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Golden Week holidays start amid post-COVID tourism boom, weak yen

Japan's Golden Week holidays started Saturday, with train stations and airports across the country crowded with people heading to resorts or returning to hometowns.
It is almost a year si

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BOJ keeps short-term rates unchanged as expected, yen tumbles

The Bank of Japan maintained its policy rate unchanged as widely expected at the end of a two-day meeting on Friday after hiking it a month earlier.
The BOJ's new forecasts showed it expe

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Earthquake alert

The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Day and Time: April 24, 2024, 8:40 p.m.
Epicenter: In Ibaraki Prefecture. N 36.5, E 140.6

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Earthquake alert

The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Day and Time: April 8, 2024, 10:25 a.m.
Epicenter: Off Kagoshima Prefecture. N 31.6, E 13

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Skateboarding: Battle for Olympic spots heating up among Japanese

Earning an Olympic berth is never easy task, even for reigning world street skateboarding champions, especially if they are Japanese and must fend off a long list of talented youngsters for one of jus

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North Korea rejects any further negotiations with Japan: KCNA

North Korea on Tuesday rejected any further contact or negotiations with Japan and said a summit meeting between its leader Kim Jong Un and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is not in its interest

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Earthquake alert

The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Day and Time: March 23, 2024, 8:31 a.m.
Epicenter: In Gifu Prefecture. N 35.7, E 136.6

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Earthquake alert

The following is an earthquake alert issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Day and Time: Feb. 26, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Epicenter: In Ehime Prefecture. N 33.6, E 132.5

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Nikkei index briefly surges past all-time closing high marked in 1989

Tokyo stocks surged Thursday morning on strong earnings at major Japanese companies, with the benchmark Nikkei index briefly topping its all-time closing high of 38,915.87 marked in December 1989.

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Japan's Economy in Recession: Slips Behind Germany to Fourth-Largest Globally

Japan has unexpectedly fallen into a recession after its economy shrank for two consecutive quarters. The country's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by a worse-than-expected 0.4% in the last three months of 2023 compared to the previous year. This decline followed a significant 3.3% shrinkage in the third quarter. These figures, emanating from Japan's Cabinet…

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