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Bank of Japan's rate hike ambiguity causing unwelcome angst

Bank of Japan's rate hike ambiguity causing unwelcome a...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's unexpectedly dovish positio...

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Volkswagen wage deal for 120,000 German workers avoids layoffs, plant closures

Volkswagen wage deal for 120,000 German workers avoids ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Volkswagen and its employee representatives said Frid...

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3 elementary students thanked by Osaka police for helping lost preschooler

3 elementary students thanked by Osaka police for helpi...

OSAKA -- Three elementary school students have been given letters of appreciatio...

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Return of mystery 'baseball soba' a home run for diners in north Japan

Return of mystery 'baseball soba' a home run for diners...

MORIOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A soba noodle restaurant in the northeastern Japan cit...

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Scan for dud bombs ongoing at Fukuoka Airport following explosion at Miyazaki facility

Scan for dud bombs ongoing at Fukuoka Airport following...

FUKUOKA -- The Japanese transport ministry is surveying Fukuoka Airport in this ...

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Haiku in English: Dec. 21, 2024

Haiku in English: Dec. 21, 2024

autumn duskmarigold blooms defythe falling darkness--Tejendra Sherchan (Kathmand...

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Ruling bloc loses lower house majority Japan's top news story of 2024

Ruling bloc loses lower house majority Japan's top news...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The ruling coalition losing its majority in Japan's House of Re...

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Ruling bloc to OK FY 2025 tax reforms to fund defense spending

Ruling bloc to OK FY 2025 tax reforms to fund defense s...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling parties on Friday approved their tax reform plan...

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Foxconn in talks to buy Renault's stake in Nissan

Foxconn in talks to buy Renault's stake in Nissan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Taiwan's electronics giant Foxconn is in talks with Renault SA,...

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Man sent to prosecutors over stabbings at Fukuoka Prefecture McDonald's

Man sent to prosecutors over stabbings at Fukuoka Prefe...

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- A 43-year-old man was sent to prosecutors on Friday over the ...

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Japan's industry minister hails reports of Honda-Nissan merger talks

Japan's industry minister hails reports of Honda-Nissan...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's industry minister on Friday welcomed the reported move ...

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Universal Studios Japan's ban on admission ticket cancellations, resales 'legal': court

Universal Studios Japan's ban on admission ticket cance...

OSAKA -- The Osaka High Court on Dec. 19 upheld a lower court's decision that Un...

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Editorial: Why aren't lessons from Fukushima disaster being used in draft energy plan?

Editorial: Why aren't lessons from Fukushima disaster b...

The lessons Japan learned the hard way from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power pla...

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Japan inspects US base in Tokyo over possible PFAS chemical leak

Japan inspects US base in Tokyo over possible PFAS chem...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Friday that it has conducted an on...

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Thousands of cabbages stolen from east Japan farms, police call for caution

Thousands of cabbages stolen from east Japan farms, pol...

MITO -- A large volume of cabbages has been stolen from local farms in Ibaraki P...