2024/07/12

British chipmaker Graphcore said Friday that it has been acquired by Japanese digital giant SoftBank Group Corp.

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00:12

Japan's Kishida Denies Possibility of Defense...

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2024/07/12

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday ruled out the possibility that Defense Minister Minoru Kihara will resign over widespread misconduct at the Defense Ministry and the Self-Defense Forces.

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00:12

Japan, Britain Agree on AI Cooperation

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2024/07/12

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed on Thursday to boost cooperation between their countries in a wide range of fields including artificial intelligence.

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