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Price hikes to hit Japanese households starting next month
Households will likely feel an increased financial burden, given that price hikes will also hit a wide range of food products.
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Japan’s population fell 2.5% between 2020 and 2025, census shows
This was the third consecutive decline in the five-year survey that dates back to 1920.
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Man held on suspicion of giving information to <i>tokuryū</i> criminal group
The arrest is believed to be the first by the Tokyo police of a suspected information source in connection with crimes involving tokuryū gro
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Smile-Up’s president announces he will step down
Masayuki Yamada, Smile-Up's chief compliance officer, will succeed Noriyuki Higashiyama as president.
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Smile-Up’s president announces he will step down
Masayuki Yamada, Smile-Up's chief compliance officer, will succeed Noriyuki Higashiyama as president.
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Europe’s LNG stores depleted ahead of winter as conflicts choke supplies
Steady year-round Russian pipeline gas has been scarce since the war in Ukraine, while the Iran conflict has stalled supplies from the Middl
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Trial of AI robot for visually impaired people shown in Tokyo
The robot is being developed by the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation with the aim of eventually offering it as a rental se
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JIP adviser says coalition with LDP hinges on delivering results
The JIP joined forces with the LDP on the basis of 48 policy pledges, 60% of which have been set in motion, former JIP leader Nobuyuki Baba
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Toyota’s car sales decline for seventh month as Chinese market favors EVs
Toyota- and Lexus-brand sales fell 23% in the world's biggest auto market in August on weak demand for gasoline and hybrid vehicles, Toyota
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University of Tokyo’s first female president vows to restore trust in scandal-hit school
Yuko Fujigaki, 64, told a news conference that she thinks being chosen to lead the 150-year-old institution "sends a powerful message to soc
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Tokyo sets a new record with 34 straight days of rain
The rainy-day streak is the longest since the Japan Meteorological Agency began keeping records in 1886.
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Thailand floods hit Thai Airways, Honda as disruption spreads
Thailand stepped up relief efforts as the severe flooding has widened the economic toll from days of torrential rain.
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Vietnam arrests three on terrorism charges, including Norwegian and Australian citizens
Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security said the three men had admitted to being members of Viet Tan, a U.S.-based pro-democracy group.
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Japanese volleyball player comes out as gay in rare case
Takahashi said his brother Ran, who is a hugely popular star with Japan's national volleyball team, helped him come to terms with his sexual
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Closure of Seibu Shibuya store to end 58 years of shaping youth culture
The store, which opened in April 1968, attracted customers with luxury-brand shops while helping to promote cutting-edge fashion.
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Reflationists? Who? Us?
Heirs to Abenomics distance themselves from the policy as markets force their hand.
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Japan’s Specified Skilled Worker visa holders rise to record numbers
The number of foreign workers in the country on the visa reached a total 444,256 at the end of June, up 13.8% from six months earlier.
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Japan veers from rice shortage to glut, dealing blow to farmers
The oversupply is expected to weigh on prices until next year, adding to the insurmountable problems faced by many in an already-shrinking s
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Nidec’s unending turmoil raises specter of breakup or takeover
With shares now worth about one-third of their 2021 peak, the ongoing chaos increases the odds of Nidec becoming a buyout or breakup candida
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Third-string QB Case Keenum guides Bears to blowout of Eagles
Keenum made his first NFL appearance since December 2023, when he was with the Houston Texans.
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America is running out of weapons. Blame Congress.
The U.S. is facing a "munitions shortage," with stockpiles of critical offensive and defensive missiles severely depleted and shrinking.
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Seoul says North Korea’s mines likely behind DMZ explosions
South Korea's military vowed to respond if a final investigation confirms Pyongyang's involvement in the blasts that injured three soldiers.
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Residents of Polish region key for NATO try to live normally despite threat
The 104-kilometer Suwalki Gap is one of the most strategic points along the military alliance's eastern flank.
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Pope Leo says concerns about AI doom scenarios are not ‘fake news’
Leo, the first U.S. pope, also directly criticized technology CEOs who argued there should be no guardrails on the technology.
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