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More voters favor opposition candidates in upper house race survey KYODO Mon, 07/07/2025 - 05:23

TOKYO, July 6 Kyodo - Opposition-backed candidates are leading over their ruling bloc rivals in Japan's House of Councillors election, while a minor conservative party is gaining popu

84% expect Trump's tariffs to affect their livelihoods: Kyodo poll

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Most people in Japan expect U.S. President Donald Trump's higher import tariffs to increase their living costs, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.

Japan deeply concerned about U.S. reciprocal tariffs, demands removal

Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 3, 2025. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo - Japan on Thursday expressed its extreme regret and "serious concern" about the U.S.

Up to 298,000 could die in Japan in Nankai Trough megaquake: gov't

Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki facing the Hyuga Nada Sea. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, March 31 Kyodo - Up to 298,000 people in Japan could die in a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough, a revised estimate by the government's earthquake task force showed Mond

Japan PM eyes Philippines, Vietnam visits during Golden Week holiday

TOKYO, March 27 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering visiting the Philippines and Vietnam during Japan's Golden Week holiday from late April, government sources said T

Japan demands exemption from U.S. auto tariffs

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2025. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, March 27 Kyodo - The Japanese government asked the United States on Thursday for Japan to be exempt from auto tariffs, calling the latest move by its closest ally "extremely re

Strong winds whip up western Japan wildfires, 15 buildings lost

A helicopter conducts firefighting operations in Okayama, western Japan, on March 26, 2025. (Kyodo)

MATSUYAMA, Japan, March 26 Kyodo - Strong winds intensified out-of-control wildfires in two western Japan prefectures on Wednesday, burning through over a cumulative 900 hectares and

Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Lawyer Nobuya Fukumoto (front) is surrounded by journalists in front of the Tokyo District Court in the Japanese capital on March 25, 2025, after the court ordered that his client, the Unification Church, be dissolved, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, March 25 Kyodo - A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered that the Unification Church, which has been criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, be di

Japanese PM Ishiba's Cabinet support dives below 30%, lowest since taking office

TOKYO, March 23 Kyodo - The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet plunged to 27.6 percent, the lowest since he took office in October, following revelat

Japan marks 14th anniversary of quake-tsunami, nuclear disasters

People pray facing out to sea in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast. (For editorial use only)(Kyodo)

SENDAI, March 11 Kyodo - Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast, triggering a nuclear crisis, with residents

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