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Back to SearchFormer PM Suga Not to Run in Upcoming General Election
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans not to run in the upcoming election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower cha…
2 days ago
CDP, Komeito Form New Party Called "Centrist Reform Alliance"
The leaders of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, formerly a longtime ally of the ruling Liberal Democratic Pa…
2 days ago
Osaka Court Dismisses Request to Ban Executions by Hanging
Osaka District Court on Friday dismissed a request from three death-row inmates for the state to ban executions by hanging.
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Tokyo's Yamanote Line Temporarily Halted on Power Outage
East Japan Railway Co.'s busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo was temporarily halted on all sections Friday because of a predawn power outage that occurred du…
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JAW to Seek Pay Hike of at Least 12,000 Yen
The Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions, or JAW, will demand a monthly pay scale hike of 12,000 yen or more in the upcoming "shunto" sp…
2 days, 4 hours ago
Japan Farm Minister Visits Paris for Rice Exports
Japanese agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki has inspected "onigiri" rice ball and Japanese food shops, as well as local supermarkets, in Paris as h…
2 days, 6 hours ago
Takaichi Asks Female Envoys to Cooperate against Gender Barriers
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has called for united action to eliminate barriers facing women seeking leadership roles, at a meeting with fe…
2 days, 7 hours ago
Japan, U.S. Defense Chiefs Reaffirm Close Cooperation
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday reaffirmed close cooperation between their countries u…
2 days, 8 hours ago
Japan, ASEAN Agree to Cooperate on AI Development
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed to work together on developing new artificial intelligence models and preparing rela…
2 days, 8 hours ago
Anime Therapy Trial Launched in Japan
A Japanese research team has launched a trial of "anime therapy," a method in which animated characters provide counseling to young people facing soc…
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