Public burden for Fukushima nuclear disaster tops ¥12 trillion
On average, each resident in Japan bore about ¥100,000, based on the country's population of about 122.86 million as of April 1.
On average, each resident in Japan bore about ¥100,000, based on the country's population of about 122.86 million as of April 1.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's industry ministry on Friday ordered Chubu Electric Power Co. to improve operations following its manipulation of seismic data
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A year after ties with China went into a tailspin over remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on how Japan might respond to a crisi
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan should strengthen its economic and fiscal base to prepare for the event of a national security crisis, the Finance Ministry sai
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- SMBC Consumer Finance Co. said Thursday that personal information of up to 320,000 customers had been leaked following unauthorized a
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's real wages in September rose 2.2 percent from a year earlier, marking the ninth consecutive month of growth, government data
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kozo Tashima, honorary president of the Japan Football Association, said Thursday he intends to run for the FIFA presidency in the Ma
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index tumbled in early trading Friday and fell below the 60,000 line for the first time since May, tracking overnigh
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu will leave his role by the end of the year as the Asian Cup scheduled for early next year in Saudi Arab
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TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Search and rescue workers found two bodies Thursday at one of Japanese firm Panasonic Holdings Corp.'s production facilities in nort
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is considering explicitly stating an exception to its long-standing non-nuclear principles in an updated secu
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HIROSHIMA -- Shimizudani Shrine in this western Japan city has received a new large "ema" votive plaque depicting Empress Jingu in a more peaceful sce
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nearly a century after his death, George Masa, a Japanese immigrant photographer who played a key role in establishing the U.S. most
