Japan and South Korea agree to strengthen security cooperation in summit talks in Nara
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and visiting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met for summit talks in the anc...
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Takaichi mulls Diet dissolution for snap election as diplomacy week kicks off
At around noon on January 12, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae was at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.She did not respond to questio...
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Japan condemns China's export ban on dual-use items with potential military applications
S/ Kihara Minoru, Chief Cabinet Secretary / This measure, which targets only our country, deviates significantly from in...
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Nagasaki and Okinawa make NYTimes list of places to go for 2026
The New York Times published its “52 Places to Go in 2026” on January 5, and featured Nagasaki as its 17th destination a...
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Green tea prices in Japan spike as businesses struggle to keep up
Rich fatty tuna melting in the mouth, paired with large salmon roe bursting with umami flavor that fills the palate.At l...
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Tuna and sea urchin fetch record prices at Toyosu fish market's New Year auction
S/ Naito Mika, NTV Reporter / The starting bell has rung. The year’s first auction has begun.This year’s first fish auct...
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Japanese finance minister says she has "free rein" to deal with excessive yen movements
Katayama Satsuki, Japanese Minister of Finance / We will take action against excessive movements, including speculative...
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Bank of Japan raises policy rate to 0.75%, a 30-year high
Bank of Japan Governor Ueda Kazuo announced on December 19 that the central bank decided to raise its short-term interes...
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Major quake in Tokyo area could kill up to 18,000: government estimate
The Japanese government released on December 19 new damage estimates for a major earthquake that could strike the Tokyo ...
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70-meter steel tower in Aomori at risk of collapse due to quake damage
Due to the impact of a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck on December 8, a steel tower in the heart of Aomori’s Hachin...
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