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20.06.2025 19:13
Tokio pop group member removed from TV show over past misconduct A member of Japanese all-male pop group Tokio has been removed from a popular TV program due to past conduct that breached compliance rules on multiple occasions, a TV network said Friday. Taichi Kokubun, 50, was removed from "The Tetsuwan Dash," a variety program aired by Nippon Television Network Corp. and fronted by the members of Tokio. Neither Kokubun, his company nor the TV network has elaborated on what the breaches entailed, but according to a source close to the matter, they involved behavior that could be considered sexual harassment. Read full story here

20.06.2025 17:47
Regular parliament session to end June 22 ahead of key national election This year's 150-day regular parliamentary session will end on Sunday, around a month ahead of a crucial national election for the ruling coalition, which lost its majority in the House of Representatives last October. On Friday, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba came under renewed pressure as opposition parties united to push for a bill scrapping a controversial gasoline tax in the final phase of the Diet session. His minority government has described the proposal as "unrealistic." Read full story here

20.06.2025 17:39
Japan imperial couple visit Hiroshima A-bomb survivors nursing home Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Friday visited a nursing home in Hiroshima for atomic bomb survivors, wrapping up a two-day trip to the city ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. At Yano Orizuruen, they listened attentively to recollections of the bombing by 10 residents aged between 81 and 99, bending down to be at eye level with those seated in chairs or wheelchairs. Read full story here

20.06.2025 17:33
87 Japanese nationals, family members evacuated from Iran, Israel A total of 87 Japanese nationals and their family members have evacuated from Iran and Israel amid conflict in the Middle East, the Japanese government said Friday. The evacuees arrived in Azerbaijan's capital Baku and Jordan's capital Amman by bus as local airports remained closed and none of them had health issues, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya meets the press at the ministry in Tokyo on June 20, 2025. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo Read full story here

20.06.2025 16:13
Police, prosecutors apologize to 2 men over illicit probe Tokyo police and prosecutors on Friday apologized in person to two men over their wrongful arrest and indictment in 2020 in a case involving the suspected unauthorized export of sensitive equipment. The apology comes after the finalization last week of a Tokyo High Court ruling that ordered the metropolitan government and state to compensate Masaaki Okawara, president of Ohkawara Kakohki Co., and Junji Shimada, one of the company's former directors. Read full story here

20.06.2025 14:42
Figure skating: 3-time world champ Kaori Sakamoto to retire after Olympics Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto, winner of three consecutive world championships through 2024, said Friday she will retire from competition after next year's Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. The 25-year-old, who claimed women's singles bronze at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, finished second at the world championships in Boston in March. Read full story here

20.06.2025 13:08
Baseball: Yamamoto takes loss for Dodgers as Padres escape sweep Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up three runs over 6-1/3 innings and was charged with the loss as the San Diego Padres avoided a four-game series sweep by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Thursday. Yamamoto (6-6) surrendered a solo home run to Xander Bogaerts in the second inning and gave up one run apiece in the fifth and the seventh at Dodger Stadium. The home team went behind 5-0 before rallying for all three of their runs in the bottom of the ninth. Read full story here

20.06.2025 9:07
FOCUS: Nippon Steel buyout spat hints at business fragility in U.S. U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to attract investment threatens to undermine the appetite for corporate spending in an ironic twist, with the 18-month saga over Nippon Steel Corp.'s buyout of United States Steel Corp. showing the growing vulnerability of businesses in the U.S. market, according to analysts. The U.S. administration's earlier blocking of the $14.1 billion takeover deal was clearly driven by political motives and corporate executives will no longer be able to make decisions regarding their U.S. operations based only business criteria, they said. Read full story here

20.06.2025 8:37
Japan imperial couple to embark on historic visit to Mongolia in July Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are scheduled to make a state visit to Mongolia from July 6 to 13 in what will be the first such trip by a Japanese emperor, according to a plan approved by the government on Friday. During the trip, the emperor and empress will lay flowers at a memorial on July 8 to commemorate Japanese nationals who died while in internment camps there after World War II. Read full story here

19.06.2025 20:06
Japan destroyer sails Taiwan Strait after China jet encounter A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait last week, days after a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to a Japanese patrol plane over the Pacific, diplomatic sources said Thursday. It was the third known passage through the waterway by an MSDF ship, with all occurring within the past year, apparently aimed at warning China, which continues to pressure Taiwan, the self-ruled democratic island it claims as its own. Read full story here

19.06.2025 18:56
Boxing: Welter champ Norman Jr. humbles Sasaki with 5th-round KO Jin Sasaki fell to a fifth-round knockout defeat against WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. of the United States on Thursday, failing to become the first Japanese boxer to win a belt in the division under any of the sanctioning bodies. Second-ranked, 23-year-old challenger Sasaki was the first Japanese to fight a world title bout in the weight class since 2009 but was soundly beaten at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo. Read full story here

19.06.2025 18:33
Japan PM vows to develop ties with South Korea on 60th diplomatic anniv. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday pledged to continue working closely with South Korea at a ceremony in Tokyo to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties, despite wartime and territorial disputes. "We need to continue close communication so that the bilateral relationship will steadily develop," Ishiba said in a speech at the reception held by the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo, welcoming the vast exchanges that have taken place between what he called "the closest neighbors to each other." Read full story here

19.06.2025 18:24
Japan PM Ishiba rules out lower house dissolution for now: lawmaker Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday ruled out dissolving the powerful House of Representatives for now, ensuring that elections for both chambers of parliament will not be held on the same day in July, party executives said. The decision comes as Yoshihiko Noda, head of Japan's main opposition party, said he will not submit a no-confidence motion against Ishiba's Cabinet, arguing that such a move would stall progress on key political issues. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) and Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan head Yoshihiko Noda (3rd from R) attend a meeting of ruling and opposition party leaders in Tokyo on June 19, 2025. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo Read full story here

19.06.2025 18:08
Xi seeks Middle East cease-fire in phone call with Putin Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a cease-fire amid Iran-Israel tensions during phone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, describing it as an "urgent priority," the Foreign Ministry said. Xi said the international community should make efforts to de-escalate the situation and that disputes should be resolved through negotiations rather than force, stressing the need to protect civilians, according to the Chinese ministry. Read full story here

19.06.2025 13:09
FOCUS: "Japan first" push puts PM in dilemma on Trump tariffs ahead of polls Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ended up empty handed in what was viewed as a high-stake meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Canada to clinch a deal over U.S. tariffs, suggesting he is in a dilemma as he seeks to put "Japan first" ahead of a must-win national election. Ishiba, whose premiership could be put in peril with another election loss, is treading carefully not to be perceived as yielding to Trump's "America First" pressure and is making his case that there will be no agreement if it hurts Japan's national interest. Read full story here

19.06.2025 11:07
Nippon Steel confident management freedom ensured in U.S. Steel deal Nippon Steel Corp.'s top executive Eiji Hashimoto said Thursday that the U.S. government's role set under its $14.1 billion buyout of United States Steel Corp. "will not hamper" the U.S. unit's business going forward. At a press conference in Tokyo, Hashimoto said $11 billion of investment in U.S. Steel operations -- 10 times more than the initial plan -- and a golden share issued to the U.S. government that allows it to veto key management decisions among other conditions are rational, even as analysts view them as downside risks to U.S. Steel's management. Read full story here

19.06.2025 9:28
Japan to send 2 defense force planes for possible Mideast airlift Japan will send two Self-Defense Forces airplanes to East Africa for a possible operation to evacuate its nationals from the Middle East, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Thursday, amid the escalating Israel-Iran conflict. Nakatani told reporters that two C-2 transport aircraft with a total of about 120 crew members will fly to an SDF base in Djibouti and be on standby there, following a request from Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya earlier that day. Read full story here

19.06.2025 9:26
Japan imperial couple to commemorate A-bomb victims in Hiroshima Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Thursday visited Hiroshima Prefecture to pay their respects to atomic bomb victims ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The imperial couple is expected to offer flowers and a silent prayer at a cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park as they reflect on the horrors of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing. It will be their first trip to the city since the emperor's accession in 2019. Read full story here

19.06.2025 5:25
Japan firm supporting refugees to donate glasses to war-torn Ukraine A Japanese company that makes glasses will donate 5,100 pairs of spectacles to people displaced by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Fuji Megane Co., which has been supporting refugees for more than 40 years, will distribute the glasses through the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Read full story here

19.06.2025 1:18
Nippon Steel finalizes deal to make U.S. Steel wholly owned   Nippon Steel Corp. said Wednesday it has finalized a $14.1 billion deal to acquire United States Steel Corp. as a wholly owned subsidiary after U.S. President Donald Trump reversed his initial opposition and allowed the deal to proceed. The move will give Japan's largest steelmaker, and the world's fourth-largest, greater access to the growing U.S. market for high-grade steel, with U.S. Steel issuing a golden share to the U.S. government that grants veto power over key management decisions. Read full story here