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Takaichi mentions Okinawa murder in parliament speech as U.S. military weighs response
The U.S. side was weighing a period of mourning, among other measures, after a U.S. Marine was arrested in connection with the killing.
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U.S. accuses California woman of spying for China, surveilling Taiwan leader’s son
U.S. officials say Wanying Zhang used tradecraft to avoid detection and never notified Washington that she was acting for a foreign governme
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Takaichi lays out ‘proactive fiscal policy’ as new session of parliament begins
In her policy address, the prime minister said Japan needed further action to turn higher wages and investment into sustained growth.
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Scandal-hit mayor up against six challengers in Yokohama race
Former Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka is in focus ahead of the Oct. 18 poll, which comes just weeks after his resignation over harassment.
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A first look aboard the shinkansen’s new Supreme Class
From Oct. 1, select trains running between Tokyo and Hakata will offer the most luxurious way yet to travel on a bullet train.
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Braves bounce back with victory to pull even in NLDS against Dodgers
Michael Harris II went 3-for-5 with a triple and a double, scored one run and drove in another as the Braves head home in the best-of-five s
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Instrument seller works to make disaster-hit town in Miyagi a music hub
Chiba Prefecture-based Sound House has established a logistics center and showroom in the town of Onagawa, which was struck by the March 201
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Drake Maye has big day as Patriots beat Bills
Maye ended the game with 269 passing yards and another 54 rushing.
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Hiroshima’s rural high schools attract students from across Japan
Hiroshima's experiment is part of a broader national trend that sees small, rural high schools recruiting students from outside their prefec
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Millennium to hire Jera power trader in Japan energy push
Since being liberalized about a decade ago, Japan's power market has drawn growing interest from domestic and overseas firms as trading expa
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Portugal keeps door open for star Ronaldo to return
Ronaldo left Portugal's training camp after being an unused substitute in a win over Norway and learning he would not start against Denmark.
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South Korea soccer captain apologizes for gloating about military exemption
South Korea defeated host Japan 1-0 on Saturday in the men's final in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, for their fourth Asian Games title in a row.
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EU and China to hold two-day talks in Beijing aiming to avert trade war
A shift by Chinese firms into more high-tech manufacturing is threatening many traditional EU industries.
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BOJ’s deputy chief flags AI’s possible impact on neutral rate
The comments come as economists and market players try to assess high quickly and how far the BOJ will raise interest rates.
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Mayor pushing for spent nuclear-fuel facility reelected in Yamaguchi
Tetsuo Nishi said nuclear power-related subsidies from the state would help fund the town's child-rearing and resident-welfare measures.
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On daughter’s birthday, mother of abductee Megumi Yokota prays for reunion
Sakie Yokota had prepared a birthday cake for her daughter every year, but she stopped a few years ago as it was "painful."
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Thai police rescue two Japanese men believed to have been forced into fraud
The men are believed to have been forced to take part in fraud at a base in Myanmar.
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Extreme heat putting pregnant women and newborns at risk, U.N. says
Around 33 countries, spanning from western Europe to the Sahel and central America, recorded their hottest July since records began this yea
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Nippon Paint to buy Akzo’s Southeast Asia unit for $1.35 billion
Japan's No. 1 paint company had previously sought to buy Akzo's entire residential and commercial paints unit for $8.4 billion.
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Taiwan’s envoy prods Trump administration on stalled arms sale
U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to woo Chinese President Xi Jinping have sowed uncertainty about the United States' commitment to Taiw
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Netanyahu orders security review of flights to Israel after Flydubai attack
Israeli media outlets have reported that pilots from countries hostile to Israel have repeatedly flown into the country in recent years.
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Japan should keep focus on cheap Mideast oil, local refiner says
The comments from Taiyo Oil's CEO push back against a government drive to diversify crude sourcing triggered by the U.S.-Iran war.
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MSDF deploys V-BAT uncrewed surveillance aircraft
The aircraft can autonomously patrol predetermined routes, collecting surveillance footage and transmitting it to a command vessel in real t
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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has rare cautionary note on AI safety
Superintelligence in t wrong hands can become "super dangerous," the SoftBank Group chief said.
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