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ReutersGLOBAL MARKETS-Nikkei Rally Buoys Asian Shares as Trump Announces Japan Trade Deal (UPDATE 1)
SYDNEY, July 23 (Reuters) - Japanese shares surged to a one-year high on Wednesday as the country...
July 23, 2025
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EconomyTrump Announces Trade Deal with Japan That Lowers Threatened Tariff to 15%
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placi...
July 23, 2025
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ReutersTrump Announces Trade Deal with Japan, Including 15% Tariff (UPDATE 1)
WASHINGTON/TOKYO, July 22 (Reuters) - The United States and Japan struck a deal to lower the heft...
July 23, 2025
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Kabuki / Noh / RakugoActors Give ‘Oppenheimer’ the Noh Treatment in English; Performances to Mark 80th Anniversaries of A-Bombings
The ghost of physicist Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), who led the development of the U.S. atomic...
July 23, 2025
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Crime & CourtsExoneree Calls for Retrial System Reform After Acquittal; Help Sought from Sister of Acquitted Death Row Inmate
A man acquitted on Friday of the 1986 murder of a teenage girl in a retrial expressed a strong co...
July 23, 2025
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General NewsJunichi Masuda: PokéPark KANTO, Where Pokémon Are Always There; Tokyo Facility May Evolve After Opening in Spring 2026
“PokéPark KANTO,” an entertainment facility centered on the Pokémon franchise, will open in sprin...
July 22, 2025
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General NewsPokéPark KANTO to Open in Spring 2026 Inside Japan’s Yomiuriland; Pokémon Forest, Sedge Town Areas to House Over 600 Pokémon
Yomiuri Land Co. and The Yomiuri Shimbun announced on Tuesday that “PokéPark KANTO,” an outdoor f...
July 22, 2025
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Crime & CourtsAum Successor Aleph May be Hit with Stronger Regulation; Failed to Report Assets, Positions of Founder’s Son, Widow
The Public Security Intelligence Agency on Tuesday requested the Public Security Examination Comm...
July 22, 2025
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SumoOnosato dealt stunning 3rd loss at Nagoya Grand Tournament
Yokozuna Onosato’s bid to commemorate his debut at sumo’s highest rank with a third consecutive t...
July 22, 2025
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PerspectivesNobody Left Behind: Individual Evacuation Plans for Vulnerable Residents Key to Everyone Escaping in Disasters
Individual evacuation plans are arrangements made in advance for the elderly, the disabled and ot...
July 22, 2025
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Japan In FocusRengatei Carries on Tradition of Yoshoku Cuisine in Tokyo’s Ginza District; Restaurant Has Served Western-Influenced Japanese Food for 130 Years
A block away from the fashionable main street of Tokyo’s glitzy Ginza district is Ginza Gasuto Do...
July 22, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentUpper House Election: Prime Minister Ishiba Receives Understanding, Criticism from Cabinet; Minister Cautions Impact on U.S. Tariff Talks
A Cabinet member on Tuesday said Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba should face up to his mismanagemen...
July 22, 2025
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CompaniesKansai Electric to Survey Fukui Pref. Site for New Reactor
Osaka, July 22 (Jiji Press)—Kansai Electric Power Co. said Tuesday it will conduct topographical ...
July 22, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentCDPJ’s Noda Seeks to Deepen Ties within Opposition Camp
Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)—Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda indica...
July 22, 2025
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Crime & Courts5 Ex-SMBC Nikko Officials Convicted in Market Manipulation Case
Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)—Tokyo District Court on Tuesday found five former senior officials of...
July 22, 2025