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Japan July 20 election results could impact fiscal health, ratings, Moody's says
Japan's upcoming upper house election could have important implications for fiscal health and credit ratings if it brings ...
‘Nothing happened in Japan’ trends on Chinese social media; Japan refutes rumor of devastating earthquake predicted for Saturday
A rumor claiming that a devastating earthquake would strike Japan on Saturday (July 5) has recently gone viral on social media, drawing widespread attention. As a result, many foreign tourists have ...
NHK Party head Tachibana targets Black and Muslim groups in Japan as 'scary'
House of Councillors election candidate Takashi Tachibana, leader of the political group NHK Party, made xenophobic remarks ...
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'Tsunami in July 2025' rumours: How a 1999 comic book is shaking Japan’s tourism industry
There is a considerable drop in tourists from China and Hong Kong due to a terrifying prophecy in 'Watashi ga Mita Mirai' ...
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US military community in Japan celebrates Fourth of July holiday
The U.S. military community in western Tokyo gathered at Yokota Air Base for the annual Celebrate America festival to ring in ...
Japan’s minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...
In reversal, Japan now wants rice farmers to produce more. Will it work?
For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...
Japanese Baba Vanga’s July 5 disaster prediction sparks panic as earthquake hits days earlier in Japan
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan, intensifying public anxiety due to a viral manga predicting a major ...