Yen weakens further after PM Takaichi's remarks about currency market
On February 2, the yen was sold in the foreign exchange market, temporarily weakening to the mid-155 yen level per US do...
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Japan succeeds in recovering rare earth mud from seabed off Minamitorishima island
Japan’s deep-sea scientific drilling vessel Chikyu has successfully recovered mud containing rare earths from the seabed...
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Japan marks all-time highs in foreign arrivals and workers in 2025
According to statistics from the Immigration Services Agency, the number of foreign nationals who entered Japan in 2025 ...
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Opposition Centrists stall ahead of election, PM Takaichi's Cabinet has 69% support rating
The latest opinion poll conducted by NNN and the Yomiuri Shimbun showed that about 70 percent of respondents do not expe...
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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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