
Nippon Steel finally acquires US Steel after 18-month ordeal
S/ Hashimoto Eiji, Chairman, Nippon Steel / It was unreasonably rejected by the former Biden administration, but we were...
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Ishiba & Trump talk tariffs, no final agreement reached
Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan: We have not reached an agreement on the package as a whole, because there are s...
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Tokyo assembly election expected to test Gov. Koike's clout
Official campaigning for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly got underway on June 13.A major focus is on whether the politic...
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Japan in 118th place for 2025 Gender Gap Report
The World Economic Forum published its Gender Gap Report for 2025, which quantifies the gender gap in 148 countries, on ...
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Truck makers Hino and Mitsubishi Fuso to merge, start operations in April 2026
Japanese truck makers Hino Motors and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus announced on June 10 that they will integrate and st...
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Hot springs town Hakone seeks lodging tax to deal with influx of tourists
S/ Hakone Mayor Katsumata Hiroyuki / As for the community development that our town envisions, a truly necessary and mos...
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Japan's 2024 total fertility rate at record-low 1.15, births fall under 700,000
Japan's total fertility rate, or the average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime, dropped to a record-l...
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Japan's economic policy draft seeks economic growth driven by wage increases
A draft of the Japanese government's annual Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform rejects tax reduct...
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Nippon Steel invests in electric furnaces amid Trumps US Steel deal
Nippon Steel announced on May 30 its decision to move forward with converting domestic blast furnaces to electric arc fu...
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Japan, US have trade talks over phone
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru / It was very meaningful that, without much time from last week's exchange, we ha...
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