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A freelance journalist Yuzuha Oka picks up trending business news each day from Japanese publications. Yuzuha have produced content for BBC, Reuters, ABC, Japan Times and more. 東大4年、フリーランスジャーナリストの岡ゆづはが、毎日一つ日本発の経済ニュースをピックアップして英語で振り返ります。ロイター通信で為替の記事を書いたり、BBC、東洋経済オンラインなどに執筆したり。取材を通じて日々勉強中です。 https://yuzuhaoka.wordpress.com/ https://yuzuhafood4thought.wordpress.com/
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Brazilian Man to Face Jury Trial over Murder of Wife, Child in Japan
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0:12A Brazilian man will face a jury trial for the August 2022 murder of his wife and daughter in the western Japan city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, a Brazilian federal court has said.時事通信社 による
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MSDF Ships to Visit China-Backed Naval Base in Cambodia
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0:12Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships will make a port call at a China-backed naval base in southern Cambodia for four days from Saturday, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday.時事通信社 による
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INTERVIEW: ASEAN+3 Economist Warns of U.S. Tariff Impact on Japan
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0:14Tariffs imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump could dampen Japan's economic growth, Hoe Ee Khor, a senior economist at the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, or AMRO, has warned.時事通信社 による
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Ishiba's Expo Diplomacy Begins with Turkmen Leader
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0:11Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday kicked off his diplomatic schedule in connection with the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in the western city of Osaka.時事通信社 による
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CDP Group Proposes Consumption Tax Exemption for Food
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0:13A study group within the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday approved a proposal to temporarily reduce the consumption tax rate on food to zero as an emergency measure to deal with inflation.時事通信社 による
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Man Arrested over Fatal Stabbing of Girl in Saitama
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0:09Police on Tuesday arrested a man on suspicion of stabbing to death a 15-year-old high school girl in the city of Saitama, near Tokyo, the day before.時事通信社 による
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Finance Ministry Calls for Increasing Tariff-Free Rice Imports
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0:12Japan's Finance Ministry proposed Tuesday that the government expand the minimum access system under which the country imports about 770,000 tons of rice per year at zero tariffs.時事通信社 による
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Japanese Emperor Naruhito met with Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.時事通信社 による
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Japan Min. Akazawa to Visit U.S. from Wed. for Tariff Talks
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0:11Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa will visit the United States for three days from Wednesday to discuss tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.時事通信社 による
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Japan Issues Cease-and-Desist Order against Google
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0:13Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order against Google LLC, claiming that the company forced smartphone makers to install its search app in violation of the antimonopoly law.時事通信社 による
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U.S. Govt Revokes Grant for JR-Backed Texas Bullet Train
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0:13U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Monday announced the cancellation of a government grant of about 63.9 million dollars to develop a high-speed rail link in Texas, citing ballooning costs.時事通信社 による
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Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday expressed condolences over the death of former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, a prominent Japan expert.時事通信社 による
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Tokyo, April 15 ()削除-The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will deploy Osprey tilt-rotor military transport aircraft to a new camp in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, from July 9, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said at a press conference Tuesday.時事通信社 による
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Hayabusa2 Mission Important to Planetary Defense
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0:10As there are many small asteroids that carry the risk of crashing into Earth's surface, the idea of planetary defense to prevent such disasters is becoming more important than ever.時事通信社 による
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Pasona Group Inc. has said that its president and CEO, Yasuyuki Nanbu, 73, the founder of the major Japanese staffing agency, will step down at the end of May.時事通信社 による
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Shuhei Kishimoto, governor of Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan, died of septic shock at a hospital in the prefectural capital of Wakayama on Tuesday morning. He was 68.時事通信社 による
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Kyoto Hospital Succeeds in iPS Sheet Transplant to Diabetic
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0:15Kyoto University Hospital has succeeded in transplanting pancreatic cell sheets made from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells into a diabetic patient, achieving the first clinical application of such sheets in Japan.時事通信社 による
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Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Tuesday morning began the second experimental work to remove nuclear fuel debris from a damaged reactor at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.時事通信社 による
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Ex-U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Armitage Dies at 79
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0:10Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, a prominent Japan expert, died on Sunday at the age of 79, his consulting firm said Monday.時事通信社 による
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Japanese Firms Call for Improved Distribution of Stockpiled Rice
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0:11Japanese rice wholesalers and retailers on Monday called for improvements in what they see as the unbalanced distribution of government-stockpiled rice released last month to curb soaring prices.時事通信社 による
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2026 Olympic, Paralympic Torches Unveiled at Osaka Expo
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0:11The torches for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics next year were unveiled Monday at the Italian pavilion of the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka.時事通信社 による
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About 9.7 million advance tickets for the World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka were sold, the event's organizer said Monday, meaning that pre-event sales fell short of its target.時事通信社 による
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Japanese Emperor Naruhito hosted a tea party at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday for some 60 lawmakers, including the heads of both chambers of the Diet, Japan's parliament.時事通信社 による
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A major stockholder in Tsuruha Holdings Inc. clarified Monday its stance against plans to merge the leading Japanese pharmacy chain with its biggest rival, Welcia Holdings Co., in a stock swap and subsequently make the merged company a consolidated subsidiary of Welcia's parent, Aeon Co., through a tender offer.…
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S. Korea Industry Groups Donate 3 B. Won for Wartime Labor Payments
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0:14Two major South Korean economic organizations have donated a total of 3 billion won to a Seoul-affiliated foundation that pays compensation to plaintiffs on behalf of Japanese companies sued over wartime labor, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による
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Japanese Millers to Cut Prices for Business Customers
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0:11Major Japanese milling companies Nippn Corp. and Showa Sangyo Co. said Friday that they will lower flour prices for business customers, starting with deliveries on July 10.時事通信社 による
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Wakayama Governor Taken to Hospital after Collapse
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0:10Wakayama Governor Shuhei Kishimoto, 68, has been taken to hospital after collapsing at his official residence, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.時事通信社 による
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Japan's population, including non-Japanese residents, totaled 123,802,000 as of Oct. 1 last year, down by 550,000, or 0.44 pct, from a year before, falling for the 14th straight year, the internal affairs ministry said Monday.時事通信社 による
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More than 270 victims in huge earthquakes that particularly hit hard Kumamoto Prefecture nine years ago were remembered in the southwestern Japan prefecture's capital on Monday.時事通信社 による
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Japanese National Confirmed Dead in Myanmar Quake
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0:10The Japanese government has confirmed the first Japanese fatality in last month's 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday.時事通信社 による
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Japan to Decide Whether to Compile Extra Budget: Ishiba
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0:12Japan will decide whether to compile a fiscal 2025 supplementary budget to address persisting inflation and additional U.S. tariffs, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday.時事通信社 による
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Whooping cough has swept across Japan, with the number of cases reported so far this year exceeding that of the entire year of 2024.時事通信社 による
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Turkmenistan 1st to Mark Osaka Expo National Day
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0:12The Central Asian country of Turkmenistan on Monday became the first to mark a "national day" in the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, which opened the previous day.時事通信社 による
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58,000 Elderly People Died Alone at Home in Japan in 2024
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0:12The National Police Agency has said that 58,044 elderly people living alone died at home in Japan in 2024, disclosing such a figure on an annual basis for the first time.時事通信社 による
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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Sunday reiterated his hopes for currency talks with Japan.時事通信社 による
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LDP's Moriyama Says to Coordinate for Extra Budget
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0:12Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Sunday that he will coordinate to submit a supplementary budget during the ongoing ordinary session of the Diet to fight inflation.時事通信社 による
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Ishiba Argues Trump Tariffs Negative for U.S. Manufacturing
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0:12Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday that tariffs imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump are "definitely not reasonable" for strengthening the U.S. manufacturing industry.時事通信社 による
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LDP, CDP Officials Side by Side Voice Caution on Tax Cut
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0:13Both the policy chiefs of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in a television program on Sunday, expressed caution on a possible consumption tax cut.時事通信社 による
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Japan Ruling Coalition Divided over Consumption Tax Cut
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0:09Japan's ruling coalition is increasingly divided over economic measures to deal with inflation and U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policy.時事通信社 による
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An opening ceremony was held on Saturday for the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, which will open on Sunday for a 184-day run.時事通信社 による
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Hiroshima Shifts from Invitation to Notification for Peace Ceremony
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0:14The Hiroshima city government has said that it will shift from inviting countries to its annual peace ceremony on Aug. 6, when the western Japan city was hit by a U.S. atomic bomb in 1945, to notifying them of the event.時事通信社 による
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People in Japan Forecast 12 Pct Inflation over Coming Year
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0:13The average forecast for inflation over the coming year was plus 12.2pctin a Bank of Japan survey last month, up from plus 11.5pctin the previous survey about three months earlier.時事通信社 による
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The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has begun discussions on a consumption tax cut as a possible key policy pledge for this summer's House of Councillors election.時事通信社 による
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Welcia Holdings Co., Japan's largest drugstore chain, and Tsuruha Holdings Inc., the second-largest, said Friday that they will integrate their operations on Dec. 1., two years ahead of schedule, creating a group with annual sales exceeding 2 trillion yen.時事通信社 による
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Ishiba, Japanese Labor Union Leader Yoshino to Meet on Monday
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0:14Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet with Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, the umbrella organization for labor unions in the country, on Monday, the government said Friday.時事通信社 による
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Japan, U.S. Top Tariff Negotiators to Meet Thurs.
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0:15Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa will meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the United States on Thursday Japan time to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, Japanese government officials said Friday.時事通信社 による
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Seko to Testify about LDP Funds Scandal before Upper House
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0:13Senior Japanese lawmaker Hiroshige Seko said Friday that he will testify before the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, about a slush funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.時事通信社 による
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Police Fully Prepared for 184-Day Osaka World Expo
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0:12Led by the Osaka prefecture police department, Japanese police authorities have thoroughly prepared security systems for the World Exposition to be held in the western Japan city of Osaka from Sunday.時事通信社 による
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Japanese American Museum in L.A. Faces Another Budget Crisis
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0:13The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles is facing another funding problem, after it resolved Wednesday a similar crisis caused by subsidy cuts pushed through by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.時事通信社 による
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