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EconomyBank of Japan Governor Lauded For Smooth Policy Change; Future Interest Rate Hikes to be Focus of Attention
Tuesday will mark one year since Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda took office. Market players have p...
April 6, 2024
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EconomyGovt to Require Overseas Businesses Appoint Supervisors in Japan; Increasing Responsibility for Safety Regulations
The government will require overseas businesses that sell products in Japan via the internet to a...
April 6, 2024
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Associated PressUS, Japan, Australia and the Philippines to Stage Military Drills in Disputed South China Sea
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold thei...
April 6, 2024
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Yomiuri EditorialDismissing Judge: Impeached for a Lack of Awareness of Office’s Heavy Duties
Judges must be trusted by the public, but one judge repeatedly made social media posts that harme...
April 6, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
UNSC Panel on N. Korea Sanctions: Russia’s Move to Exercise Veto Power Overly Self-serving
The system of surveilling North Korea may have become inconvenient for Russia, but Moscow’s recen...
April 6, 2024
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ReutersUS, China to Launch Exchanges on Balanced Growth, Money Laundering, Yellen Says
GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday that she and C...
April 6, 2024
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General NewsTour De Tohoku to Be Held in Sept.
Sendai, Miyagi Pref., April 5 (Jiji Press) — A Tour de Tohoku cycling event will be held in Miyag...
April 6, 2024
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Asia-PacificSearch Continues for Missing People After 72-Hour Window Ends in Quake-Hit Taiwan; Weather Complicating Rescue Efforts
HUALIEN, Taiwan — Seventy-two hours, the point at which the survival rate of disaster victims is ...
April 6, 2024
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CompaniesNissan Ineligible for Wage Hike-Related Preferential Tax Treatment for at Least 1 Year; Ineligibility Follows Violation of Subcontract Law
Nissan Motor Co. has lost its right to use the wage-related preferential tax system for at least ...
April 6, 2024
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EconomyJapan Household Spending Down 0.5% in Feb.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Consumption spending by households comprising two or more members in Japan i...
April 6, 2024
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Travel SpotsYamaguchi: Municipality Launches Loop-Line Taxi Service for Tourists; 10-Van Tours Historical Area
YAMAGUCHI — A sightseeing loop-line taxi began operating in Yamaguchi, which was selected among T...
April 6, 2024
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Washington PostChina carefully Scrutinizes U.S. Envoy’s … Chopstick Skills?
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen landed in China this week with a raft of thorny issues to...
April 6, 2024
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Washington PostGlobal Pressure Grows on U.S. and Germany to Stop Arming Israel
Calls for an international arms embargo on Israel gained backing from Algeria to Vietnam in a vot...
April 6, 2024
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Washington PostPresident Biden Visits Baltimore to Survey Bridge Collapse Site
DUNDALK, Md. - President Biden flew over the scene of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Ba...
April 6, 2024
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Washington PostBefore WCK Strike, aid Groups had Warned of Peril to Gaza Relief Workers
CAIRO - For months, aid groups in Gaza warned that the system used to coordinate their deliveries...
April 6, 2024