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Tokyo shares close at record high

Tokyo shares closed at all-time highs on Thursday, tracking records on Wall Street where bullish global investors drove US tech firms higher. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.82 percent, or 332.89
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The national flag is seen on the roof of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on September 22, 2022. - The Bank of Japan (BoJ) on September 22 will wind-up a two-day policy meeting and announce its decision later in the day. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

One in 10 Japanese are older than 80: government data

More than 10 percent of Japanese people have crossed 80 years or older for the first time, new official data showed, as the nation faces a rapidly greying population.
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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo on October 28, 2022, to announce a new economic stimulus package. - Japan will spend 260 billion USD on a stimulus package to cushion the economy from the impact of inflation and the weak yen, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on October 28. (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / POOL / AFP)

Japan PM replaces foreign, defence ministers in cabinet reshuffle

Japan’s struggling Prime Minister Fumio Kishida named new foreign and defence ministers on Wednesday in a major reshuffle that raised the number of women in the cabinet to five. Kishida’s popularity and
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(FILES) (L to R) President of JohnnysÂ’ Island Yoshihiko Inohara, new president of Johnny and Associates Noriyuki Higashiyama, outgoing president Julie Keiko Fujishima and lawyer Hiroshi Kimeda, all from the talent agency behind Japan's biggest boyband empire, bow at the start of a press conference about allegations of sexual abuse by the group's late founder, at a hotel in Tokyo on September 7, 2023. - Automaker Nissan and beer giant Kirin said on September 12, 2023 that they were dissociating themselves from Japan's biggest boyband agency Johnny & Associates following revelations about sex abuse committed by its late founder for decades. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

Japan brands drop boyband agency after sex abuse scandal

McDonald’s Japan, automaker Nissan and beer giant Kirin said Tuesday they were dissociating themselves from Japan’s biggest boyband agency following revelations about decades of sex abuse by its late founder. With their
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(FILES) A man (L), whom local media have named as 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura, who is believed to have thrown an explosive toward Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, leaves Wakayama Nishi Police Station in Wakayama on April 17, 2023. - Japanese prosecutors said on September 6, 2023 they charged Kimura - accused of throwing an explosive at the prime minister in April - with attempted murder. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT / NO USE AFTER OCTOBER 6, 2023 03:40:11 GMT - JAPAN OUT

Man charged for throwing explosive at Japan PM

A man accused of throwing a pipe bomb at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April has been charged with attempted murder, a court spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a press conference during the Camp David Trilateral Summit at Camp David in Maryland on August 18, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Japan PM eats ‘safe and delicious’ Fukushima fish

Japan’s prime minister ate what he called “safe and delicious” fish from Fukushima on Wednesday, days after wastewater was released from the area’s crippled nuclear plant into the Pacific. A video clip
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(FILES) An employee of Toyota Motors assembles FCV "Mirai" on its assembly line during the vehicle's line off ceremony at the Motomachi factory in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture on February 24, 2015. - Toyota said on August 29, 2023 it halted operations at 12 of its 14 factories in Japan due to a system glitch, but that it did not appear to be a cyberattack. (Photo by Toshifumi KITAMURA / AFP)

Glitch halts Toyota factories in Japan

Toyota said Tuesday it has been hit by a technical glitch that forced it to suspend production at all of its 14 factories in Japan.
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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on August 22, 2023. - North Korea has informed Japan it plans to launch a satellite in the coming days, Tokyo said on August 22, 2023, less than three months after a failed effort saw a military satellite plunge into the sea. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

North Korea plans satellite launch as Seoul, US hold drills

North Korea is planning to launch another satellite just three months after its first attempt to put a military eye in the sky failed, prompting condemnation from Tokyo and Seoul on Tuesday
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A general view shows a section of the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) Fukushima nuclear power plant complex from a hilltop in Tomioka town about 12km away from the facility in Fukushima Prefecture, on August 20, 2023. - Tokyo's plan to release treated water from the tsunami-hit nuclear plant into the sea over the next few decades, scheduled to begin by the end of summer 2023, has raised concerns in neighbouring countries, prompting China to ban some food imports and sparking protests in South Korea. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

Japan PM says no decision on Fukushima water release date

Japanese premier Fumio Kishida said Sunday his government has not yet decided when to begin releasing treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean
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