Episodes

  • 3 Japanese-Directed Films Miss Out on Oscars

    3 Japanese-Directed Films Miss Out on Oscars
    Mar 3 2025
    All three Japanese-directed films nominated for this year's Academy Awards, including journalist Shiori Ito's "Black Box Diaries," a documentary about sexual assault she suffered, missed out on the Oscars on Sunday.
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  • Japan Govt to Auction Stockpiled Rice on March 10

    Japan Govt to Auction Stockpiled Rice on March 10
    Mar 3 2025
    The Japanese government will auction off part of its rice stockpiles on March 10, the agriculture ministry said Monday.
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  • Japan Tobacco, Others Agree to Settle Canadian Litigation

    Japan Tobacco, Others Agree to Settle Canadian Litigation
    Mar 3 2025
    Japan Tobacco Inc., Philip Morris International Inc. and British American Tobacco PLC have agreed to pay 32.5 billion Canadian dollars to settle their litigation in Canada over health risks from tobacco products, Japan Tobacco said Monday.
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  • Japan PM Stands on No One's Side in U.S.-Ukraine Row

    Japan PM Stands on No One's Side in U.S.-Ukraine Row
    Mar 3 2025
    Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that he will not thrust himself into a row between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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  • Fisherwomen Shining in Male-Dominant Industry in Japan

    Fisherwomen Shining in Male-Dominant Industry in Japan
    Mar 3 2025
    Maki Kanazawa, 31, has realized her long-held dream of becoming a fisherwoman in a central Japan area where women had been banned from boarding a fishing boat by tradition.
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  • Japan Unlikely to Attend Future Nuke Ban Meetings: Hayashi

    Japan Unlikely to Attend Future Nuke Ban Meetings: Hayashi
    Mar 3 2025
    Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Monday signaled a negative view over the possibility of the country attending future meetings of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer.
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  • Northeastern Japan Forest Fire Spreads to 2,100 Hectares

    Northeastern Japan Forest Fire Spreads to 2,100 Hectares
    Mar 3 2025
    The forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, spread further on Monday, bringing the total area burned to about 2,100 hectares.
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  • Annual Visitors to Hiroshima Museum Top 2 M. for 1st Time

    Annual Visitors to Hiroshima Museum Top 2 M. for 1st Time
    Mar 3 2025
    The annual number of visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which shows how the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing devastated the western city of Hiroshima, has exceeded two million for the first time.
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