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Asian shares advance after Japan raises its key interest rate to its highest level in 30 years
19 December 2025 @ 7:41 am
Asian shares were moderately higher and U.S. futures were mixed after the Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate Friday to its highest level in 30 years and U.S. inflation cooled…
Japan needs to possess nuclear weapons: PM office source
19 December 2025 @ 7:04 am
A source within Japan's prime minister's office said Thursday that the country needs nuclear weapons, remarks that deviate from the country's long-standing non-nuclear principles and could trigger backlash…
Japan eyes adding Japanese proficiency to permanent residency requirements
19 December 2025 @ 7:04 am
Japan is considering adding Japanese language proficiency to the requirements for permanent residency, sources close to the matter said Thursday, in anticipation of a rise in future applicants.…
Japanese actor Shimizu given suspended term for marijuana possession
19 December 2025 @ 7:04 am
Japanese actor Hiroya Shimizu, known for his role in the "Tokyo Revengers" movie series, was sentenced Friday to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for possessing…
Woman arrested over death of infant whose body parts were found in sex shop freezer
19 December 2025 @ 7:03 am
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 22-year-old woman who works at an adult entertainment establishment on suspicion of mutilating and abandoning the body of her newborn baby daughter,…
Tokyo's Shibuya Ward adding new anti-littering fines; will require more trash cans too
19 December 2025 @ 7:02 am
Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood is one of the most popular, and crowded, parts of the city. In particular the part of the district that stretches from Shibuya Station, across the…
Bank of Japan hikes interest rates to 30-year-high of 0.75%
19 December 2025 @ 7:02 am
The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates to a 30-year high of 0.75 percent on Friday, the first increase since January, as it said the economy had shown…
Australia's 'Bondi Hero' handed $2.5 million collected from fundraising
19 December 2025 @ 6:52 am
A man credited with saving lives for wrestling a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi beach received a check for…
Australia plans gun buyback after Bondi massacre, as surfers honor victims
19 December 2025 @ 6:50 am
Australia will launch a national gun buyback scheme following the mass shooting in Sydney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday, as hundreds of surfers and swimmers paddled…
New photo dump fuels Capitol Hill push on Epstein files release
19 December 2025 @ 3:18 am
U.S. House Democrats on Thursday published a fresh batch of photographs from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, stepping up pressure on Donald Trump's administration on the eve of its deadline…