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Tokyo considers ordinance banning littering as downtown trash worsens
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering an ordinance banning littering, as trash left in downtown entertainment districts ha
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BOJ lifts key policy rate to 1.25% amid growing inflation risks
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to 1.25 percent from 1.0 percent on Friday, accelerating monetary tightening as it see
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Easy Japanese news in translation: Autumn watermelon cultivation spreads in Chiba's Tomisato
The cultivation of autumn watermelons is spreading in the city of Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture, a major watermelon-producing area. In autumn, shipments
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Takaichi, Trump planning meeting in US on Tues.: diplomatic sources
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese and U.S. governments are planning for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump to have talks on Tuesday,
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Japan's Nagano police to hire ex-pro soccer player under athlete recruitment program
NAGANO -- The Nagano Prefectural Police force has selected the first successful applicant under a new recruitment program for people with experience c
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Dollar jumps above 157 yen line after 2 BOJ board members opposed rate hike
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. dollar jumped above the 157 yen line on Friday, after two of nine Bank of Japan policy board members voted against an intere
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Project to rebuild stone markers donated by 19th-century explorer underway in Japan
TSU -- A project is underway to reconstruct stone markers donated late in life by 19th-century Japanese explorer Matsuura Takeshiro to shrines across
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Bear spray left by vice principal used on students at middle school in northeast Japan
TOKYO -- A junior high school student in Iwate Prefecture was arrested after allegedly spraying bear repellent at students after the school's vice pri
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Dollar jumps above 157 yen, Nikkei stock index climbs after BOJ rate hike
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. dollar jumped above 157 yen on Friday after two of the Bank of Japan's nine policy board members voted against an interest r
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Japan starts 1st rice buyback to replenish reserves
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's farm ministry on Friday began procedures to buy back 210,000 tons of rice to replenish government reserves drawn down by rele
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Editorial: Takaichi's Cabinet, LDP reshuffle could deepen disregard of Japan Diet
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reshuffled her Cabinet and unveiled a new leadership lineup for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).