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- IMF Raises 2025 Global Growth Forecast to 3.2 Pct
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- (Update) Man Gets Death Penalty for Quadruple Murder in Nagano
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- CDP, DPFP, Nippon Ishin Chiefs to Meet Wed.
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- Japan to Elect New Prime Minister on Oct. 21
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- Website posts Asahi Shimbun news stories in simple Japanese
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- Record 91.5 Pct of Japan Firms Raise Wages in 2025
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- Nagano quadruple killer culpable, handed death sentence
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- (Update 2) Nikkei Plunges amid Political Uncertainty in Japan
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- Man Gets Death Penalty for Quadruple Murder in Nagano
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- Japan Local Govts Bank on Expo Success to Attract Tourists
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- Sports Experience at School Impacts Adult Life: Survey
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- ANA Flight Returns to Haneda after Hitting Runway Lights
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- Major Japanese opposition party seeks policy consensus in bid to take power
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- (Update) Japan Welcomes Release of Israeli Hostages in Gaza
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- Man receives death sentence for killing 4 people in central Japan
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- Teacher who hid dark past faked license to get jobs at schools
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- Japan Panel Nixes Decision Not to Indict Lawmaker over Funds
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- Japan finance minister calls for economic strategies that fit inflation era
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- CEATEC Digital Tech Show Kicks Off near Tokyo
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- Secretaries-General of CDP, Ishin, DPFP to Meet Tues.
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- Sake Industry Boosting Promotion in Britain
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- Nikkei index extends losses, down over 2% amid Japan political uncertainty
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- 1,700 People Invited to Japan Autumn Imperial Garden Party
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- Firms, researchers tout wider AI use at Japan electronics show
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- Japanese Nobel Winners Attend Tokyo Reception
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- Kyodo News Digest: Oct. 14, 2025
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- ANA plane returns to Haneda airport after possibly hitting runway lights
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- While yakuza offices close, gang’s main base quietly remains
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- (Update 3) DPFP, CDP Chiefs Likely to Meet over PM Nomination
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- (Update 2) World Expo in Osaka Ends; Visitors Top 25 Million
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- Typhoon Nakri passes through Izu island chain south of Tokyo, moves east
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- China Survey Ship Spotted in Japan EEZ off Amami Oshima
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- Ishiba Visits Osaka Expo for 4th Time
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- Osaka expo wraps up 6-month run after drawing over 25 million visitors
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- Visitors Enjoy Osaka Expo on Final Day
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- Osaka Kansai Expo closes after ‘captivating’ experience
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- (Update) DPFP, CDP Chiefs Likely to Meet over PM Nomination
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- (Update) 2025 World Expo in Osaka to Close Mon. Evening
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- Japanese companies employing various strategies to retain college hires
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- Rising summer heat spurs more Tokyo men to use parasols: survey
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- DPFP, CDP Chiefs Likely to Meet over PM Nomination
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- A Japanese Pinot Noir town blessed by climate change now worries about the weather
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- Komeito Exec Open to Cooperating with Opposition Parties in Runoff
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- INTERVIEW: Governor Gives High Marks to Osaka Expo
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- Izu island chain south of Tokyo braces for another typhoon
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- Rengo Seeks CDP-DPFP Cooperation after Komeito's Exit from Ruling Bloc
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- Osaka Expo Highlights Technologies from Small Businesses
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- FEATURE: Hachioji expands SOS network after special-needs teen's death
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- Osaka Expo Attracts Visitors with Authentic, Hands-On Exhibits
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- Japan to promote domestic AI development for national security
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- Expo Mascot Myaku-Myaku Goods Sales to Continue thru March
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- Tokyo moving to ban utility poles in new housing and land projects
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- How having Akita Inu dogs proved to be a game-changer
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- U.S. Govt Shutdown Boosting Concerns about Trump's Japan Visit
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- Filipinos rescued in Northern Japan Alps, 1 dies
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- Wrestling: 2-time Olympic champ Kinjo retires with sense of fulfilment
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- Baseball: Reyes delivers as Fighters sweep Orix, book rematch with Hawks
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- Japan, S. Korea Mark 60 Years of Ties thru Festival
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- (Update) Japan CDP Seeks Talks with 2 Other Opposition Heads
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- 30 Enter Central Japan Assembly Race over Controversial Mayor
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- Osaka Expo Androids to Be Moved to Kyoto
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- Osaka expo draws over 25 mil. visitors ahead of closing after 6-month run
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- Baseball: Suzuki homers for Cubs but Brewers clinch NLDS
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- Japan's main opposition party head signals openness to unite on PM vote
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- Komeito Not to Vote for Opposition PM Candidate: Saito
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- Japan diaper firms step up recycling as waste set to grow in aging society
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- Social Media Buoys Osaka Expo after Turbulent Start
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- Mt. Fuji sees drop in stranded climbers after tougher rules set
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- Internet Becomes Japan's Top Daily News Source for 1st Time
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- Kyodo News Digest: Oct. 12, 2025
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- Japan’s first Antarctic radio telescope shoots for the stars
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- Japan summers lengthened by 3 weeks over 42 yrs: researchers
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- Japan Group to Launch AI Service for Saury Size Predictions
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- Hidankyo, Others Hold Event 80 Yrs after Atomic Bombings
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- FOCUS: LDP-Komeito Breakup Driven by Discord over Political Funds
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- Ancient Atlas sculpture to go on display in Osaka after expo
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- (Update) 1 Year after Hidankyo's Nobel Prize, Student Calls for Nuke Abolition
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- 1 Year after Hidankyo's Nobel Prize, Student Calls for Nuke Abolition
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- Legacy of Osaka expo? We’ll know after 6 months, says organizer
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- Sumo: Yokozuna Onosato among 1st wrestlers to depart for London tour
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- Osaka expo enters final weekend, venue at capacity as closing day nears
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- Japan's Medical Expenses Hit Record 48 T. Yen in FY 2023
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- JMA warns Izu isles at high risk as Typhoon No. 23 approaches
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- Japan PM Ishiba Attends Memorial for Fallen SDF Members
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- Japan's Dom Dom Hamburger launches 1st overseas outlet in Taipei
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- FEATURE: Japanese firm develops alcohol-free eel sauce to reach Muslim markets
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- Kyodo News Digest: Oct. 11, 2025
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- 26 Years of LDP-Komeito Alliance Marked by Twists and Turns
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- Komeito's Exit Raises Concerns over Summit Diplomacy of Japan
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- Chinese Missile Destroyers Sail Around US Ally’s Territory
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- Japan Lawmakers Hand Takaichi's Letter to Taiwan Pres. Lai
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- (Update) Ishiba Issues Remarks over 80th Anniversary of War End
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- FOCUS: Breakup of ruling coalition clouds LDP chief Takaichi path to premiership
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- Football: Ueda goal salvages Japan 2-2 home draw with Paraguay
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- (Update) CDP Poised to Seek Cooperation with Komeito
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- LDP Eyeing Diet Votes on New PM for Oct. 20 at Earliest
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- (Update 3) Komeito to Leave Japan's Ruling Coalition with LDP
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- Ishiba Issues Remarks over 80th Anniversary of War End
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- Nuclear Risk at Extreme Level 80 Yrs after Atomic Bombings
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- 2025 Japan Rice Harvest Seen Rising to 7.48 M. Tons
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- (Update 2) Komeito to Leave Japan's Ruling Coalition with LDP
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- TV Celebrity Dewi Sukarno Visits North Korea
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- CDP Sees Chance of Change in Govt after Ruling Coalition Splits
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- 75 Pct Unaware of Dementia Basic Law Enactment: Japan Govt Survey
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- Outgoing Japan PM stresses civilian control in 80th WWII anniv. message
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- (Update) Komeito to Leave Japan's Ruling Coalition with LDP
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- 290 Expressway Sites in Japan Have Landslide Risk
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- Japan Urges OpenAI to Address Copyright Issues
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- US Drone Tracked on China’s Doorstep
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- Nobel winner set young minds on fire with speech on dreams
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- Nobel laureate Kitagawa credits walking as a key to his success
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- Citing unease over graft, Komeito party leaves the longstanding ruling coalition headed by the LDP
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- BOJ's Ueda Faces Political Challenge in Raising Rates
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- Japan ruling party's junior ally Komeito to end coalition after 26 years
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- Komeito to Leave Japan's Ruling Coalition with LDP
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- Suprapartisan Group for Nuclear Abolition to Be Set Up in Japan
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- Japan Average Rice Price Down for 3rd Week in Row
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- Takaichi, Ishiba May Have Discussed Komeito, WWII Message
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- Human remains identified as girl who disappeared in 2011 tsunami
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- Japan to Assist Ukraine with Mine Removal Training
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- Japan Producer Prices Up 2.7 Pct in Sept.
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- FY 2024 Japan Food Self-Sufficiency Rate Remains at 38 Pct
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- Foreign Residents in Japan Hit Record 3.95 M.
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- Yen heads for sharpest weekly fall in a year as rate hike wagers recede
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- FOCUS: Rising bear attacks prompt new shooting rules, but hunters dwindle
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- Japan to Tighten Biz Manager Visa Requirements
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- FEATURE: Historian reveals new insights from WWII aerial footage
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- Kyodo News Digest: Oct. 10, 2025
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- INTERVIEW: Osaka Expo Exec Stresses Message, Legacy ahead of Closing
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- Remains identified as 6-year-old girl missing in Japan's 2011 tsunami
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- Killing at Kobe residence alarms security, real estate industries
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- As global warming looms, mikan farmers switching to avocados
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- Onodera to Head LDP's Tax Panel
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- Takaichi Eyeing Economic Measures Soon after Becoming PM
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- (Update) Komeito May Decide Whether to Maintain Coalition with LDP on Friday
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- Komeito May Decide Whether to Maintain Coalition with LDP on Friday
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- TEPCO Mulls Decommissioning Some Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactors
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- Unknown bright objects approached reactors at Japan nuclear plant in July
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- (Update) Ex-Execs of AI Developer Alt Arrested for Window-Dressing
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- INTERVIEW: DPFP Negative about Joining LDP-Led Coalition for Now
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- Sumo: Ukrainian star Aonishiki fulfilling dream, determined to reach top
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- Japan to Mull Expanding Reconstruction Aid for Gaza
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- US Ally Boosts Missile Power Against China
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- Sake Brewing to Be Tested on International Space Station
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- Japanese news agency reprimands photographer over viral Takaichi remarks
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- Kitagawa, who found a use for the useless, wins the Nobel Prize
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- Remains Identified as 6-Year-Old Missing after 2011 Tsunami
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- Japan's Jogging Population Drops by 3 M. in 4 Years
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- TEPCO pledges cash to win Niigata’s support for nuke restart
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- Official record of Empress Kojun’s life covers wartime duties
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- Japan to Promote Graduate Education
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- Hacker group claims responsibility for Asahi Group ransomware attack
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- Japan's Current Account Surplus Down 4.8 Pct in Aug.
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- Ishiba Plans to Issue Message on WWII around Fri.
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- Japan Aug. Real Wages Down for 8th Month
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- Nissan to launch new Leaf EV in Japan, hopes to jump-start flagging sales
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- Pro-Palestinian protests on the 2-year anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel
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- Kyodo News Digest: Oct. 8, 2025
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- Japan logs current account surplus of 3.78 tril. yen in Aug.
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- Japan's real wages fall 1.4% in Aug., down for 8th straight month
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- Japan Chemical Firms Seeking Partnerships over Next-Gen Chips
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- Warning issued about elderly people shopping on TV channels
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- From sports to the classroom: Ex-athletes now teaching PE
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- JR East to Introduce New Inspection Shinkansen Train in FY 2029
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- Takaichi May Skip Yasukuni Visit during Autumn Festival
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- US Ally on China’s Doorstep Stages Large-Scale War Games
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- Bear wanders into supermarket in eastern Japan, injures 2 customers
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- JFA Technical Director Kageyama Fired over Child Pornography
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- Yen falls to 6-month low vs. U.S. dollar on receding BOJ rate hike hopes
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- LDP chief Takaichi may skip Yasukuni shrine visit for autumn rite: sources
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- Yen Weakens past 151 per Dollar for 1st Time in 6 Months
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- (Update) LDP, Komeito Punt Agreement on Maintaining Ruling Coalition
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- Japan Police Launch Talks on Stricter Drone Rules
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- Osaka Expo Expected to Post Profit of Up to 28 B. Yen
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- Tokyu Says Train Collision Caused by Signal Setting Error
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- Japan Nuclear Fuel Accepts Uranium for 1st Time in 11 Years
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- Mie Eyes Japan's 1st Rule with Penalty against Customer Abuse
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- LDP, Komeito Punt Agreement on Maintaining Ruling Coalition
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- Japan's Sakaguchi, Wife Share Joy after Nobel Prize Win
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- Japan Coincident Economic Index Down 0.7 Point in Aug.
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- Japan-U.S. Summit Expected for Oct. 28
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- OECD: Japanese teachers still working longest hours in world
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- Couple arrested after customs finds 45 tons of Vietnamese rice
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- Sakaguchi Traveled Rocky Road in Research Leading to Nobel Prize
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- Lawyers Protest Takaichi's "Work Like Workhorses" Remarks
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- Japan Panel Eyes Vehicle Weight for Auto Tax Size
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- Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Pact to Be Applied for 1st Time
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- Japan teachers working hours longest in OECD surveyed nations
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- In hometown of Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’, supporters stress a softer side
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- Ishiba Calls for Continued Pay Hikes
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- MUFG to acquire Tokyo's National Stadium naming rights from 2026
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- (Update) Trump Praises Takaichi as Person of Great Wisdom, Strength
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- Nuclear Victims Hold Global Forum in Hiroshima
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- Japan's CDP Seeks Unified Opposition Candidate for PM
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- Teachers in Japan Work Longest Hours: OECD Survey
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- Japan Household Spending Up 2.3 Pct in Aug.
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- (Update) Takaichi Launches New LDP Leadership Team
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- Typhoon No. 22 picking up steam, heading toward Izu isles
The Asahi Shimbun
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- Takaichi Launches New LDP Leadership Team
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- US Allies’ Joint Training Could Anger China
Newsweek
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