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<title>Japan Challenges World Map Showing Disputed Islands in Russia's Color</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Japan has asked for changes to an Equal Earth world map that depicts the Russian-controlled Northern Territories in the same color as Russia, prompting the map's creator to say the Japanese-language version will be revised while the English version will remain unchanged. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-10 06:35:43</pubDate>
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<title>Titanic Photo Sparks Fresh Controversy in Fukuoka Assembly</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly elected a new chairman after the resignation of longtime power broker Isao Kuranouchi, while a photograph showing an opposition lawmaker striking a pose reminiscent of the movie Titanic during an overseas inspection trip has triggered a fresh political controversy. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-09 19:21:12</pubDate>
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<title>Yen Carry Trade Unwind Puts Takaichi’s BOJ Strategy Under Pressure</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150698.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government faced a sharper market test on September 9 as the yen’s rapid rebound began pressuring global carry trades, turning expectations of a Bank of Japan rate hike into a political challenge for an administration still trying to balance household relief, fiscal discipline and economic security. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-09 10:26:37</pubDate>
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<title>Yen Rally Turns BOJ Rate Hike Into Takaichi’s Next Political Test</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150676.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi entered the final stretch before the Bank of Japan’s September policy meeting facing a new version of the currency problem that has shaped her summer: the yen is no longer collapsing, but its sharp rebound is now forcing her government to explain how far it is prepared to tolerate higher interest rates to restore market confidence. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-08 11:42:32</pubDate>
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<title>Takaichi Steps Up Cabinet Reshuffle Plans</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150655.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is accelerating preparations for a Cabinet reshuffle that could take place as early as next week, considering ministerial posts for senior Liberal Democratic Party officials while weighing the treatment of Internal Affairs Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and a new Cabinet member from the Japan Innovation Party. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-07 10:49:58</pubDate>
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<title>Yokohama Mayor Resigns Over Power Harassment Allegations</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150653.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka resigned on September 7 after the city assembly unanimously approved his request to step down over allegations of workplace power harassment, setting the stage for a mayoral election in October. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-07 10:40:13</pubDate>
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<title>Tokyo Unveils Design for Symbol Tree at Shinjuku Station</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150641.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tokyo has unveiled the design for a major redevelopment of the plaza outside Shinjuku Station's west exit, with a landmark tree, water-play area and event space planned as part of a transformation centered on "greenery, light and people" that is scheduled for completion in 2035. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-05 19:10:34</pubDate>
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<title>Putin Says Tax Incentives on Disputed Islands Have Been Successful</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150616.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin said tax incentives on the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan have been successful, using a speech at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok to highlight economic development in Russia's Far East. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-03 19:38:41</pubDate>
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<title>Japan Defends Fiscal and Growth Strategy After G20 Finance Talks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on September 3 that the economic policy of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government should not be equated with conventional reflationary policy, after returning from the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in the United States and briefing the prime minister on the talks. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-03 19:34:19</pubDate>
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<title>Putin Says Japan Responsible for Worsening Ties With Russia</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150602.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin said on September 2 that Japan bears full responsibility for the deterioration in relations between the two countries, defending Moscow's approach following criticism from Tokyo over his first visit to Etorofu Island in August. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-02 07:07:34</pubDate>
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<title>Three Opposition Parties Abandon Merger Plans</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150580.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The leaders of the Centrist Reform Alliance, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito have agreed to abandon plans to merge their three parties, leaving the Centrist Reform Alliance effectively split. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-31 21:23:49</pubDate>
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<title>Can Domestic Drone Production Transform Japan's Defense?</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150552.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan is moving to strengthen its defenses against mass drone attacks after Terra Drone became the sole company to advance through a Defense Ministry program for a Japanese-made interceptor drone, drawing on battlefield technology and production methods developed in Ukraine while pushing for domestic production of critical components. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-30 11:16:44</pubDate>
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<title>Takaichi Bond Cap Tests Fiscal Credibility As BOJ Pressure Builds</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150539.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi moved on August 28 to contain market concern over her government’s spending plans, saying Japan will aim to cap new government bond issuance at around 40 trillion yen in the fiscal 2027 budget while still pursuing food-tax relief, growth investment and measures to support households facing higher prices. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-28 08:11:04</pubDate>
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<title>Japan Unveils New Energy Security Policy</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150524.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan has drawn up a new policy package aimed at strengthening energy security in response to developments in the Middle East, including support for alternative oil pipelines that would bypass the Strait of Hormuz and greater use of nuclear power to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-26 22:47:03</pubDate>
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<title>Fukuoka 'Don' Resigns as Questions Remain Over Money</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150522.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly speaker Isao Kuranouchi, long regarded as the dominant power in the chamber, resigned as an assembly member on August 25, intensifying scrutiny of allegations involving financial transactions, costly overseas inspection trips and policies backed by public funds while raising broader questions about how he accumulated such influence. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-26 16:31:09</pubDate>
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<title>My Number App Launches With Integrated ID Verification</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150514.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan's Digital Agency launched a new smartphone app on August 25 that combines identity verification and administrative procedures, allowing users to access both government and participating private-sector services through a single application. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-25 18:47:36</pubDate>
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<title>Takaichi Says Gasoline Prices Will Remain Around 170 Yen Per Liter</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150512.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Takaichi said the government will continue using subsidies to keep the nationwide average gasoline price at around 170 yen per liter, drawing on reserve funds set aside to respond to developments in the Middle East. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-25 14:02:37</pubDate>
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<title>Fukushima Decontamination Soil to Be Reused at Government Offices</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Japanese government plans to reuse low-radioactivity soil generated by decontamination work after the Fukushima nuclear accident at government office complexes in Saitama and Sendai, marking the first such reuse outside Tokyo. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-25 06:39:44</pubDate>
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<title>Japan Backs Fusion and Plastic Recycling With 20 Billion Yen Investment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Japan's GX Promotion Organization has invested about 3 billion yen in two startups developing nuclear fusion and plastic recycling technologies, with combined public and private investment expected to reach around 20 billion yen as the government seeks to accelerate the commercialization of advanced decarbonization technologies. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-24 04:48:19</pubDate>
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<title>Japan's Postal Services on Chopping Block</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150464.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan's Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has begun considering reductions in postal services, including fewer mailboxes and less frequent deliveries, as the country's postal business continues to suffer losses following a prolonged decline in letters and New Year's cards. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-21 23:39:00</pubDate>
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<title>Russia Conducts Missile Drills Near Northern Territories</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150460.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia has conducted missile exercises around the Northern Territories, including what appears to have been a launch from one of the disputed islands, prompting Japan's foreign minister to call Russia's growing military presence there unacceptable. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-21 06:47:53</pubDate>
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<title>Japan to Abolish Cool Japan Fund</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150456.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan's government is moving toward abolishing the Cool Japan Fund, a public-private investment vehicle created to support the overseas expansion of Japanese anime, food culture and other industries, after its cumulative losses reached 54 billion yen. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-21 00:45:43</pubDate>
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<title>Japan Strongly Protests North Korea Ballistic Missile Launch</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150452.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan strongly protested and condemned North Korea after it launched a ballistic missile at around 5:04 p.m. on August 20, with the projectile believed to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-20 11:31:56</pubDate>
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<title>Hyogo Faces Belt-Tightening After Fiscal Downgrade</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150438.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito said on August 19 that the prefecture's shift to a status requiring central government permission to issue bonds would not immediately halt public projects, while stressing that years of high public investment, funding shortfalls and what he described as improper land-acquisition bond practices under former Governor Toshizo Ido had contributed to the deterioration of the prefecture's finances. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-19 17:54:31</pubDate>
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<title>Expo Construction Chief Accused of Inflating Invoices</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150437.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Takenaka Corp. construction manager who oversaw work on the Grand Ring and other facilities at the Osaka-Kansai Expo was arrested on August 19 on suspicion of causing more than 13 million yen in losses to the major contractor through inflated construction bills, with police investigating allegations that money from the scheme was used for renovations to his home and a cafe operated by relatives. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-19 17:51:42</pubDate>
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<title>F-15 Landing Incident Closes Naha Runway</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150412.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet tilted to one side and came to a stop while landing at Naha Airport on August 18, forcing the closure of one of the airport's two runways and causing delays of more than an hour for some arriving commercial flights. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-18 12:06:10</pubDate>
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<title>Takaichi Growth Strategy Faces Pressure As Economy Loses Momentum</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150407.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s economic agenda came under fresh pressure on August 18 after weaker-than-expected growth figures exposed the fragility of Japan’s recovery, sharpening the political stakes around the Bank of Japan’s next rate decision, the weak yen, and the government’s plan to cut the consumption tax on food. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-18 07:53:03</pubDate>
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<title>Young Researcher Searches for Missing 'Pumpkin' Bombs</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150391.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United States dropped 49 mock atomic bombs across Japan in the closing weeks of World War II, killing around 400 people as American air crews practiced the techniques later used in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-16 19:55:38</pubDate>
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<title>Defense Minister Koizumi Among Four Ministers to Visit Yasukuni Shrine</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150373.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and three other Cabinet ministers visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on August 15, the anniversary of the end of World War II, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi refrained from going in person and instead offered prayers from the Nippon Budokan. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-15 16:50:23</pubDate>
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<title>Takaichi Condemns Putin's Northern Territories Visit</title>
<link>https://newsonjapan.com/article/150354.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on August 13 condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the Northern Territories, saying it was "absolutely unacceptable," while Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi summoned Russia's ambassador to Japan and lodged a strong protest. (News On Japan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-13 19:42:48</pubDate>
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