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ReutersTrump Seeks Minerals Refining on Pentagon Bases to Boost US Output, Sources Say
March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump aims to build metals refining facilities on Pent...
March 11, 2025
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Associated PressOntario Slaps 25% Tax Increase on Electricity Exports to US in Response to Trump’s Trade War
TORONTO (AP) — Ontario's premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, announced that e...
March 11, 2025
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Perspectives11 Companies, Others Announce ‘Food of Future’ to Be Offered at Osaka-Kansai Expo; 100 Booths to Be Set Up
OSAKA — Eleven companies and others that will run food booths at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, whic...
March 11, 2025
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Associated PressStocks’ Sell-off Worsens as Wall Street Wonders How Much Pain Trump will Accept for the Economy
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market’s sell-off cut deeper on Monday as Wall Street questioned h...
March 11, 2025
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ReutersJapan’s Nikkei Falls 2% to Track Wall Street’s Sharp Declines
TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell 2% on Tuesday, tracking sharp overn...
March 11, 2025
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EconomyJapan Oct.-Dec. GDP Revised Down to 2.2 Pct Annual Rise
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s gross domestic product in October-December last year increased 0.6 pct...
March 11, 2025
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CompaniesSeven & i Suggests Couche-Tard Sell U.S. Stores for Takeover
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. said Monday that it has suggested tha...
March 11, 2025
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Social SeriesSouthwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / Thriving Fukuoka Eyes ‘Global Financial City’ Status; Schools, Jobs, Food Culture Appeal to Young People
This is the second installment of a series that follows the waves of change taking place in Kyush...
March 11, 2025
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Defense & SecurityJapan to Persistently Explain Alliance Benefits to Trump; Security Treaty Requires Provision of Bases to U.S.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed dissatisfaction with the Japan-U....
March 11, 2025
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General NewsGraduation Certificates Help Reunite Ex-Classmates 80 Years after Great Tokyo Air Raid; Museum Curator’s Discovery Brings them Together
During the Great Tokyo Air Raid on March 10, 1945, incendiary bombs rained down mercilessly even ...
March 10, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentLDP’s Constitution Officially Reinstates ‘Supreme Advisor’ Position Held by Taro Aso; Removed 30 Years Ago Due to Criticism of ‘Gerontocracy’
The Liberal Democratic Party approved an amendment to its constitution that specifies for the fir...
March 10, 2025
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YIESMass Production of Rapidus Advanced Semiconductors From 2027; Company Working to Promote Human Resource Development
Rapidus Corp. will begin mass production of advanced semiconductors in Japan in early 2027, accor...
March 10, 2025
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Economy150,000 Tons of Rice Released from Japan’s Stockpile to Douse Prices, After Tokyo Prices Hit All-time High
The government on Monday began soliciting bids for 150,000 tons of stockpiled rice reserved for e...
March 10, 2025
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General News‘Japan’s Most Dangerous Zoo’ to Close in September; Sapporo Zoo Operated without Permission for Nearly 20 Years
SAPPORO — A private zoo in Sapporo that advertised itself as “the most dangerous zoo in Japan” wi...
March 10, 2025
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Associated PressThe Cute Whiskers Are Back on. Rare Mediterranean Monk Seals Are Cared for in a Greek Rehab Center
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Panagis hauls himself out of the pool at a rehabilitation center in Greece ...
March 10, 2025