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Nearly A Million More Deaths Than Births In Japan Last Year

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BBC
 
Almost a million more deaths than births were recorded in Japan last year, representing the steepest annual population decline since government surveys began in 1968.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has described the demographic crisis of Japan's ageing population as a "quiet emergency", pled...

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Major Japan Newspaper Sues 'Free-Riding' AI Firm Perplexity

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world's biggest by circulation, is suing U.S.-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly "free-riding" on its content on its search engine.
The lawsuit filed Thursday is one of a slew by media companies worldwide against AI firms using their...

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Sony Hikes Profit Forecasts After Strong Quarter For Games

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JAPAN TODAY
 
PlayStation-maker Sony raised its annual profit forecasts on Thursday, citing strong performance in its key gaming business and a smaller-than-expected negative impact of U.S. trade tariffs.
The Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate said "user engagement continued its ...

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Toyota Cuts Forecast For Full-Year Profit

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NHK
 
Toyota Motor says US tariff increases would shave almost 10 billion dollars off operating profit for the current fiscal year.
Japan's biggest automaker also said operating profit will probably be 3.2 trillion yen, or about 22 billion dollars, in the year ending March, compared with the prev...

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Crew Member Evacuates F2 Fighter Jet Belonging to Japan’s ASDF; Incident Occurred Over Pacific Ocean

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JAPAN NEWS
 
A crew member evacuated an F2 fighter jet flying off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, the Air Self-Defense Force has said on Thursday.
The jet crashed in the Pacific Ocean at around 12:35 p.m. on the day. The crew member was picked up by an ASDF helicopter and taken to hospital. No o...

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From Heatwaves To Floods: Extreme Weather Sweeps Across Asia

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BBC
 
While torrential rains lash China, Pakistan and parts of India, sweltering heat has enveloped Japan and South Korea as extreme weather claims hundreds of lives in the region.
Climate change has made weather extremities more intense, frequent and unpredictable, scientists say.
This pattern i...

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Japan's FY 2025 GDP Growth Projection Lowered to 0.7 Pct

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NIPPON
 
The Cabinet Office said Thursday that Japan's gross domestic product in fiscal 2025 is expected to grow a real 0.7 pct from the previous year, down from 1.2 pct shown in the government's economic outlook adopted in January.
The new estimate for the fiscal year through March 2026, submitt...

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Hiroshima Marks 80th Anniversary Of Atomic Bombing

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Hiroshima marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Wednesday, with a call for young people to take on the challenge of building broader support toward ridding the world of nuclear weapons as the survivors age and concerns of nuclear conflict grow.
"Our youth, the le...

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4 Of Japanese Descent In Philippines Seek Japanese Citizenship

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NHK
 
Four people of Japanese descent who say they were left behind in the Philippines in the chaotic conclusion of World War Two have lodged citizenship claims with Japanese courts.
Eighty years on from the end of the war, there are still about 50 such people in the Philippines pursuing citizens...

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Mercury Hits New Japan Record High of 41.8 C in Isesaki

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NIPPON
 
The temperature in the eastern Japan city of Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, soared to 41.8 degrees Celsius at 2:26 p.m. on Tuesday, marking a record high for Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The previous record high was 41.2 degrees, marked in the western city of Tamba, Hyogo Pre...

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