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5 days ago · TOP STORIES. General News BOJ Decides to Raise Key Policy Rate to 0.5%. The Bank of Japan decided Friday to raise its short-term policy rate target from the current level of about 0.25% to about 0.5%, its second hike in...

Jan 20, 2025 · SOCIETY. Tokyo Firm Sought to Withdraw Funds Under False Pretenses; Accounts Had Been Frozen to Compensate Scamming Victims. A Tokyo company obtained a court document under false pretenses in a bid to withdraw funds from bank accounts that had been frozen to compensate the victims of investment scams,...

3 days ago · <p>Over 80% of Japanese people are not satisfied with the political climate since the House of Representatives election in October, according to a recent opinion poll conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun and Waseda University’s Institute for Advanced Social Sciences.</p>

General News Survey: Dissatisfaction with Politics Higher Among Social Media Users; DPFP, Reiwa Shinsengumi Benefit from Short Videos. The influence of social media on elections has been attracting attention.

6 days ago · <p>SHENZHEN — A Chinese district court sentenced a man in his 40s to death for murder on Friday over the fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old Japanese boy last September in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, Japan’s Foreign Ministry has reported. The attack, which occurred while the boy was walking to a Japanese school, caused significant concern within the Japanese community.</p>

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Dec 29, 2024 · Reuters file photos Japan and U.S flags. The Yomiuri Shimbun. 15:46 JST, December 29, 2024. Japan and the United States will communicate regarding Washington’s possible use of nuclear weapons in the event of a contingency, the two governments have stipulated in their first-ever guidelines for so-called extended deterrence, The …

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2 days ago · <p>A large-scale drill that the Chinese military conducted nearby Taiwan in December seems to have been an exercise in preventing U.S. forces from approaching the sea around the island, according to analysis by the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals.</p>