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Defense & SecurityGovt Expert Panel’s Report Recommends Exporting Defense Equipment ‘Without Restrictions’
An expert panel of the Defense Ministry suggested in a report finalized Friday that exporting def...
September 19, 2025
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EconomyRifts Open Over Axing of Environmental Vehicle Tax as Japan’s Auto Industry Grapples with U.S. Tariffs
Calls for abolishing an environmental performance-based tax paid when a vehicle is purchased have...
September 19, 2025
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General NewsWild Birds in Japan Endangered by Fishing Lines, Other Plastic Waste, Survey of Rivers, Coastlines Show
Fishing lines and other plastic waste discarded along Japan’s coastlines and riverbanks are entan...
September 19, 2025
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CompaniesJapan’s SMFG Set to Form Joint Investment Banking Venture with U.S. Securities Giant Jefferies Financial Group
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has begun discussions to increase its investment in U.S. sec...
September 19, 2025
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General NewsOkinawa Prefecture To Introduce Fixed-Rate 2% Accommodation Tax from Fiscal 2026
NAHA — The Okinawa prefectural assembly on Thursday passed a bill to introduce an accommodation t...
September 19, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentTakaichi Launches Bid for LDP Leadership, Pledges Tax Cuts, Cash Payments
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, 64, held a press conference at the Diet on Frid...
September 19, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialFed Cuts Interest Rates: Decision shows Shift in Focus on Consideration of Economic Conditions
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has implemented its first interest rate cut since President Donald...
September 19, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s LDP Announces Presidential Election Slogan Calling for Party to Change
The Liberal Democratic Party’s slogan for the presidential election, “#Change, LDP — Speak about ...
September 19, 2025
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General NewsSushi Master Approaching 100 Honored by Tokyo Gov. Koike; 4,380 in Tokyo to Turn 100 in FY25
Jiro Ono, the founder of sushi restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, was presen...
September 19, 2025
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General NewsNiigata Airport Runways Close as ASDF Aircraft Deviates While Landing
NIIGATA — Runways were closed at Niigata Airport after an Air Self-Defense Force plane deviated f...
September 19, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s CDPJ Seeks Unified Opposition Vote in Prime Minister Election, but JIP, DPFP Remain Unlikely to Agree
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is working hard to secure cooperation from other opp...
September 19, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
Russian Drones: Violation of NATO Airspace is Unacceptable
Regardless of the intention, violating another nation’s airspace constitutes a grave breach of in...
September 19, 2025
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EconomyBOJ Keeps Monetary Policy Unchanged
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Bank of Japan decided to keep its monetary policy unchanged at a two-day...
September 19, 2025
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September 19, 2025
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General NewsVietnamese Men Arrested for Stealing Over 100 Kg of Rice, Likely to Resell It
Three Vietnamese nationals were arrested Friday on suspicion of stealing over 100 kilograms of br...
September 19, 2025