Ex-head of resignation assistance firm gets suspended sentence
The Tokyo District Court found Shinji Tanimoto and his wife, Shiori, guilty of earning profit from referring customers…
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Quake-hit library gradually returning to normal in Kumamoto
The earthquake-hit municipal library in the city of Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, is moving step by step toward reopening…
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Let’s talk about ‘S&X,’ baby: Netflix drama on sexuality falls flat
The Netflix series tries to destigmatize conversations about sex with unflinching honesty, but flattens the story in…
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Why Japan’s centrist opposition parties can’t get along with one another
The Centrist Reform Alliance was supposed to have merged by now with the remaining elements of the Constitutional…
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Toyota sales fall for six straight months on weak China demand
Intense competition among China's domestic carmakers is crowding out importers, while turmoil in the Middle East has…
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Sanctioning the International Criminal Court: The view from Tokyo
Japan is right to support the ICC and its Japanese president. But support should not mean treating the institution as…
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Japan to incorporate AI into the handling of emergency calls
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to introduce a system that automatically transcribes emergency calls and…
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Japan enters an unusually early flu season
This year marks the second-earliest start of the season, according to health ministry records dating back to 1999.
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Nepal says dam burst in Tibet, warns rescuers to head to safety
The U.S. Geological Survey said the disaster on Wednesday was caused by a glacial collapse that triggered a vast flow…
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Japan’s nursery school waiting lists grow for first time in nine years
The number of children on nursery school waiting lists rose by 181 from a year earlier to 2,435, up for the first time…
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Venezuela weighs OPEC exit as U.S. discusses oil fields stake
Caracas' potential separation would be a victory for U.S. President Donald Trump, a long-time critic of the oil cartel.
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Nippon Life open to becoming net JGB buyer next fiscal year
The insurer, which has held off on adding to its Japanese government bond holdings over the past two years after…
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Yokohama mayor resigns over allegations of power harassment
Takeharu Yamanaka's resignation starts the clock for an election to take place within 50 days after it is approved by…
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SK Hynix weighs closer ties with Japan’s memory industry
The South Korean chipmaker doesn't have "any fixed plans" for its significant indirect stake in Kioxia Holdings, CEO…
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Japan regulator steps up scrutiny of 50-year home loans
Home loans of as long as 50 years are becoming more common among younger borrowers with modest incomes.
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Mizuho files case against Radiant World in Singapore court
Some banks have frozen Radiant World's accounts and trading houses have severed ties on concerns the commodity…
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Two arrested over luxury watch smash-and-grab in Tokyo
The two, who are Chilean nationals, allegedly smashed the showcase of a watch shop in broad daylight on Tuesday and…
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Marshall Wace joins hedge fund peers in planning Japan office
Global hedge funds have been looking for ways to boost their Japan presence and investments.
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South Korea backs Trump’s bid to revive North Korea talks
South Korea supports U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, but aims to ensure its…
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Thousands still in evacuation centers one month after Kumamoto quake
The government has announced a package of measures to support recovery, including a travel discount program to…
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Qatar steps in to mediate as Trump says U.S. not talking to Iran
Major combat operations have been paused for weeks but there has been little progress toward a wider peace agreement…
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Multiple world records fall at Zurich Diamond League meet
Home favorite Audrey Werro sent the Zurich crowd into raptures by moving even closer to the sport's oldest world…
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Hormuz oil flows rising as Gulf giants’ ramp-up gathers pace
About 6 million to 8 million barrels a day of crude are now being shipped through the chokepoint, keeping global prices…
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Corals show how El Nino is intensifying as the planet warms
Coral skeleton records stretching back 1,000 years show El Nino episodes are intensifying as the planet warms,…
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Trump fans Canada spat by renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the name Ontario has Indigenous roots and predates both Canada's confederation…
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Anthropic tests new way for Claude to work with robots and scientific lab tools
The new software standard essentially stores information for artificial intelligence assistants to understand how a…
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Cuba readies to kick off school year despite scant supplies
Nearly 1.4 million children and adolescents will head back to school at the start of September.
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Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic dies in hospital
Mladic, who had suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war…
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Swallowed by silt: Survivors recount Nepal flood horror
A tsunami-like wall of water and mud swept through villages and towns along Nepal's Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers on…
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Faster Tokyo inflation supports near-term BOJ rate hike case
The consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 1.8% in August from a year earlier, picking up a tad after rising…
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Japan to survey animal cafes over hygiene and welfare concerns
The nation has hundreds of the cafes where campaigners say animals are sometimes kept in cramped spaces.
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Jets star Connor Hellebuyck goes public with trade request
Hellebuyck, a key member of the United States' gold-medal squad at the Winter Olympics in February, released a…
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U.N. urges child-safe design across social media, after Meta settlement
The settlement resolved claims that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users, misled the public…
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Sloppy Springboks look to clean up mistakes in second test against New Zealand
South Africa has not lost two games in a row since 2022, and has not done so at home in 11 years.
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Glacier collapse behind Nepal flood highlights region’s climate risk
Similar events are becoming more frequent as global warming accelerates the ongoing thaw in the Himalayas.
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Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho seeking more than goals from superstar Kylian Mbappe
The French forward hit a hat trick as Jose Mourinho's team steamrollered Real Sociedad on Wednesday.
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