Japan’s incoming PM Ishiba calls election for Oct 27, seeks to unify party

The poll, which will come a year early and ahead of the US presidential election in November, will decide which party controls parliament’s lower house. Lawmakers there will meet tomorrow to confirm him as the country’s next prime minister. Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said on Monday he will call a general election for […]

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Japan sent warships to the Taiwan Strait for the first time

Japan has sent warships to the Taiwan Strait after China sent an aircraft carrier near two Japanese islands. Deutsche Welle reported that Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported this information citing government officials. According to the news, Tokyo is actually trying to send a clear message to China. That is why Japan sent a warship to […]

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Japan inflation firms to 2.8% ahead of BoJ rate decision

Later Friday the BoJ was forecast to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged, with all 53 economists polled by Bloomberg News predicting that borrowing costs will be left at 0.25 percent. Japanese inflation rose slightly in August, with prices up 2.8 percent year-on-year, official data showed Friday, hours before the Bank of Japan was widely […]

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Japan orders evacuations in quake-hit region on flooding fears

Japan’s Meteorological Agency said it issued its highest level warning for Ishikawa, cautioning of a “life-threatening situation.” Japanese authorities told tens of thousands of people to evacuate the quake-hit region of Ishikawa on Saturday as heavy rain lifted river levels, raising flooding fears. Three rivers in the region were overflowing into nearby communities, a local […]

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Japan walkie-talkie maker says investigating after Lebanon blasts

In the second wave of device explosions in as many days, 20 people died and more than 450 were wounded on Wednesday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon. Japanese firm Icom said Thursday that it was investigating after media reported that two-way radio devices bearing its logo exploded in Lebanon. “Earlier today in worldwide media, there […]

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A new record for the number of elderly people in Japan

Japan, one of the top economies in the world, currently has 362,500,000 people aged 65 and over. As a percentage, 29.3 percent of the country’s total population is now elderly. Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced this information in a statement on Sunday (September 15). According to the statement, the number of elderly […]

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