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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s Ruling LDP-JIP Coalition Shows Signs of Strain as Diet Seat Reduction Plan Fails to Advance
The two-month-old coalition government of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation P...
December 17, 2025
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EconomyTokyo Ranks 2nd in Global Power City Index, Highest-Ever Position; Surpasses New York for the 1st Time
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe building of Tokyo Station The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [po...
December 17, 2025
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CompaniesNew Year Crowding on Outbound JR Travel to Peak on Dec. 27, Inbound on Jan. 3; Shinkansen Trains Mostly Fully Booked through End of Month, Says JR Group
Crowding for outbound JR trains is expected to peak on Dec. 27 and inbound on Jan. 3, according ...
December 17, 2025
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General NewsBaskets with Seven Kinds of Spring Plants Prepared for New Year at Horticultural Farm in Tokyo
Workers busily make baskets with haru-no-nanakusa, or seven kinds of spring plants, at Ueshige No...
December 17, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialBOJ’s Tankan Survey Improves: Environment is Being Established for Wage Increases
Japanese companies appear to be overcoming the blow dealt by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff...
December 17, 2025
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Defense & SecurityJapan’s Defense Minister Koizumi to Speak with British, Philippine Counterparts about China Directing Radar at ASDF Fighter Planes
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi began coordination to hold telephone talks with his counterpart...
December 17, 2025
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Wider WorldChina Attacks Japan at U.N. Security Council Meetings; Representatives Ignore Agendas to Criticize Takaichi’s Remark
NEW YORK — China has ignored the agendas of multiple recent meetings at the United Nations to ins...
December 17, 2025
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Washington PostStatue of Black Teen Who Fought Segregation Replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol
The symbolism was hard to miss: In the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, the statue of a Blac...
December 17, 2025
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Washington PostThe Trump Administration Is Trying to Talk Voters into Liking the Economy
ALBURTIS, Pa. - The Trump administration’s attempts to calm persistent affordability concerns hav...
December 17, 2025
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General NewsIsraeli Tourists Refused Accommodation at Hotel in Japan’s Nagano Pref., Prompting Protest by Israeli Embassy and Probe by Prefecture
NAGANO — The Israeli Embassy sent a letter of protest to the Nagano prefectural government after ...
December 17, 2025
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Washington PostHe Ate at This Restaurant Every Day. When He Didn’t Show, the Chef Saved His Life.
Chef Donell Stallworth remembers when he first noticed Charlie Hicks almost a decade ago.
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Washington PostTrump Declared Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction. What Does It Mean?
President Donald Trump’s declaration this week that illicit fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruct...
December 17, 2025
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General NewsFire in Akasaka Sauna Room Kills Two; Emergency Button Receiver Suspected Off When Fire Broke Out
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department have found that the power to the emergency button receiv...
December 17, 2025
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ReutersJapan’s Nikkei Stock Average Ends Higher as Tech Shares Track Nasdaq Gains (UPDATE 1)
TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average closed higher, rebounding from a two-week ...
December 17, 2025
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ReutersUnder Ukraine Security Guarantees, Western Troops Could Repel Russian Forces Post-Ceasefire, Says Germany’s Merz
BERLIN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Under post-ceasefire guarantees provided by the United States and Euro...
December 17, 2025