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00:12

Japan School Achievement Test to Go Fully Online in...

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2024/07/08

Japan's education ministry said Monday that it plans to make its national achievement test for junior high school third-graders and elementary school sixth-graders fully online, starting in fiscal 2027.

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00:09

BOJ's Economic Views Raised for 2 Regions,...

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2024/07/08

The Bank of Japan upgraded its economic assessments for two of the country's nine regions and lowered them for two others, in a quarterly report released Monday.

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00:15

Resonac to Form Japan-U.S. Consortium for Chip...

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2024/07/08

Resonac Holdings Corp. said Monday it will set up a consortium comprising 10 Japanese and U.S. semiconductor materials and equipment companies in Silicon Valley to develop technologies for the back-end process in semiconductor manufacturing.

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00:10

Japan to Permit Rifle Use in Residential Areas for...

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2024/07/08

An expert panel of Japan's Environment Ministry on Monday approved the idea of allowing the use of rifles to hunt bears under some conditions in residential areas.

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00:18

FOCUS: Sense of Crisis Remains in LDP over Next...

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2024/07/08

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party still has a sense of crisis over the next general election even after Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, supported by the LDP, won a landslide victory in Sunday's gubernatorial election by beating rivals including one backed by opposition parties.

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00:11

Environment Min. Meets Again with Minamata Disease...

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2024/07/08

Japanese Environment Minister Shintaro Ito on Monday met again with Minamata disease sufferers after the microphone was abruptly switched off at a previous meeting while such people were speaking.

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00:12

Ex-PM Abe Remembered 2 Years after Shooting

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2024/07/08

Flowers and prayers were offered for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday, which marked the second anniversary of his gunning down during a stump speech in the western Japan city of Nara.

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00:14

Japan SDF Hiring Falls Far Short of Target in FY 2023

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2024/07/08

The number of Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel hired in fiscal 2023 totaled 9,959, only 51pctof the Defense Ministry's target, the ministry announced Monday.

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00:11

Japan, Philippines Ink Reciprocal Access Agreement

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2024/07/08

Japan and the Philippines signed on Monday a reciprocal access agreement to facilitate visits to each other's country by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the Philippine military.

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00:11

Taiwan to Name Lee as de Facto Ambassador to Japan

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2024/07/08

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te plans to appoint Lee Yi-yang, former vice president of the Examination Yuan, as the next de facto ambassador to Japan, a source has said.

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00:17

Japan Logs Largest May Current Account Surplus

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2024/07/08

Japan posted 2,849.9 billion yen in current account surplus in May, up 41.8pctfrom a year before and the largest for the month since comparable statistics became available in 1985, Finance Ministry data showed Monday.

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00:13

Japan Real Wages Fall for 26th Straight Month in May

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2024/07/08

Japan's inflation-adjusted real wage index declined 1.4pctfrom a year before in May, extending its record declining streak to a 26th month, the labor ministry said Monday.

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00:14

FOCUS: Tokyo Gov. Koike to Face Real Test after...

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2024/07/08

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is bound to face a real test over policies related to child-rearing and education, following her winning of a third term in Sunday's closely watched gubernatorial election in the Japanese capital.

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00:06

INTERVIEW: World Bank Unit Calls for Japanese...

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2024/07/08

By Adriana Reinecke

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00:15

LDP Suffers Major Defeat in Tokyo Assembly By-Elections

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2024/07/08

The Liberal Democratic Party suffered a major defeat in Sunday's by-elections for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, chiefly reflecting a backlash caused by a high-profile slush funds scandal involving factions at the ruling party in national politics.

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00:08

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike Certain to Win 3rd Term

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2024/07/07

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is certain to win a third term after polls closed in Sunday's gubernatorial election.

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00:17

Kishida Renews Resolve to Amend Constitution 2 Yrs...

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2024/07/07

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday that he will continue to work to revise the Constitution, fully overcome deflation and strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance, as pursued by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead two years ago.

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00:10

Mercury Hits 40 Degrees Celsius in Shizuoka, 1st in...

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2024/07/07

Temperatures rose to 40 degrees Celsius in the central Japan city of Shizuoka at 1:18 p.m. Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

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00:17

Unification Church in Tough Position 2 Yrs after Abe...

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2024/07/07

As Monday marks the second anniversary of the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Unification Church finds itself in a difficult position as the incident shed light on the religious group's controversial practices, such as collecting massive donations from its followers.

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00:11

Defense Ministry to Punish Officials over Harassment...

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2024/07/07

Japan's Defense Ministry plans to shortly release the results of its internal investigation into a series of harassment cases and punish officials involved, government sources said Sunday.

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