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Breaking news and features about Japan from the nation's most widely read English-language newspaper.
日本で最も読まれている英文ニュース。
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- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said Saturday that it has completed the second round of the fiscal 2026 treated water release into the Pacific Ocean.
- Japan has released a draft revision of its Artificial Intelligence Basic Plan, indicating its policy of enhancing cooperation with foreign government agencies and AI developers to address risks such as the misuse of AI.
- Japanese agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki on Friday promoted Japanese rice at a supermarket near Paris.
- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, currently on a state visit to the Netherlands, planted a cherry tree at a park near Amsterdam on Friday.
- China's exports of some critical minerals to Japan remained at low levels in May, extending a downturn amid a political dispute between the two countries.
- The Japanese government has decided to raise the fees for visas for foreign nationals by revising a related Cabinet order, with the higher rates taking effect July 1. 👉 ebx.sh/Q7KhMq
- When a long-awaited shinkansen extension reached Fukui in 2024, hopes were high in the rural prefecture. But when crowds of visitors didn't materialize, locals began to wonder if Fukui's age-old symbols needed updating. 👉 ebx.sh/5M0O0n
- A deal between Washington and Tehran to end their war contain a stinging paradox: sweeteners to coax Iran into compliance may strengthen an adversarial force that the U.S. and its allies consider a terrorist group.
- U.S. President Donald Trump's move to spruce up Washington's iconic Reflecting Pool ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary is already running into problems.
- Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, the country's agriculture minister said Saturday, meaning the highly contagious variant has now spread to every continent.
- Tuesday marks 10 years since the U.K. voted for Brexit. Here's a look at how the seismic vote has affected some of the key issues.
- Los Angeles will host eight games in the World Cup this summer, but faces even bigger global scrutiny in 2028 when the Olympics come to town, putting focus on the city's staggering levels of homelessness.
