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CompaniesMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in Final Stages of Promoting MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa to President
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. has entered the final stage of arrangements to promote Junic...
December 8, 2025
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Defense & SecurityDefense Ministry Continues to Monitor Liaoning
The Defense Ministry continues to monitor and track the movement of the Liaoning aircraft carrier...
December 8, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Govt Starts Deliberations on FY25 Supplementary Budget Plan
The government on Monday morning submitted a supplementary budget proposal for fiscal 2025 to the...
December 8, 2025
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Defense & SecurityHegseth Demands Allies Increase Defense Spending, Warns of Consequences Otherwise
WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated a policy of prioritizing deterrence ag...
December 8, 2025
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Other SportsIkuma Horishima Prevails in Moguls Season-Opener
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December 8, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialRadar Directing: An Extremely Dangerous Provocation by China
This act by the Chinese Navy could lead to unforeseen events and is extremely dangerous.
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Yomiuri EditorialReconstruction of Syria: Another Flash Point Must Not Be Added to Middle East
Despite the collapse of a half-century-long dictatorship, Syria is in ruins after nearly 14 years...
December 8, 2025
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Defense & SecurityLDP Commissions Criticize China over Radar Incident, Demand Japan Act Decisively
The Liberal Democratic Party’s research commissions demanded the government react decisively foll...
December 8, 2025
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Crime & CourtsPolice Use AI to Identify 18,500 ‘Dark Part-Time Job’ Recruiting Posts, System Significantly Expands Deterrence Efforts
The Metropolitan Police Department has used artificial intelligence to automatically detect posts...
December 8, 2025
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ScienceKitagawa Urges Long-Term Scientific Funding Ahead of Nobel Prize Award Ceremony
STOCKHOLM — Susumu Kitagawa, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year, spoke about the im...
December 8, 2025
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General NewsHonolulu Ceremony Marks 84 Years Since Pearl Harbor Attack; Attendees Include Atomic Bomb Survivors from Nagasaki Pref., Japan
HONOLULU — Victims of the Japanese Imperial Navy’s attack on Pearl Harbor on Hawaii’s Oahu Island...
December 8, 2025
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Japan In FocusTokyo ‘Secret Base’ Preserves Idol Boom of Showa Era; Izakaya Offers Nostalgic Tunes, Specialty Cocktails at Retro Prices
Candies, Kyoko Koizumi and Masahiko Kondo to name a few — about 900 vinyl records by these idol s...
December 8, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentFormer Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Visits Home Prefecture, Gives Speeches Almost Every Week; He Reflects on His Tenure, Comments on Current Administration
TOTTORI — Since leaving office in October, former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been visiting...
December 8, 2025
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BaseballLos Angeles Dodgers’ Pitcher Sasaki Encourages Kids in Noto Through Baseball
SUZU, Ishikawa — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki visited Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture to p...
December 8, 2025
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Defense & SecurityChina Seen to Attempt to Destabilize Takaichi’s Administration Through Criticism, Radar Derecting
BEIJING — China has not eased its criticism of Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s re...
December 8, 2025
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