Emperor and Empress Watch Asian Games Basketball

Japan Sports News - September 20, 2026 - 23:03
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako watched Japan defeat Kazakhstan in a women’s basketball preliminary-round game at the 20th Asian Games in Nagoya. (News On Japan)
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Five-Day Holiday Puts Japan's Cost-of-Living Pressures in Focus

Japan Business News - September 20, 2026 - 15:35
Japan's first five-day Silver Week holiday in 11 years has put renewed attention on household finances, with persistently high food prices and a weakening yen threatening to erode the benefits of the government's planned consumption tax cut on food. (News On Japan)
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Seventeen Tabs Open and Still No Decision

Japan Business News - September 20, 2026 - 15:13
A list of providers with identical promises turns selection into brute-force sorting. The differences do exist; they are just hidden somewhere other than the homepage. (News On Japan)
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Emperor and Empress Visit Ghibli Park

Japan Society News - September 20, 2026 - 10:33
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited Ghibli Park in Aichi Prefecture on September 20, touring exhibits that recreate famous scenes from Studio Ghibli films and posing for a photograph with the character No-Face. (News On Japan)
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Japan Warns of Anti-Japanese Sentiment Rising in China

Japan Politics News - September 20, 2026 - 10:28
China held commemorative events across the country on September 18 to mark the 95th anniversary of the Mukden Incident, the 1931 railway explosion that Japan's Kwantung Army used as a pretext to seize Manchuria and which became a major turning point in the deterioration of relations between Japan and China. (News On Japan)
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Peach Launches Narita-Incheon Route

Japan Travel News - September 20, 2026 - 10:27
Peach Aviation began scheduled flights between Narita Airport and South Korea's Incheon International Airport on September 20, marking the low-cost carrier's first new international route from Narita in seven years. (News On Japan)
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Four Teens Rearrested Over Fatal Assault on 17-Year-Old

Japan Society News - September 20, 2026 - 10:14
Police in Kanagawa Prefecture have rearrested four teenagers on suspicion of murdering a 17-year-old high school student who died after being assaulted in Sagamihara in August. (News On Japan)
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Typhoon No. 25 Leaves Major Rail Disruption Across Chiba

Japan Travel News - September 20, 2026 - 10:10
Extensive railway disruption continued across Chiba Prefecture on September 23 as JR East warned that several lines damaged by Typhoon No. 25 would remain closed beyond the Silver Week holiday, even as flights returned toward normal, all typhoon-related expressway closures were lifted and some highway bus services resumed. The storm has left widespread damage to railway tracks and embankments, with flooding, landslides and fallen trees complicating restoration work. (News On Japan)
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Drone Hits Nagoya City Hall During Asian Games Light-Up

Japan Sports News - September 19, 2026 - 22:14
A drone filming the illuminated Nagoya City Hall headquarters crashed into a building across the road shortly before 9 p.m. on September 17, with police investigating whether the flight may have violated Japan's Civil Aeronautics Act. (News On Japan)
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Five-Day Silver Week Holiday Begins

Japan Travel News - September 19, 2026 - 22:12
Japan's Silver Week began on September 19 with five consecutive days off for the first time in 11 years, drawing crowds to food and festival events across the country despite rainy weather in the Kanto region as Typhoon No. 25 approached. (News On Japan)
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Mount Tokachi Volcano Continues to Emit Smoke

Japan Travel News - September 19, 2026 - 22:04
Volcanic smoke continues to rise from Mount Tokachi (Tokachidake), an active volcano in Daisetsuzan National Park in Hokkaido, one week after its eruption alert level was raised to Level 3, restricting entry to the mountain and prompting a series of cancellations at nearby hot spring inns just before the peak autumn foliage season. (News On Japan)
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Asian Games Open in Japan for First Time in 32 Years

Japan Sports News - September 19, 2026 - 21:47
The 20th Asian Games opened on September 19 with a ceremony at Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya, launching competition across venues in five prefectures through October 4. (News On Japan)
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Japan's Return to Higher Rates Squeezes Households and Firms

Japan Business News - September 19, 2026 - 21:43
The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate from 1.0% to 1.25% on September 18, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in 31 years and accelerating the pace of monetary tightening as persistent inflation and concerns over fiscal expansion put upward pressure on interest rates. (News On Japan)
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Why Kansai People Go to Drinking Parties

Japan Society News - September 19, 2026 - 21:40
Drinking parties remain a lively part of social life in Kansai even as younger generations increasingly turn away from alcohol and izakaya bankruptcies rise at a record pace, with customers describing the gatherings less as occasions to drink heavily and more as opportunities to maintain friendships, meet new people and build connections across generations. (News On Japan)
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Market Spreads: Understanding Bid-Ask Spreads, Trading Costs and Spread Strategies

Japan Business News - September 18, 2026 - 21:18
A market spread is generally the difference between two market prices. Most commonly, traders use the term to describe the bid-ask spread: the difference between the highest price a buyer is currently prepared to pay and the lowest price a seller is prepared to accept. (News On Japan)
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'Tokuryu' Criminal Gangs Target Elderly Victims with Refrigerator Trick

Japan Society News - September 18, 2026 - 17:55
Anonymous and fluid criminal groups known in Japan as "tokuryu" are adopting increasingly elaborate tactics, including a scheme in which elderly victims are persuaded to hide cash inside refrigerators before thieves enter their homes, as authorities struggle to combat networks whose members often have no direct contact with one another. (News On Japan)
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Yen Strengthens Sharply as Intervention Warning Rattles Market

Japan Business News - September 18, 2026 - 17:50
The yen strengthened by more than 1 yen against the dollar in a short period late on September 18 after the Bank of Japan conducted a rate check, a step commonly taken in preparation for possible intervention in the foreign exchange market. (News On Japan)
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Nikkei Rallies as BOJ Rate Hike Weakens Yen and Lifts AI Shares

Japan Business News - September 18, 2026 - 07:11
Tokyo stocks rose sharply on September 18, with the Nikkei 225 climbing to around 65,350 in afternoon trading after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates to 1.25%, as the yen weakened and investors bought artificial intelligence and semiconductor-related shares. (News On Japan)
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BOJ Raises Policy Rate to 1.25% as Yen Weakens

Japan Business News - September 18, 2026 - 05:53
The Bank of Japan raised its policy interest rate from 1.0% to 1.25% on September 18, lifting borrowing costs to their highest level in 31 years as policymakers moved to contain growing inflation risks, but the yen weakened sharply after the decision as markets focused on two dissenting votes and uncertainty over the pace of further increases. (News On Japan)
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Japan Women Rout Vietnam 8-0 to Reach Asian Games Quarterfinals

Japan Sports News - September 18, 2026 - 00:09
Japan secured a place in the women’s soccer quarterfinals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with one group-stage match remaining after overwhelming Vietnam 8-0 for its second consecutive victory. (News On Japan)
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