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May 14, 2026
New Term ‘Brutally Hot Day’ Added to Thermometer Display in One of Japan's Hottest Cities
The term “kokusho-bi,” meaning brutally hot day, is written next to the 40 C mark on a thermometer in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, on Thurs...
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May 14, 2026
Panel Discusses Extending Diet Members’ Terms in Emergencies; Examines Draft Outlines for Constitutional...
Discussions began Thursday on draft outlines of emergency provisions that would allow Diet members’ terms to be extended under specific circ...
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May 14, 2026
The Japan News / Weekly Edition (5/15-5/21)
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May 14, 2026
Surging Sencha Green Tea Prices Offer Big Opportunity for Shiga Pref. Tea
OTSU — Amid a global matcha boom, the price of sencha green tea in Japan is also soaring on the back of rising demand for the tencha process...
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May 14, 2026
LDP Agrees on Need to Hike Security Spending
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has reached a consensus within the party on the essential need to boost security-related expenditures, s...
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May 14, 2026
Japan’s Govt and Financial Institutions to Gain Access to Anthropic’s Mythos for Cyber Defense
The Japanese government and domestic financial institutions are expected to secure access to Claude Mythos, U.S.-based Anthropic’s latest ar...
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May 14, 2026
Japan Considering Electricity, Gas Subsidies in Summer
The government is considering resuming subsidies for electricity and gas bills this summer as the deteriorating situation in the Middle East...
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May 14, 2026
Foreigners’ Residence Status Fees: Is a Significant Increase Reasonable?
When foreign nationals living in Japan wish to extend their period of stay, they must renew their status of residence or change the status i...
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May 14, 2026
Digital Wills: Aim for a Simple, Highly Secure System
To whom will you leave your assets after death, and how? Inheriting property is an issue that many people face. With the digitalization of w...
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May 14, 2026
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May 14, 2026
Shimanami Japan Rents out Record High of over 170,000 Bicycles in Japan in 2025, Rentals Popular with Foreign...
Shimanami Japan rented out a record high of 173,279 bicycles in fiscal 2025, according to the organization, a local tourism development grou...
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May 14, 2026
Ibaraki Prefecture Offers Reward for Information on Foreigners Working Illegally
MITO — To prevent the illegal employment of foreign nationals, the Ibaraki prefectural government on Monday began to pay rewards for informa...
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May 14, 2026
Trump Has Fanfare-filled Meeting with Xi in China, But Major Breakthroughs May be Elusive
BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday kicked off a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that is expected to be long on pageantr...
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May 14, 2026