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00:12

Japan, Ukraine Agree on Talks within 24 Hours of Attack

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2024/06/13

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed on Thursday that their governments will hold talks within 24 hours in the event of a military attack on Ukraine.

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00:10

LDP Scraps Plan for Constitution Revision This Diet...

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2024/06/13

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has abandoned its plan to submit a draft of constitutional revision during the current Diet session ending on June 23.

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00:15

Yamaguchi's Tenure as Komeito Leader May Be...

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2024/06/13

The tenure of Natsuo Yamaguchi, 71, as leader of Komeito, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, may be extended, given the possibility that the next general election will be held this autumn, party sources said Thursday.

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00:10

Japan Lower House Demands Gaza Ceasefire

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2024/06/13

Japan's House of Representatives on Thursday adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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00:14

Tokyo District Court Revokes 2013-2015 Welfare...

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2024/06/13

Tokyo District Court on Thursday revoked welfare benefit cuts between 2013 and 2015 for plaintiffs in the Japanese capital, finding that the government's decision to lower the standard amounts of benefits went beyond its scope of discretion.

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00:13

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa No. 7 Reactor Now Ready for Restart

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2024/06/13

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it has completed safety inspections at the idled No. 7 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.

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00:10

Honda, Mitsubishi to Launch Joint EV Battery Company

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2024/06/13

Honda Motor Co. said Thursday that it will establish a joint company with general trader Mitsubishi Corp. for operations related to electric vehicle batteries.

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00:10

37 Pct in Japan Back Opening Up Ride-Hailing Market

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2024/06/13

The idea of opening up the ride-hailing market has won support from 37.6pctof people in Japan, a Jiji Press survey has shown.

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00:12

Japan Logistics Firms Scramble to Reduce Redeliveries

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2024/06/13

Logistics companies in Japan are racking their brains to come up with ways to reduce parcel redeliveries as they face serious shortages of truck drivers due to new overtime regulations that took effect in April.

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00:10

Japan Upper House Committee Passes Foreign Worker Bill

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2024/06/13

Japan's House of Councillors committee passed on Thursday a bill to create a new skill development program for foreign workers to ease serious labor shortages in the country.

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00:10

Sony Pictures Acquires U.S. Movie Theater Chain

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2024/06/13

U.S. film studio Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday that it has acquired Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the seventh-largest theater chain in North America.

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00:12

Ex-S'pore Diplomat Referred to Japan Prosecutors...

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2024/06/13

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday sent prosecutors papers on a former Singaporean diplomat on suspicion of secretly photographing a naked boy at a public bath in the Japanese capital.

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00:16

Ex-Japan Lower House Member Konno Arrested over...

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2024/06/13

Tokyo police have arrested Tomohiro Konno, a former member of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, for allegedly lending his name as a lawyer to other people and allowing them to do legal work, in violation of the attorney law.

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00:07

Japan Post Announces Oct. Postage Hike

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2024/06/13

Japan Post Co. announced Thursday that it will raise postage rates for letters and postcards in October.

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00:16

30 Months Sought for Ex-Nursery Head over Girl's...

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2024/06/13

Public prosecutors Thursday demanded a prison term of two years and six months for the former head of a "kodomoen" kindergarten-nursery hybrid in central Japan over a 2022 incident in which a 3-year-old girl died of heatstroke after being left in the school's bus.

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00:19

Kishida Cabinet Approval Hits New Low of 16.4 Pct:...

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2024/06/13

The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet in June dropped 2.3 percentage points from the previous month to 16.4 pct, the worst level since the ruling Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in 2012, a Jiji Press public opinion survey showed Thursday.

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00:17

"Doctor Yellow" Test Shinkansen...

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2024/06/13

Iconic test trains nicknamed "Doctor Yellow," used to monitor conditions of tracks and overhead wires for Japan's Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train lines while traveling, are set to retire due to their aging, to the disappointment of train lovers in the country, including children.

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00:11

Japan Govt Spokesman Mum on Reported Contact with N....

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2024/06/13

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday avoided commenting on a media report that Japan secretly came in contact with North Korea in Mongolia last month.

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00:07

Honda Unveils New Electric Commercial Minivehicle

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2024/06/13

Honda Motor Co. unveiled a new electric commercial minivehicle called N-Van e: on Thursday.

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00:14

Record 3,568 People Stranded on Mountains in Japan in...

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2024/06/13

The number of people who got stranded on mountains in Japan rose to 3,568 in 2023, the highest level since the statistics began in 1961, National Police Agency data showed Thursday.

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