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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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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Anti-espionage law proposed by Japan's ruling party commission
A ruling party panel is urging Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru to consider establishing an anti-espionage law in Japan.Tak...
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Council urges govt to secure fiscal space to deal with Trump tariffs
S/ Masuda Hiroya, Fiscal System Council member / To enable adequate responses to emergencies that could occur in the fut...
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Govt to ask universities in Japan to mull accepting intl students affected by Trump ban
Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said on May 27 that it will ask universities in t...
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