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Japan PM vows to ease public anxiety amid security, economic woes
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday promised to restore trust in politics following a series of scandals and tried to reassure th Full article
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Gist of new Japan PM Ishiba's policy speech in parliament
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Japan opposition seeks end to ruling bloc control in next Diet race
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Japan evacuates 16 people from conflict-hit Lebanon by SDF plane
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Miyazaki Airport to be checked for more unexploded bombs after blast
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Leader of 'shady part-time job' group may be linked to string of robberies in Tokyo area
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Explosion reported at Tokyo park, no injuries confirmed
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Tokyo approves ordinance to prevent abuse by customers in Japan's 1st
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Kin of Japan GSDF member who killed self due to harassment awarded $458K in damages
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Japan PM Ishiba 'sincerely accepts' low approval ratings for newly launched Cabinet
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East Japan governor asks to discuss impact of numbered school names on education
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Tokyo Tower targets high-end foreign tourists with new luxury tour
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Redevelopment project to make Osaka gateway to western Japan
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Easy Japanese news in translation: Praying to goddesses for good fishing in Fukuoka Pref.
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Japan maintaining plan to ditch paper health insurance cards for 'My Number' integration
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Japan irked by Russia's denial of alleged Sept. airspace breach
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New Japan PM Ishiba's tax rise plan could disrupt BOJ rate hike path
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Japan banker sacked for embezzling $377K from customers, using money for online gambling
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Japan SDF planes head for possible Lebanon evacuation mission
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Emmy-winning actor Anna Sawai among Time's 100 next-generation leaders
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An anti-whaling activist will stay in detention in Greenland while Japan seeks extradition
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Crime & Accidents
- Explosion reported at Tokyo park, no injuries confirmed
- Miyazaki Airport to be checked for more unexploded bombs after blast
- Leader of 'shady part-time job' group may be linked to string of robberies in Tokyo area
- Japan SDF planes head for possible Lebanon evacuation mission
- Japan's Miyazaki Airport reopens after WWII bomb blast forced closure
- Woman in east Japan accused of possessing 1,100-plus counterfeit luxury brand items
Politics
- Japan evacuates 16 people from conflict-hit Lebanon by SDF plane
- Gist of new Japan PM Ishiba's policy speech in parliament
- Japan PM Ishiba 'sincerely accepts' low approval ratings for newly launched Cabinet
- Japan PM vows to ease public anxiety amid security, economic woes
- Japan opposition seeks end to ruling bloc control in next Diet race
- Japan irked by Russia's denial of alleged Sept. airspace breach
Social Issues
- Tokyo approves ordinance to prevent abuse by customers in Japan's 1st
- Kin of Japan GSDF member who killed self due to harassment awarded $458K in damages
- Tokyo Tower targets high-end foreign tourists with new luxury tour
- Redevelopment project to make Osaka gateway to western Japan
- Easy Japanese news in translation: Praying to goddesses for good fishing in Fukuoka Pref.
- Japan banker sacked for embezzling $377K from customers, using money for online gambling
Weather & Disasters
- 6,000 prime flounder die after extreme heat raised seawater temperatures in west Japan
- Body found off central Japan may belong to teen missing since Noto Peninsula downpour
- Japan braces for Typhoon Jebi in east, Typhoon Krathon in south
- Heavy rain expected in Japan's Kanto-Koshin region, Shizuoka Pref. through Sept. 28: JMA
- Spent nuclear fuel delivered to Japan's sole interim storage facility
- Death toll rises to 7 after record rainfall in Japan's quake-hit Noto
History & Festivals
- Tokyo event with 2,453 participants fails to break largest Bon Odori dance record
- Elderly stateless sisters in Philippines to have Japanese citizenship restored
- Next Japan PM's potential Yasukuni visit would anger China, S. Korea
- Japan PM hosts meeting to launch grouping on nuclear disarmament
- Japan's aging A-bomb survivors to go overseas for anti-nuke activities in 2025: PM Kishida
- Italian writer retraces steps at Japan temple her family were detained at in WWII (Pt. 2)
Education
- East Japan governor asks to discuss impact of numbered school names on education
- Keio Univ. given correction advisory for not specifying labor conditions for assoc. professor
- Elite University of Tokyo to hike tuition fees by 20%; first rise in 20 yrs
- 130 high school students stand on iconic west Japan bridge to test its strength
- Japan school board to reapply for aid for victim's family after girl's death linked to bullying
- Japan university to set up new 'dinosaur department' as popularity grows
Imperial Family
- Japan's 101-yr-old princess leaves ICU after pneumonia treatment
- Japan's Prince Hisahito, 2nd in line to throne, reaches adulthood
- Japan's 101-yr-old princess in intensive care for mild pneumonia
- Japan's Princess Kako attends sign language speech contest for high school students
- Japan Imperial Family's rescue cat Mii passes away
- 56% of Japanese 17-19-year-olds have no interest in Imperial Family: poll
Polls
- Japan PM Ishiba 'sincerely accepts' low approval ratings for newly launched Cabinet
- 52% in Japan have expectations for new PM, 33% support ruling party: Mainichi poll
- 77% say new leader should uncover truth about Japan ruling party money scandal: poll
- 70% of Japan's working seniors believe they can work past 80: survey
- Nearly half say maintaining graves is hard work: Japan firm's survey
- 29% of indigenous Ainu people experienced discrimination: Hokkaido survey
More Japan News
- Kin of Japan GSDF member who killed self due to harassment awarded $458K in damages
- Japan maintaining plan to ditch paper health insurance cards for 'My Number' integration
- Kyoto police chief apologizes for inappropriate remarks amid power harassment allegations
- 6,000 prime flounder die after extreme heat raised seawater temperatures in west Japan
- Keio Univ. given correction advisory for not specifying labor conditions for assoc. professor
- Southwest Japan prefecture drops 1st name, photo from staff nametags to combat harassment
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