
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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Princess Kako meets with Brazilian President Lula
S/ Takahashi Erena, NNN Brasília/ Princess Kako’s official visit with President Lula was moved forward by one day.Prince...
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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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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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Controversial politician Tachibana Takashi's libel case sent to prosecutors
The case of controversial politician Tachibana Takashi has been sent to prosecutors on suspicion of libel, intimidation...
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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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Japan PM Ishiba welcomes Lee as new South Korean president
S/ Ishiba Shigeru, Japanese Prime Minister / I respect the choice of South Korean people and express my congratulations ...
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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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