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Pentagon chief says US will ensure 'deterrence' across Taiwan Strait
by Kyoko Hasegawa - March 30, 2025 - 4:11pm
The United States will ensure "robust, ready and credible deterrence" across the Taiwan Strait, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday, calling China "aggressive and coercive".
7-Eleven owner announces counter-bid to foreign buyout
by Kyoko Hasegawa - November 13, 2024 - 5:24pm
The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven said Wednesday its founding family had offered a counter-bid to a takeover attempt by Canadian convenience store rival Alimentation Couche-Tard.
Decline of rural Japan not our fault, women say
by Kyoko Hasegawa - October 27, 2024 - 2:08pm
Over 40% of municipalities risk extinction, according to a recent study, because of an aging population and an exodus of young people from the countryside — particularly women who wish to escape sexist at...
Floods, landslides hit central Japan months after major quake
by Kyoko Hasegawa - September 22, 2024 - 6:14pm
Floods and landslides killed one person and left at least 11 missing in central Japan, with recovery teams at work on Sunday in a remote peninsula already devastated by a major earthquake this year.
Tokyo demands answers after fatal stabbing of Japanese boy in China
by Kyoko Hasegawa - September 19, 2024 - 5:02pm
Japan's prime minister demanded an explanation from Beijing on Thursday about the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen and urged China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens.
Japan set to lift 'megaquake' warning
by Kyoko Hasegawa - August 15, 2024 - 10:54am
Japan will lift its week-old "megaquake" warning later Thursday if there is no further major seismic activity, the disaster management minister said.
Women fight Tokyo election in male-dominated Japan
by Kyoko Hasegawa - July 7, 2024 - 5:39pm
Tokyo residents clutching fans and cold drinks took to polling stations Sunday to elect their governor, with two prominent women vying for the job in Japan's male-dominated political sphere.
Weak yen pressures Bank of Japan rate decision
by Kyoko Hasegawa - April 26, 2024 - 4:17pm
The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-low interest rates unchanged Friday and stopped short of signalling another hike, pushing the yen to a fresh 34-year low against the dollar.
Japan inflation falls to 2% in January
by Kyoko Hasegawa - February 27, 2024 - 9:50am
Japanese consumer inflation slowed for the third straight month to 2.0% in January, government data showed Tuesday.
Japan craft made successful pin-point Moon landing, space agency says
by Kyoko Hasegawa - January 25, 2024 - 4:37pm
Japan's "Moon Sniper" craft made a pin-point lunar landing despite last-minute engine problems, the space agency said Thursday as it released the first images from the mission.
Death toll hits 126 in Japan quake
by Kyoko Hasegawa - January 7, 2024 - 4:20pm
Rescuers and residents sifted through rubble Saturday as their focus turned to recovering bodies and cleaning up rather than finding survivors, five days after a huge earthquake struck central Japan and killed at...
Woman in 90s pulled from rubble five days after Japan quake
by Kyoko Hasegawa - January 7, 2024 - 12:15pm
A woman in her 90s trapped for five days under the rubble by a huge earthquake in central Japan was rescued against the odds, but snow and storms were expected to complicate relief efforts on Sunday.
Japan PM unveils $113 billion stimulus as poll numbers slump
by Kyoko Hasegawa - November 2, 2023 - 12:43pm
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a stimulus package worth more than $100 billion on Thursday as he tries to ease the squeeze from inflation and rescue his premiership with his poll ratings at a record...
Petition against felling thousands of trees in historic Tokyo park area
by Kyoko Hasegawa - September 25, 2023 - 3:53pm
Campaigners filed a fresh petition with almost 225,000 signatures on Monday against plans to fell potentially thousands of trees and tear down a historic baseball stadium in a rare green area of central Tokyo.
Japan to approve major defence overhaul on China threats
by Kyoko Hasegawa - December 16, 2022 - 10:53am
Japan's government is poised to approve a major defence policy overhaul Friday, including a significant spending hike, as it warns China poses the "greatest strategic challenge ever" to the country's security.
Japan mourns as body of assassinated PM Abe returns to Tokyo
by Kyoko Hasegawa - July 9, 2022 - 8:49am
Japan on Saturday mourned the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, whose body was being moved to Tokyo from the western town where he was gunned down at close range on the campaign trail.
Asteroid samples contain 'clues to origin of life': Japan scientists
by Kyoko Hasegawa - June 10, 2022 - 1:16pm
Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some of the building blocks of life on Earth may have been formed in space, scientists said Friday.
Nagasaki marks atomic bomb anniversary with sombre ceremony
by Kyoko Hasegawa - August 9, 2021 - 6:11pm
Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno that killed 74,000 people, three days after the nuclear bomb that hit Hiroshima. 
Asteroid dust collected by Japan probe arrives on Earth
by Kyoko Hasegawa - December 6, 2020 - 11:46am
Scientists hope the precious samples, which are expected to amount to no more than 0.1 grams of material, could help shed light on the origin of life and the formation of the universe.
Who could lead Japan after Shinzo Abe?
by Kyoko Hasegawa - August 29, 2020 - 5:37pm
As Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces his plans to resign over health problems, attention turns to who could succeed the country's longest-ruling premier, with no consensus yet clear on a can...
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