Tomas Kauer - Senior News Editor

Tomas Kauer - Senior News Editor

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Member since Dec 20, 2024 tomas@associatednews.agency

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BOJ lifts key policy rate to 1.25% amid growing inflation risks

BOJ lifts key policy rate to 1.25% amid growing inflati...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to 1.25 percent ...

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Dollar jumps above 157 yen line after 2 BOJ board members opposed rate hike

Dollar jumps above 157 yen line after 2 BOJ board membe...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. dollar jumped above the 157 yen line on Friday, after ...

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Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself

Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the...

(AP) -- Anthropic's Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelli...

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Japan's Nagano police to hire ex-pro soccer player under athlete recruitment program

Japan's Nagano police to hire ex-pro soccer player unde...

NAGANO -- The Nagano Prefectural Police force has selected the first successful ...

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Takaichi, Trump planning meeting in US on Tues.: diplomatic sources

Takaichi, Trump planning meeting in US on Tues.: diplom...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese and U.S. governments are planning for Prime Minist...

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Baseball: Murakami ends home run slump to lift White Sox over Tigers

Baseball: Murakami ends home run slump to lift White So...

CHICAGO (Kyodo) -- Munetaka Murakami broke out of a slump with a three-run homer...

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Easy Japanese news in translation: Autumn watermelon cultivation spreads in Chiba's Tomisato

Easy Japanese news in translation: Autumn watermelon cu...

The cultivation of autumn watermelons is spreading in the city of Tomisato, Chib...

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Does Tokyo need self-driving taxis? Waymo thinks so and plans to launch fleet soon

Does Tokyo need self-driving taxis? Waymo thinks so and...

Japan has, by and large, passed on ride-sharing services. Though they’ve flouris...

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Bank of Japan hikes rate to 31-year high of 1.25% to battle inflation

Bank of Japan hikes rate to 31-year high of 1.25% to ba...

The Bank of Japan raised the interest rate to a more than 30-year high on Friday...

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How to get a free/used bicycle in Japan

How to get a free/used bicycle in Japan

Bicycles are a staple of Japanese life. Despite being a nation with some of the ...

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Japan police panel starts talks to allow more foreign security workers

Japan police panel starts talks to allow more foreign s...

Japan's police agency on Wednesday launched an expert panel to consider allowing...

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Smog hampers Japan force helping fight Indonesia wildfires

Smog hampers Japan force helping fight Indonesia wildfires

A Japanese firefighting force sent to help tackle huge blazes in Indonesia is st...

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Taiwan hands Japan $9.4 mil in public donations for Kumamoto quake

Taiwan hands Japan $9.4 mil in public donations for Kum...

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday presented more than NT$300 million ($9.4 m...

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Boat towed by North Korean cargo sinks off Japan's northwestern coast

Boat towed by North Korean cargo sinks off Japan's nort...

A boat carrying four crew members sank Thursday while being towed by a North Kor...

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Kansai Electric shuts down Mihama reactor after trouble

Kansai Electric shuts down Mihama reactor after trouble

Kansai Electric Power Co said Friday it has completed manually shutting down an ...

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‘Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?’: A passionate but uneven anti-war biopic

‘Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?’: A passionate but un...

Shinya Tsukamoto's "Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?" dramatizes the experiences...