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5th Retrial Plea Filed for 1979 Murder in Osaki,...

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2026/01/08

Lawyers for a 98-year-old woman who served a prison term for the 1979 murder of a man in the town of Osaki in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, filed the fifth request for her retrial on Thursday.

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00:15

Residents Appeal Court Decision to Keep Fukui...

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2026/01/08

Local residents in the western Japan prefectures of Shiga and Osaka on Thursday filed an appeal against a district court's rejection of their plea to shut down nuclear reactors at three Kansai Electric Power Co. plants in the nearby prefecture of Fukui.

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00:13

Japanese Industries Worried over China's Export...

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2026/01/08

Japanese industries are on high alert over China's ban on exports of dual-use goods to Japan, amid Chinese media reports that rare earths crucial for the high technology sector could be among items subject to the measure.

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00:14

4 Arrested in Japan over Counterfeit Silver Coins

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2026/01/08

Tokyo police have arrested four suspects, including a Chinese national, for allegedly exchanging counterfeit commemorative 10,000-yen silver coins at financial institutions in at least seven of Japan's 47 prefectures.

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00:18

Japan Govt Spokesman Stresses U.S. Role in Int'l...

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2026/01/08

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday emphasized the importance of the United States' role in the international community, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the country's withdrawal from 66 international organizations including the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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00:11

Japan to Enhance Ties with Partners amid China's...

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2026/01/08

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes to enhance ties with partner countries amid China's coercive behavior, as she is set to receive South Korean and Italian leaders next week.

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00:13

New Chinese Gas Field Development Confirmed in East...

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2026/01/08

New gas field development activity by China has been confirmed near the median line between Japan and China in the East China Sea, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said at a press conference Thursday.

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00:11

Aeon Set to Make Drugstore Chain Tsuruha Subsidiary...

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2026/01/08

Major Japanese supermarket operator Aeon Co. is set to make drugstore chain Tsuruha Holdings Inc. a subsidiary next week following a tender offer that ended Tuesday.

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00:13

Japan Police to Ramp Up Steps against Laundering of...

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2026/01/08

Japanese police plan to strengthen penalties for illegal transfers of bank accounts and regulate so-called remittance side jobs as part of their efforts to beef up crackdowns on money laundering involving scam proceeds.

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00:14

LDP Hagiuda Favors Expanding Coalition over Lower...

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2026/01/08

Koichi Hagiuda, executive acting secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has said that his party should prioritize expanding its coalition framework over dissolving the House of Representatives for a snap election.

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00:15

Real Wages in Japan Fall for 11th Straight Month in Nov.

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2026/01/08

Japan's inflation-adjusted real wage index fell 2.8pctyear on year in November 2025, marking the 11th straight month of decline as wage growth failed to outpace rising prices, government data showed Thursday.

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00:10

Horse Park in Osaka Aiming to Protect Japanese Breed

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2026/01/08

A horse park in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka is protecting and raising "Dosanko" Japanese horses, with only some 1,000 of the breed to be found in Japan.

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00:14

Japan Sees Record 47,000 Asian Black Bear Sightings...

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2026/01/08

Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to November 2025 totaled 47,038, marking the highest figure since comparable data became available in fiscal 2009, according to the Environment Ministry.

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00:12

Japan to Establish Own Version of CFIUS

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2026/01/07

The Japanese government will set up a Japanese version of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, to conduct a cross-ministerial review of foreign investments in Japanese companies.

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00:13

Koizumi Seeks Local Understanding for Futenma Base...

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2026/01/07

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday met with Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi to seek local understanding for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base to the southern Japan city.

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00:10

Japan NRA Employee Loses Work-Issued Smartphone in China

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2026/01/07

An employee of the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority's secretariat lost a work-issued smartphone in China during a private trip last year, it was learned Wednesday.

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00:09

China Defends Ban on Dual-Use Goods Exports to Japan...

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2026/01/07

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday claimed that the country's ban on exports of dual-use goods to Japan is completely legitimate and legal.

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00:10

China Launches Antidumping Probe on Japanese Compound

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2026/01/07

China's Ministry of Commerce launched an antidumping investigation Wednesday into Japanese dichlorosilane, a compound used in semiconductor manufacturing.

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00:17

Social Gifting Booms in Japan; Market Nearly Quadruples

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2026/01/07

The market for so-called "social gifts," which allow people to send presents through social media or email, is expanding rapidly in Japan, with its size estimated at 600 billion yen this year, 3.8 times larger than six years ago, a private research firm said.

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00:11

Fukui Pref. Confirms Sexual Harassment by Ex-Gov.

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2026/01/07

The Fukui prefectural government, in a report released Wednesday, confirmed former Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto's sexual harassment against a female worker and other victims.

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