New farm minister pledges fair agricultural administration after predecessor's scandal
S/ Takebe Arata, Agriculture minister / I believe the remarks made by former minister Yana should never have been made, ...
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Japan Meteorological Agency issues false earthquake warning and cancels it
At around 12:40 p.m. on October 16, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued an emergency earthquake warning, urging peopl...
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Murakami Haruki's iconic novel makes stage debut in London
Author Murakami Haruki’s globally popular novel “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World” has been adapted for ...
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Sompo Japan and H.I.S. hit by data breaches exposing personal info
Sompo Japan Insurance announced that there was unauthorized access to a server of a contractor responsible for managing ...
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Japanese researcher Soai rejoices over winning Nobel Prize in Chemistry
S/ Soai Kenso, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Science / I am very pleased that this award helps highlight and b...
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Japan's Soai Kenso wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been announced, with Soai Kenso of Tokyo University of Science named as one of t...
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Four major beer makers investigated over suspected price-fixing
The Japan Fair Trade Commission conducted a raid on four major beer makers—Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo and Suntory—on suspicio...
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US Military in Okinawa suspends personnel after marine arrest
Following the arrest of a US marine stationed in Okinawa on suspicion of robbery and murder, US forces in Okinawa announ...
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Personal information of millions potentially leaked in cyberattacks
Daiwa Securities announced on October 5 that unauthorized access was detected on the server of a third-party vendor betw...
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Japan's extra Diet session convenes, with consumption tax cut bill in focus
The extraordinary parliamentary session convened in Tokyo on October 5, with the government poised to prioritize the pas...
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