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Japan PM Vows All-Out Efforts Toward Sustained Pay Hikes At May Day Event

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KYODO NEWS
 
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday her government will do its utmost to help ensure continued wage hikes as the head of the country's umbrella group for labor unions underscored the need for increased pay amid inflation.
Takaichi attended a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Shib...

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Japan Seeks to Play Active Role at NPT Review Meeting

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NIPPON
 
Japan will seek to play an active role in finding common ground between nuclear and nonnuclear states at a review conference for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which opened Monday, Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ayano Kunimitsu said Tuesday.
Kunimitsu, who took part in...

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Japan Considers Making Language Programs A Factor In Residency Screenings

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The government is considering creating programs teaching Japanese language, culture and social rules to foreign nationals and making attendance of the programs a factor in residency screenings, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
The government plans to begin the progr...

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Japan Airlines Trials Humanoid Robots As Ground Handlers

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BBC
 
Japan Airlines (JAL) will start using humanoid robots in ground handling tasks at Tokyo's Haneda airport from May, in a two-year trial it said is aimed at easing employees' workload.
For a start, the Chinese-made robots will be deployed to load and unload cargo containers, JAL and GMO AI & ...

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Japan Panel Calls for Boost in Long-Term Public Works Investment

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NIPPON
 
Private-sector members of a key Japanese government panel have called for a review of an indicator used to assess the appropriateness of public works projects in order to encourage long-term infrastructure investment by local governments and other entities.
“We need to build a strong reg...

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https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20260428-324654/

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Nearly 40% of municipalities subject to a subsequent earthquake advisory for Hokkaido and the Sanriku coast region, which was issued following a powerful earthquake on April 20, had yet to formulate response plans outlining procedures to be taken after such an advisory, according to ...

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Chatgpt Passes Japan Top Universities' Entrance Exams With Highest Scores

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KYODO NEWS
 
ChatGPT scored the highest marks in this year's entrance exams of the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, two of Japan's top universities, surpassing those of the actual top scorers, an AI venture said Monday.
According to LifePrompt Inc., the generative AI chatbot scored 50 po...

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Number Of Forced Deportations In Japan Hits Record

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
 
A record 318 foreign nationals were forcibly deported with an officer escort in 2025, having refused to leave Japan voluntarily after being found to be staying illegally in the country, according to data compiled by the Immigration Services Agency.
A record 318 foreign natio...

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Magnitude 6.2 Quake Shakes Hokkaido

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JAPAN TIMES
 
A strong earthquake rattled Hokkaido early Monday, the U.S. and Japanese meteorological agencies reported, the latest in a series of powerful tremors to hit Japan.
The magnitude 6.2 quake struck shortly before 5:30 a.m. in Hokkaido’s southern region, at a depth of 83 kilometers, the...

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Japan Reviews Dual Pricing for Tourist Sites

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NIPPON
 
Experts commissioned by the Japan Tourism Agency met on Monday to launch a review of dual pricing for tourist sites, in which charges for nonresidents, including inbound tourists, are set higher than those for residents.
Based on their discussions, the agency plans to draw up guidelines ...

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