Japan to discuss expanding requirements for child safety seats
Members of an expert panel are expected to discuss issues such as the height threshold for child safety seat use and age-based guidelines.
Members of an expert panel are expected to discuss issues such as the height threshold for child safety seat use and age-based guidelines.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday lifted its net profit outlook for the year through next March to 3.57 trillion yen ($23 billion) due t
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Thursday, as investors sold off technology shares and shifted funds to non-technology shares amid concerns a
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's National Police Agency said Thursday it will begin sharing details of accounts used in scams with 807 financial institutions
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- NTT Docomo Inc. said Thursday it is experiencing service disruptions across Japan and investigating the cause of the problem.The majo
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TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- Some 350 people recently joined a farmers' rally and tractor demonstration in this east Japan city, calling for measures to protec
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TOKYO -- Japan's Finance Ministry proposed reviewing administrative support, including possible termination, for specific health checkups and guidance
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TSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- A seven-year prison term was finalized on Thursday for a former truck driver whose use of a smartphone while driving caused a mu
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How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Nov. 5 to test your news knowledge. Ready?What did the local weath
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan policymaker said at its September monetary policy meeting that the central bank had entered a new phase in which the
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TOKYO -- A new place for visitors is opening at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3. It is the Ote Rest House, near Ote-mon Gate on the east side o
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TOKYO -- The mayor of the suburban Tokyo city of Hachioji, a former member of the Self-Defense Forces, took a hunting license examination amid a spate
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You can walk into a sumo stable in Tokyo in 2026 and see roughly the same training patterns and methods as you would have in 1826.
