JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan will start issuing new ¥10,000, ¥5,000 and ¥1,000 banknotes on July 3, marking the first redesign in about two decades, the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday.
Even after the new bills begin circulating, the current banknotes will remain legal tender.
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KYODO NEWS
 
The kanji for "zei," meaning tax, was picked as the Chinese character most representative of the social mood in Japan this year, a Kyoto-based organization said Tuesday.
Initiatives by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, including proposed tax cuts to help households strugglin...

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BBC
 
A Japanese court has found three ex-soldiers guilty of sexually assaulting a female colleague.
The landmark verdict comes after Rina Gonoi, 24, caused a public outcry and drew international attention when she put her story on YouTube in 2022.
Fukushima prosecutors then brought charges agai...

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SKY NEWS
 
Takashi Fujioka, a Hakodate Fisheries Research Institute researcher, suggested the fish had either died due to a lack of oxygen or entered cold waters during migration.
Thousands of dead fish have washed up on a beach in northern Japan.
The fish, mostly made up of sardines and some mac...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Business sentiment among major Japanese companies was positive for the third successive quarter in October to December, led by a continued improvement in automobile-related industries, a government survey showed Monday.
The business sentiment index for companies with capital of ¥1 b...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
 
Japan’s Empress Masako turned 60 on Saturday as she hopes to take a step forward with a new feeling.
“I feel it is incredible,” Empress Masako said in a written comment released by the Imperial Household Agency.
She expressed her deep gratitude to all those who have helped her and ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to replace Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno amid media reports he received undeclared political funds, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Saturday, citing government and ruling party sources.
Kishida and his ruling Liberal Democratic Pa...

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YAHOO NEWS
 
Japan is ready to provide $4.5 billion for the recovery of Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced during an online G7 meeting on Dec. 6.
Japan has already offered Ukraine support amounting to $1 billion, consisting of humanitarian aid and funds for recovery.
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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he decided to step down as chief of his faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, with its political funds scandal taking a further toll on his already flagging government.
The LDP has recently faced criticism amid allega...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Internet references conflating the two films drew anger in Japan, which was twice attacked by nuclear weapons during the second world war
Audiences in Japan will finally get to see Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan’s hit biopic about the creator of the nuclear bomb – following critic...

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