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2026 POLLS: LDP Fund Scandal, Centrist Party Security...

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2026/01/31

With the campaigning for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election kicking off in Japan, many social media users have turned their negative attention on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's political funds scandal and the new opposition Centrist Reform Alliance's security policy.

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00:17

Chinese Advised Not to Visit Japan after Robbery

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2026/01/31

The Chinese Embassy in Tokyo has advised Chinese citizens again to refrain from visiting Japan, following an incident in which a group comprising Chinese and Japanese nationals was robbed of suitcases apparently containing a total of 423 million yen in cash in Tokyo.

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00:10

Travelers between Japan, S. Korea Hit Record High in...

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2026/01/31

The number of people who traveled between Japan and South Korea in 2025 exceeded 13 million to hit an annual record high, statistics from the two countries have shown.

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00:08

Japanese Actress Ryoko Yonekura Not Indicted over...

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2026/01/31

Public prosecutors have stopped short of indicting Japanese actress Ryoko Yonekura over a suspected illegal drug case.

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00:17

Japan's Negative Net Worth Hits 699 T. Yen at...

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2026/01/31

The Japanese government's excess debts over assets calculated using the private sector's accounting methods reached 699.9 trillion yen at the end of fiscal 2024, an increase of 4.2 trillion yen from a year before, the Finance Ministry has said.

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00:09

Japan Govt Data Confirms No Forex Intervention in Jan.

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2026/01/30

Japanese Finance Ministry data confirmed Friday that there had been no foreign exchange market intervention in the period between Dec. 29 and Wednesday.

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00:16

Japan, S. Korea Defense Chiefs Agree on Mutual Visits

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2026/01/30

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his South Korean counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back, agreed to conduct mutual visits every year, at a meeting on Friday at the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.

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00:15

Japan Housing Starts Fall to 62-Year Low in 2025

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2026/01/30

Housing starts in Japan fell 6.5pctfrom the previous year to 740,667 units in 2025, down for the third straight year and hitting a 62-year low, the land ministry said Friday.

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00:15

Private Rice Stocks in Japan Jump 34 Pct in Dec.

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2026/01/30

Private rice stocks in Japan surged 34pctfrom a year earlier to 3.38 million tons at the end of December, reflecting slow rice sales due to elevated prices, an agriculture ministry report showed Friday.

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00:08

Japan Struggling to Reduce Rare Earth Dependence on...

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2026/01/30

Japan is facing the challenge of becoming less dependent on rare earth imports from China amid souring ties between Tokyo and Beijing.

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00:12

Harvard Professor Emeritus Akira Iriye Dies at 91

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2026/01/30

Akira Iriye, a renowned scholar of international politics and professor emeritus at Harvard University, died in the United States on Tuesday at the age of 91, according to informed sources.

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00:11

Japan Forms Group to Protect Juveniles from Social...

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2026/01/30

Japan's Children and Families Agency has set up a working group to discuss possible regulation of social media services to prevent juveniles from being caught up in problems via the internet.

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00:13

INTERVIEW: JCP's Shii Says LDP Politics Worse...

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2026/01/30

The politics of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have deteriorated step by step over the past three decades, Kazuo Shii, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party's Central Committee, said in a recent interview.

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00:14

Japan Sees Record 42.43 M. Foreign Entrants in 2025

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2026/01/30

The number of foreigners entering Japan rose 15.4pctfrom the previous year to 42.43 million in 2025, marking a record high for the second straight year, preliminary government data showed Friday.

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00:11

2026 POLLS: JIP Vows to Be...

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2026/01/30

Hirofumi Yoshimura, leader of the Japan Innovation Party, said that his party will take the role of the "accelerator" in propelling its coalition with Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party forward.

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00:11

JR Joban Line Suspended Due to Power Failure at...

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2026/01/30

Train services on East Japan Railway Co.'s Joban Line were partially suspended for about seven hours Friday after an overhead power line snapped at Tokyo's Ueno Station.

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00:11

Full Wage Talks Start in Japan with Labor-Management...

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2026/01/30

A labor-management forum hosted by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, was held in Tokyo on Friday, kicking off full-fledged "shunto" spring wage negotiations.

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00:12

Host Arrested for Using Dating App to Lure Women to...

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2026/01/30

Japanese police have arrested a 27-year-old male host on suspicion of violating the amusement business law by using a dating app to solicit female customers to a "host club" in Tokyo.

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00:14

Japan's Job Availability Ratio Falls to 1.22 in...

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2026/01/30

Japan's average ratio of effective job openings to seekers in 2025 fell 0.03 point from the previous year to 1.22, declining for the second straight year, the labor ministry said Friday.

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00:17

Foreign Workers in Japan Hit Record 2.57 M.

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2026/01/30

The number of foreign workers in Japan as of the end of October 2025 jumped 11.7pctfrom a year before to 2,571,037, hitting a record high for 13 years in a row amid the country's labor shortages, the labor ministry said Friday.

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