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00:12

Japan 2023 Fertility Rate Hits Record Low of 1.20

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2024/06/05

Japan's total fertility rate fell to a record low of 1.20 in 2023 from 1.26 in 2022, down for the eighth straight year, the health ministry said Wednesday.

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00:12

Japan Court Rejects Retrial for 1992 Murder of 2 Girls

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2024/06/05

A Japanese court Wednesday turned down a request for a retrial for the 1992 murder of two girls in the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka, for which a death row convict had been executed.

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00:21

Japan Welfare Applications Post 4th Consecutive...

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2024/06/05

The number of applications for public welfare benefits in Japan rose 2.3pctfrom the previous year to 251,364 in fiscal 2023, which ended in March, marking the fourth straight annual increase, according to preliminary survey results released by the welfare ministry survey on Wednesday.

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00:07

Japan Enacts Bill to Expand Measures for Tackling Low...

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2024/06/05

Japan's parliament Wednesday enacted a bill aimed at bolstering measures to tackle the country's declining birthrate.

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00:12

Japan OKs Int'l Treaty on Next-Generation...

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2024/06/05

Japan's parliament Wednesday approved an international treaty to set up an intergovernmental organization managing the joint development of the next-generation fighter jet by Japan, Britain and Italy.

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00:09

2 Elderly Japanese Found Dead in Southern Paraguay House

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2024/06/05

Law enforcement authorities of Paraguay have announced that two elderly Japanese men were found dead in their house in Pirapo, southern Paraguay.

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00:16

Local LDP Official Urges Kishida to Step Down

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2024/06/05

A senior local official of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has urged Prime Minister and LDP President Fumio Kishida to step down to change "the party's face" at a time when it is struggling amid low public support due to a high-profile slush fund scandal.

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00:12

Japan Logs Marked Slowdown in Real Wage Drop in April

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2024/06/05

Japan logged a marked slowdown in inflation-adjusted wage declines in April following pay hikes agreed in this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations, labor ministry data showed Wednesday.

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00:11

Ohtani's Ex-Interpreter Mizuhara Pleads Guilty...

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2024/06/05

Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani, pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud in a federal court in Santa Ana, California, on Tuesday.

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00:10

AI Tools to Detect Dementia under Development in Japan

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2024/06/04

Efforts are underway in Japan to develop artificial intelligence-based tools that will help detect dementia at an early stage, including one that analyzes how people walk.

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00:13

Japan Voices Concern to China over Yasukuni Vandalism...

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2024/06/04

Japan expressed concerns to China over video footage of vandalism to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine circulating on Chinese social media, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said at a press conference Tuesday.

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00:10

Campaign to Address Tourist Congestion in...

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2024/06/04

A group of Japanese companies said Tuesday that it will launch a campaign to help address congestion in tourist destinations in the Kyushu and Okinawa southwestern region.

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00:09

Mother Denies Helping Daughter Suspected of Beheading...

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2024/06/04

The mother of a 30-year-old woman charged with killing and beheading a man in Sapporo last July denied Tuesday that she provided assistance to the daughter.

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00:12

Japan to Develop Strategy for Int'l Intellectual...

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2024/06/04

The Japanese government said Tuesday that it will develop a comprehensive strategy as early as spring 2025 to help the country play a greater role in making international intellectual property rules.

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00:13

Japan Designates 4 Areas as Asset Management Special...

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2024/06/04

The Japanese government on Tuesday designated four areas as special zones to promote new entry and expansion of domestic and foreign financial and asset management businesses and attract inflows of foreign investment to the country.

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00:12

Hitachi Ties Up with Microsoft on Generative AI

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2024/06/04

Hitachi Ltd. said Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to collaborate in expanding the use of generative artificial intelligence to improve business productivity and efficiency.

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00:16

Japan Govt Urged to Set New Fiscal Reform Program

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2024/06/04

Private-sector members of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's key economic policy panel Tuesday urged the government to draw up a new fiscal reform program through fiscal 2030, when the country's population is projected to start declining in full swing.

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00:11

Japanese Boy Arrested for Stealing IDs on Bogus Website

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2024/06/04

Japanese police have arrested a 17-year-old boy for allegedly stealing IDs and passwords of people attempting to buy his fictitious online game account by guiding them to a fraudulent website.

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00:13

TEPCO Completes 2nd Round of FY 2024 Treated Water...

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2024/06/04

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it has completed as planned the second round of the fiscal 2024 release of treated water from its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean.

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00:15

Sysmex Raided for Alleged Tie-In Sales of Hospital...

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2024/06/04

The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday conducted an on-site inspection of medical equipment maker Sysmex Corp. in the western Japan city of Kobe on suspicion of illegal tie-in sales of hemostasis analyzers and test reagents.

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