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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government must make a "careful judgment" on declaring an end to deflation, economic and fiscal policy minister Minoru Kiuchi sai
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Editorial: Japan needs to document and disclose all politician-bureaucrat contacts
A lack of transparency in relations between politicians and bureaucrats can lead to policy distortions.This is the concern raised by former Japan agri
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Prankster pays heavy price for Japan sushi chain nuisance videos
SAITAMA -- A 43-year-old man who filmed nuisance acts at a major Japanese conveyor-belt sushi restaurant chain and posted the videos on social media r
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Japan to launch team of white-hat hackers to counter waves of cyberattacks
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese industry minister Ryosei Akazawa said Friday that his ministry will launch a team of cybersecurity experts, specialized in e
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Japan unveils draft social media guidelines to curb election misinformation
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's communications ministry on Friday unveiled draft guidelines outlining measures for 13 major social media operators to help re
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SoftBank suspends emergency quake, tsunami alerts over PHP security flaw
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese telecom operator SoftBank Corp. said Friday it has temporarily suspended emergency alerts for earthquakes, tsunamis and othe
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31% of college graduates leave their jobs within 3 years: gov't survey
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The proportion of workers who graduated from university in March 2023 and left their jobs within three years stood at 31.2 percent, t
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Easy Japanese news in translation: Nobel Prize draws visitors to neutrino exhibit in Chiba
The Chiba City Museum of Science in the city's Chuo Ward has an exhibit about the observation of high-energy neutrinos, elementary particles that have
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Japan's menstrual products market grows despite fewer target-age women
TOKYO -- Japan's market for menstrual products is continuing to grow even as the population of women in the products' primary age group declines. Manu
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JR Kyushu to open lodging in southwest Japan's Higashi-Beppu Sta. building in spring 2027
FUKUOKA -- Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) plans to offer travelers the chance to stay overnight in a historic station building starting around spring
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Japanese author Ryu Murakami, known for 'Almost Transparent Blue,' dies at 74
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ryu Murakami, a Japanese author known for his Akutagawa Prize winning debut novel "Almost Transparent Blue," has died, a publishing i
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Princess Aiko to make official visit to Singapore Nov. 17-21
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Princess Aiko, the daughter of Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, will make an official visit to Singapore from Nov. 17 to