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Associated PressTrump Joins Tariff Talks with Japan as US Seeks Deals Amid Trade Wars
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday inserted himself directly into trade talks ...
April 17, 2025
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CompaniesJapan Watchdog Takes Big Step Against Tech Giants with Google Order; JFTC Investigated Tech Firm for 1½ Years Before Issuing Order
The Japan Fair Trade Commission had been investigating Google LLC for 1½ years before it issued i...
April 17, 2025
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ObituariesJapan Lawmakers Mourn Death of Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State; Ishiba Says Armitage Dedicated Himself to Strengthening Japan-U.S. Alliance
Ruling and opposition party lawmakers, as well as government officials, are mourning the passing ...
April 17, 2025
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General News‘Real’ Chinese Restaurants Increasing Near Kyoto University; Students Flock to ‘Gachi Chuka’ Restaurants for Taste of Home
KYOTO — The area around Kyoto University in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, is seeing more restaurants that se...
April 16, 2025
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Crime & CourtsHackers Take Over Accounts at Japan Securities Firms, Make Illicit Stock Trades in Apparent Bid to Raise Prices
A series of crimes has occurred in which hackers took over individual investors’ accounts with se...
April 16, 2025
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SumoSumo Scene / Veteran Takayasu Continues to Fight to Secure Grand Sumo Tournament Championship After Three Fruitless Attempts
At the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in March, 35-year-old veteran Takayasu once again fe...
April 16, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentTrump Tariffs Cause Uncertainty for Tokyo Companies, As Survey Finds Nearly Half Expect Negative Impacts
The Trump administration’s tariffs have injected significant uncertainty into Tokyo’s business la...
April 16, 2025
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Travel SpotsLate-Blooming Cherry Blossoms in Top Form in Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture
YAMANASHI — Someiyoshino cherry blossoms are at their best on the shores of Lake Kawaguchi in Fuj...
April 16, 2025
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Crime & CourtsPolice Refer Madame Dewi to Prosecutors; Television Celebrity Suspected of Throwing Glass at Woman
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department referred television celebrity Dewi Sukarno to the Tokyo ...
April 16, 2025
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ScienceJawbone Found in Taiwan Belongs to Ancient Cousins of Homo Sapiens
An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors c...
April 16, 2025
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Washington PostDOGE Sought to Assign a Team to an Independent Nonprofit Group
U.S. DOGE Service representatives told leaders of a nonprofit group Tuesday that it wants to assi...
April 16, 2025
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CompaniesJapan Issues Cease-and-Desist Order against Google
TOKYO (Jiji Press) - Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order aga...
April 16, 2025
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ObituariesWakayama Gov. Kishimoto Dies at 68 after Being Taken to Hospital
WAKAYAMA (Jiji Press) - Shuhei Kishimoto, governor of Wakayama Prefecture, died of septic shock a...
April 16, 2025
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Japan In FocusMid-20th Century Shopping Street in Tokyo Soon to be Demolished; Shops, Atmosphere Evokes Nostalgic Feelings
Lined with various stores and evoking memories of the Showa era (1926-1989), a shopping street in...
April 16, 2025
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Washington PostA University Confronts the Dark History of a Stolen Heart in a Vibrant Way
More than 50 years after his heart was taken and used in a landmark transplant without his or his...
April 16, 2025