Japan working on reducing reliance on China's rare earths amid export ban
We visited a factory in Saitama Prefecture.S/ Yamada Hiroshi, President, Sanshin Kinzoku Kogyo / These are heat-resistan...
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PM Takaichi dissolves lower house for ultra-short midwinter election
Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae dissolved the House of Representatives on January 23.This was the first time in 60 years f...
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TEPCO Shuts down Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor after control rod alert
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on January 22 that it has decided to shut down Unit 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariw...
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Ruling and opposition parties ramp up preparations after PM announces Feb. 8 election
S/ Takaichi Sanae, Prime Minister / Today, as prime minister, I have decided to dissolve the House of Representatives on...
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TEPCO postpones restarting Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant's No. 6 unit over alarm trouble
Tokyo Electric Power Company said workers were conducting a test at the Number 6 reactor unit of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa ...
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Centrist Reform Alliance unveils party platform ahead of Diet dissolution announcement
S/ Azumi Jun, Secretary-General, CDP / We created a platform that incorporates the centrist idea of shifting from politi...
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Takaichi signals lower house dissolution early in upcoming regular Diet session
On the evening of January 14, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae broke her silence.S/ Takaichi Sanae, Prime Minister / Good e...
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Takaichi to notify ruling party execs about dissolving Diet for snap election
Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae returned to Tokyo on the afternoon of January 14 after a diplomatic event in her hometown ...
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Takaichi and Lee jam to BTS in Japan-South Korea drum diplomacy in Nara
In their summit talks on January 13, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung con...
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Japan confirms global cooperation to reduce reliance on China's rare earths
S/ Katayama Satsuki, Japanese Finance Minister / At this timing, immediately after China announced its export ban, it wa...
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