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Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday its group net profit in fiscal 2023 soared 92.3pctfrom the previous year to 426.6 billion yen, backed by unit vehicle sales growth in major markets excluding China and the yen's depreciation.時事通信社 による
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Online Video of Japanese Destroyer Likely Real: Defense Ministry
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A video of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Izumo that was circulating on social media is likely real, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による
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Nippon Steel Vows to Buy U.S. Steel As Soon As Possible
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Nippon Steel Corp. remains committed to acquiring United States Steel Corp. as soon as possible after the deal was postponed until December, Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori said Thursday.時事通信社 による
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Japan Ruling Parties Broadly Agree on Funds Law Revisions
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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, on Thursday broadly agreed on proposals for revising the political funds control law in the wake of a high-profile slush funds scandal involving LDP lawmakers.時事通信社 による
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Japan Parliament Begins Debate on Bill to Protect Children from Sex Crimes
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Japan's parliament began deliberations Thursday on a bill aimed at barring people with sex crime records from jobs involving contact with children.時事通信社 による
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Six people filed their candidacies for the May 26 gubernatorial election in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Thursday, with voters expected to focus on the candidates' responses to the planned Chuo Shinkansen magnetic levitation line.時事通信社 による
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Japanese Students' English Proficiency Improving
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The English proficiency of public junior and senior high school students in Japan is continuing to improve, an education ministry survey showed Thursday.時事通信社 による
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S. Korea's Yoon Says Eager to Cooperate with Japan for Future
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Ahead of the second anniversary of his inauguration on Friday, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Thursday that his country and Japan should cooperate for the future.時事通信社 による
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Ohtani's Ex-Interpreter Agrees to Plead Guilty over Bank Fraud
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Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges of bank fraud, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.時事通信社 による
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Japan's Coincident Economy Index Up 2.4 Points in March
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Japan's composite index of coincident economic indicators rose 2.4 points from the previous month in March, the first increase in three months, the Cabinet Office said Thursday.時事通信社 による
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2-Time Figure Skating World Champion Uno Announces Retirement
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Japanese figure skater Shoma Uno, who won the men's singles silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and went on to become the world champion in 2022 and 2023, announced his retirement on Thursday.時事通信社 による
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Mizuho to Raise Long-Term Prime Rate to 13-Year High
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Mizuho Bank said Thursday that it will raise its long-term prime rate by 0.1 percentage point from the previous month to 1.7pctthis month, the highest level since April 2011.時事通信社 による
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BOJ Policymakers Suggested Reducing JGB Purchases at April Meeting
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Many Bank of Japan policymakers at the central bank's April 25-26 policy-setting meeting suggested reducing its purchases of Japanese government bonds, with one calling such a move "one option" to restore market functions, a summary of the meeting showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による
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Japan's inflation-adjusted real wage index in March dropped 2.5pctfrom a year before, marking a decline for the 24th consecutive month, the labor ministry said in a preliminary report Thursday.時事通信社 による
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Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" Arrives at London's West End
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The stage play adaptation of Japanese anime great Hayao Miyazaki's global megahit "Spirited Away" has made its West End debut at the London Coliseum.時事通信社 による
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Japan Local Govts Support "Shukatsu" End-of-Life Preparations
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Local governments in Japan are moving to support "shukatsu" activities, or preparations for death, by elderly people with no relatives, so they can end their lives free of worry.時事通信社 による
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80 Years On, Memorial Built for Victims of Fierce Battle in India
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A ceremony was held Wednesday to celebrate the completion of a memorial in Kohima in the state of Nagaland, northeastern India, which was a bloody battlefield in the 1944 Battle of Imphal during World War II.時事通信社 による
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Japan Ruling Parties Remain Apart on Funds Law Revisions
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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, on Wednesday remained apart on key issues in their working-level talks on revising the political funds control law in the wake of a high-profile slush funds scandal.時事通信社 による
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Governor Ueda Says BOJ Closely Monitoring Yen's Weakness
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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday that the central bank is closely monitoring the yen's current weakness.時事通信社 による
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Minister Apologizes for Interrupting Minamata Disease Sufferers' Speeches
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Japanese Environment Minister Shintaro Ito on Wednesday apologized for ministry staff switching off the microphone for two speakers from groups of Minamata disease sufferers abruptly at a meeting earlier this month.時事通信社 による
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5 Major Japanese Traders Suffer Net Profit Drops in FY 2023
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Five of Japan's seven major trading houses logged falls in group net profits for fiscal 2023, according to their latest earnings reports.時事通信社 による
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Developer Sees Hokkaido Shinkansen Extension in FY 2030 Unlikely
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An extension of a Shinkansen bullet train line to Sapporo, the capital of the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido, is unlikely to take place at the end of fiscal 2030 as planned, its developer said Wednesday.時事通信社 による
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Japanese Fire Insurance Fees to Rise 10 Pct in Oct.
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Japan's four major nonlife insurance companies will raise fire insurance premiums by an average of some 10pctnationwide in October, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による
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Japan opposes an all-out ground operation by the Israeli military in Rafah, the southernmost district of Gaza Strip, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.時事通信社 による
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4 Chinese Ships Sail in Japanese Waters near Senkakus
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Four Chinese coast guard ships sailed in Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, Wednesday.時事通信社 による
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Japan Opposition Ask for Ethics Panel Review of 44 Lawmakers
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Japanese opposition parties Wednesday asked that a review be held at a parliamentary political ethics panel for 44 lawmakers involved in a political funds scandal that has rocked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.時事通信社 による
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Toyota's Annual Net Profit Hits Record High of 4.9 T. Yen
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Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday said its group net profit in the fiscal year that ended in March nearly doubled from the previous year to hit a record high of 4,944.9 billion yen.時事通信社 による
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Japan Forecast to Have 5.8 M. Dementia Patients in 2050
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Japan is forecast to have 5,866,000 elderly dementia patients in 2050, up over 1.4 million from 2022, an estimate showed said Wednesday.時事通信社 による
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BOJ's Ueda Mentions Possible Need for Action over Yen Weakness
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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday that the central bank may need to take monetary policy action depending on exchange rate fluctuations.時事通信社 による
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Toyota's Re-Employment Program to Cover Workers at 65, Over
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Toyota Motor Corp. will expand its re-employment program to cover workers at 65 and older and all jobs, starting in August, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による
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Interparty Talks on Shrinking Imperial Family May Start Next Week
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Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga said he hopes that interparty discussions on proposals to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members will be launched as early as next week, according to senior officials of ruling and opposition parties.時事通信社 による
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Japan Ruling Bloc Vows to Improve Policy Funds Transparency
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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, agreed Tuesday to improve transparency over the use of policy activity funds provided by political parties to member lawmakers.時事通信社 による
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Court Orders Deletion of Info on Area Suffering Discrimination
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Osaka District Court has upheld a petition from an Osaka Prefecture resident in his 70s seeking the deletion from a website of information about the area where he lives, which has historically suffered discrimination.時事通信社 による
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Tokyo DisneySea's New Fantasy Springs Area Unveiled
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Tokyo DisneySea's new Fantasy Springs area was unveiled to the media on Tuesday ahead of its June 6 opening.時事通信社 による
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Royal Holdings, Others to Operate Sushi Restaurants in U.S.
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Restaurant chain operator Royal Holdings Co., conveyor-belt sushi chain Choushimaru Co. and general trader Sojitz Corp. said Tuesday that they have founded a joint company in California to operate sushi restaurants in the United States.時事通信社 による
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The Japanese government has no plans to send any representative to a ceremony in Moscow on Tuesday to swear in Vladimir Putin for a new six-year term as Russian president, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said.時事通信社 による
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Nintendo Posts Record Annual Net Profit on Weaker Yen
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Nintendo Co. said Tuesday that its group net profit in fiscal 2023 grew 13.4pctfrom the previous year to a record 490.6 billion yen, thanks to the yen's weakening.時事通信社 による
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TEPCO Finishes 1st Treated Water Discharge of FY 2024
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Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it has completed the first round of its discharges of tritium-containing treated water from its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea this fiscal year.時事通信社 による
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Intel, Omron, Others Form Semiconductor R&D Group
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Intel Corp., Japanese electrical equipment maker Omron Corp. and 13 other companies said Tuesday that they have formed a new organization for research and development on the latter-half process of semiconductor manufacturing.時事通信社 による
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Cambridge Students Experience Japanese Traditional Storytelling
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Students at the University of Cambridge have participated in a workshop to learn about Japanese culture through "rakugo" and "kodan" traditional Japanese storytelling, trying their unique ways of narrating.時事通信社 による
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Osaka Expo to Offer Cutting-Edge Entertainment Experience
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As preparations for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka pick up pace with just under one year to go before its opening, some private-sector businesses taking part in the event are planning to offer visitors a taste of evolving entertainment featuring virtual space and cutting-edge technologies.時事通信社 による
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Anti-Infection Measures Still Needed 1 Year after COVID Downgrade
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While Wednesday marks one year since Japan downgraded COVID-19 to a lower-risk infectious disease category that includes seasonal influenza, the country has faced unseasonal and larger-than-usual outbreaks of other infectious diseases over the past year.時事通信社 による
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6th Person Arrested over Burned Bodies Found in Eastern Japan
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Japanese police on Tuesday arrested a 36-year-old acquaintance of a Tokyo couple whose bodies were found charred near a river in eastern Japan, making him the sixth person to be arrested over the case.時事通信社 による
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Kamikawa Supporting Struggling Kishida Govt on Diplomatic Front
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Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa is underpinning Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's administration, which has been struggling amid a ruling party fund scandal, on the diplomatic front.時事通信社 による
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Daihatsu Resumes Production at All Plants in Japan
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Daihatsu Motor Co. on Tuesday resumed production at its plant in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, after suspending operations from late December last year due to its safety test fraud scandal.時事通信社 による
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5th Person Arrested over Burned Bodies Found in Eastern Japan
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Japanese police arrested Monday a fifth person over the burned bodies of a Tokyo couple found in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi in mid-April.時事通信社 による
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EU Approves Nippon Steel's Acquisition of U.S. Steel
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The European Commission announced Monday that it has approved the acquisition of United States Steel Corp. by Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan.時事通信社 による
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Kishida Urges LDP to Expedite Political Funds Law Revision Talks
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday urged his Liberal Democratic Party to speed up talks with Komeito to draw up the ruling bloc's proposal on a revision of the political funds control law.時事通信社 による
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After projection mapping using a main building of the Tokyo metropolitan government as a screen started in late February, about 130,000 people visited the site to see the images shown on the external walls of the structure in the first two months.時事通信社 による
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Many Banks in Japan Raise Deposit Rates after BOJ Action
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Many large and regional banks in Japan raised their interest rates on ordinary deposits in March or April for the first time in about 17 years, following the Bank of Japan's lifting of its negative interest rate policy.時事通信社 による
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