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The Japanese Foreign Ministry has protested an apparent maritime survey by South Korea in Japan's exclusive economic zone south of the Sea of Japan islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.Par 時事通信社
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Spending by households with two or more members in Japan in April averaged 313,300 yen, rising 0.5pctfrom a year before in inflation-adjusted real terms, internal affairs ministry data showed Friday.Par 時事通信社
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday instructed his government to draw up as soon as possible legislation to introduce an active cyber defense system justifying pre-emptive actions against cyberattacks.Par 時事通信社
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Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a bill to revise the swords and firearms control law to ban acts of explaining online ways to manufacture guns and encouraging unlawful possession of such weapons, making such acts punishable.Par 時事通信社
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A Japanese research group has said that it became the world's first to succeed in producing regulatory T cells, which suppress excessive immune responses, from human induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells.Par 時事通信社
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The Imperial Household Agency released on Thursday 21 photos of Japanese Emperor Naruhito's family taken during their recent stay at a farm in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, and seven photos of cats related to the family.Par 時事通信社
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Canadian police Thursday identified a man fatally stabbed in Vancouver in the early hours of Wednesday as 32-year-old Wataru Kakiuchi from Japan.Par 時事通信社
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is seen visiting Kazakhstan early in August to hold his country's first summit with five Central Asian nations, informed sources have said.Par 時事通信社
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The Japan External Trade Organization, or JETRO, held an event in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Thursday to help Japanese and Ukrainian companies pursue business opportunities.Par 時事通信社
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Thursday it will set up a joint research foothold at Kyoto University in July to find solutions on social issues.Par 時事通信社
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The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, or JAMSTEC, said Thursday that it observed a tsunami that occurred off Torishima, an island in the Izu chain in the Pacific, in October last year using the long-distance fiber-optic cable it placed for research purposes on the seabed off Cape Muroto in the western prefecture of Kochi.…
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The Japanese government plans to take all possible measures to ensure continued wage increases that exceed inflation, according to a draft of its annual economic and fiscal policy guidelines.Par 時事通信社
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An advisory panel to UNESCO has highly evaluated Japan's bid to get the Sado gold mine site in Niigata Prefecture registered as a World Cultural Heritage, Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs said Thursday.Par 時事通信社
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The Japanese government plans to set an upper limit on the number of people to be covered by a proposed three-year foreign workforce development program, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday.Par 時事通信社
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Japan will aim to introduce robotaxis by fiscal 2026 as part of a road map for promoting self-driving technology, digital transformation minister Taro Kono said Thursday.Par 時事通信社
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Suzuki Motor Corp.'s Spacia minivehicle became Japan's bestselling car for the first time in May, the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association said Thursday.Par 時事通信社
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Bank of Japan policymaker Toyoaki Nakamura said Thursday that it would be too early for the BOJ to decide on an interest rate hike at its next policy-setting meeting on June 13-14.Par 時事通信社
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Japan's industry ministry released an annual report Thursday criticizing China's ban on imports of fishery products from Japan, which it introduced after Japan began releasing treated water from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the sea last August.Par 時事通信社
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Major Ukrainian information technology company Eleks plans to strengthen its operations in Japan, company officials have revealed.Par 時事通信社
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he will attend a summit of the Group of Seven major democracies in Italy next week.Par 時事通信社
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Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old university freshman for allegedly engaging in lewd acts with an 11-year-old girl who had run away from home.Par 時事通信社
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Japan's House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill submitted by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to revise the political funds control law.Par 時事通信社
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U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante will visit Japan this week to attend the first meeting of the Japan-U.S. Defense Industrial Cooperation Acquisition and Sustainment Forum, or DICAS, a spokesperson for the Defense Department said Wednesday.Par 時事通信社
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A Japanese study has found that the lower the income, the more likely people have high blood pressure in Japan.Par 時事通信社
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed Japan for stalled talks between the two nations to resolve their dispute over four Russian-held islands that Japan claims as its Northern Territories and to conclude a peace treaty to formally end their World War II hostilities.Par 時事通信社
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Japan's transport ministry on Thursday conducted an on-site inspection of Suzuki Motor Corp.'s headquarters after irregularities were found in the company's vehicle testing to obtain type approval.Par 時事通信社
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Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. has said it will launch The Nikka Nine Decades premium whisky, whose reference retail price is set at 330,000 yen per bottle, to mark the firm's 90th anniversary.Par 時事通信社
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Tokyo DisneySea on Thursday opened its new Fantasy Springs area featuring popular Disney movies within the theme park in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.Par 時事通信社
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Osaka Gas Co. has shown the press its test equipment to synthesize methane from water and carbon dioxide in a research institute in the western Japan city of Osaka.Par 時事通信社
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UA Zensen, a federation of labor unions in the Japanese retail and service industries, Wednesday urged employers to create a manual of instructions to address the harassment of workers by customers.Par 時事通信社
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Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corp. launched a debate Wednesday to update Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s medium-term business plan, which includes how to secure compensation costs following its nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture in 2011.Par 時事通信社
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Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it plans for now to suspend production of three vehicle models involved in certification irregularities from Thursday to June 28.Par 時事通信社
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Lifetime disposable income for households with wives who continue working post-childbirth is 167 million yen higher than that for those who quit their jobs and remain unemployed, a Japanese government estimate showed Wednesday.Par 時事通信社
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Japan's parliament enacted on Wednesday an amended law stipulating government assistance for young people who provide daily care for family members.Par 時事通信社
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Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp. said Wednesday that it will set up a facility at Hokkaido University to assess and analyze next-generation semiconductors.Par 時事通信社
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The Japanese government decided Wednesday to draw up a new strategy by the end of this year to increase the country's infrastructure exports.Par 時事通信社
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Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin Co. said Wednesday that it will raise 55 billion yen to address an unauthorized outflow of about 48.2 billion yen's worth of bitcoin.Par 時事通信社
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The growth rate of monthly wages of full-time employees at small companies in Japan stood at 3.62 pct, or 9,662 yen in value terms, on weighted average in fiscal 2024, a survey by the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry found Wednesday.Par 時事通信社
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A special committee of Japan's House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill submitted by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to revise the political funds control law in the wake of the LDP's high-profile "slush fund" scandal.Par 時事通信社
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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.Par 時事通信社
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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.Par 時事通信社
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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.Par 時事通信社
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Japan's parliament Wednesday enacted a bill aimed at bolstering measures to tackle the country's declining birthrate.Par 時事通信社
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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.Par 時事通信社
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Law enforcement authorities of Paraguay have announced that two elderly Japanese men were found dead in their house in Pirapo, southern Paraguay.Par 時事通信社
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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.Par 時事通信社
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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.Par 時事通信社
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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.Par 時事通信社
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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.Par 時事通信社
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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.Par 時事通信社
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