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Ex-U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Armitage Dies at 79

Ex-U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Armitage Dies at 79

Washington, April 14 (Jiji Press)--Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard...

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TEPCO Begins 2nd Nuclear Debris Removal Work

TEPCO Begins 2nd Nuclear Debris Removal Work

Tokyo, April 15 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Tues...

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Japan's Population Falls for 14th Straight Year

Japan's Population Falls for 14th Straight Year

Tokyo, April 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan's population, including non-Japanese residen...

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Wakayama Governor Taken to Hospital after Collapse

Wakayama Governor Taken to Hospital after Collapse

Wakayama, April 14 (Jiji Press)--Wakayama Governor Shuhei Kishimoto, 68, has bee...

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Turkmenistan 1st to Mark Osaka Expo National Day

Turkmenistan 1st to Mark Osaka Expo National Day

Osaka, April 14 (Jiji Press)--The Central Asian country of Turkmenistan on Monda...

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Japan to Decide Whether to Compile Extra Budget: Ishiba

Japan to Decide Whether to Compile Extra Budget: Ishiba

Tokyo, April 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan will decide whether to compile a fiscal 2025...

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Whooping Cough Spreading in Japan

Whooping Cough Spreading in Japan

Tokyo, April 14 (Jiji Press)--Whooping cough has swept across Japan, with the nu...

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Japanese National Confirmed Dead in Myanmar Quake

Japanese National Confirmed Dead in Myanmar Quake

Tokyo, April 14 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government has confirmed the first Ja...

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Kumamoto Quake Victims Remembered after 9 Years

Kumamoto Quake Victims Remembered after 9 Years

Kumamoto, April 14 (Jiji Press)--More than 270 victims in huge earthquakes that ...

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Japan Ruling Coalition Divided over Consumption Tax Cut

Japan Ruling Coalition Divided over Consumption Tax Cut

Tokyo, April 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling coalition is increasingly divided o...

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Osaka Expo Kicks Off for 184-Day Run

Osaka Expo Kicks Off for 184-Day Run

By Waka Ota and Sakurako Nakagawa Osaka, April 13 (Jiji Press)--The 2025 Wor...

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LDP, CDP Officials Side by Side Voice Caution on Tax Cut

LDP, CDP Officials Side by Side Voice Caution on Tax Cut

Tokyo, April 13 (Jiji Press)--Both the policy chiefs of the ruling Liberal Democ...

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Ishiba Argues Trump Tariffs Negative for U.S. Manufacturing

Ishiba Argues Trump Tariffs Negative for U.S. Manufactu...

Kobe, April 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday ...

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Opening Ceremony Held for Osaka Expo

Opening Ceremony Held for Osaka Expo

Osaka, April 12 (Jiji Press)--An opening ceremony was held on Saturday for the 2...

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CDP Begins Discussions on Consumption Tax Cut

CDP Begins Discussions on Consumption Tax Cut

Tokyo, April 12 (Jiji Press)--The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Part...

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Japan's Top 2 Drugstore Chains to Merge in Dec.

Japan's Top 2 Drugstore Chains to Merge in Dec.

Tokyo, April 11 (Jiji Press)--Welcia Holdings Co., Japan's largest drugstore cha...