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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
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Politics & GovernmentEx-METI Minister: Japan Must Prepare for Long-Term Japan-U.S. Tariff Talks; Cautions Against Rushed Resolution
Ken Saito, a former minister of economy, trade and industry, advised during an interview with The...
April 16, 2025
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Washington PostAs Trump Targets Law Firms, the Legal Industry Remains Sharply Divided on How to Respond
In the weeks since President Donald Trump began hammering some powerful law firms with significan...
April 16, 2025
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Washington PostThe Laid-off Autoworkers Who Hope Trump’s Tariffs Bring Back Jobs
Madeleine Hordinski/For The Washington PostThe Kokomo Transmission Plant is one of three Stellantis ...
April 16, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Economic Revitalization Minister Heads to D.C., Expected to Remind U.S. of Japan’s Economic Contributions
Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa headed for Washington on Wednesday to discuss new...
April 16, 2025