Ishiba planning to visit US in January for talks with Trump
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is planning to visit the United States in January for talks with US President-ele...
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Japanese media baron Watanabe of Yomiuri Shimbun dies at 98
Watanabe Tsuneo, the representative director and editor-in-chief of the Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, died of pneumonia at a...
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BOJ starts last monetary policy meeting of year
The Bank of Japan started its last monetary policy meeting of the year on December 18. Within the BOJ, the majority vi...
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US President-elect Donald Trump eager to meet Japanese PM Ishiba
US President-elect Donald Trump / I’d love to see the prime minister and we will do that. I have great respect for the p...
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Japans new basic energy plan to largely use renewable energy
A draft of the basic energy plan, which will revise Japan’s energy policy, will be published on December 17.The policy i...
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President-elect Trump meets with Akie Abe, widow of former Japanese PM Abe
S/NNN Correspondent, Masuda Risa: President-elect Trump and Abe Akie are currently meeting at Mar-a-Lago seen behind me...
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Japan Exchange Group CEO says stock market performed steadily this year
S/ Yamaji Hiromi, Japan Exchange Group CEO/ I think we can say that the stock market has performed steadily this year as...
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PM Ishiba visits Fukushima Daiichi plant for 1st time since taking office
Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru visited Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on December 1...
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Nobel Peace Prize laureates and Norwegian PM call for world without nuclear weapons
Three co-chairpersons from Nihon Hidankyo met with Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, in Oslo on December 11, a...
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Japan to raise corporate & income tax to fund defense
The Japanese government may start raising taxes as early as April 2026 to fund the increased defense spending, according...
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