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		<title>Ex-CDP Members Seen to Form New Party after Leaving CRA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:12:32 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Members of the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan are considering forming a new party after leaving the CRA following the failure of a planned merger among the CRA, the CDP and Komeito, it was learned Tuesday.     CRA members from Komeito are expected to leave the CRA and return to Komeito by the end of this month a...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Urges Iran to Restrain Civilian Vessel Attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:45:54 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday strongly urged Iran to exercise maximum restraint over attacks on civilian vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for crude oil shipments.     During phone talks with his Iranian counterpart, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, Motegi expressed his concern about the continuing attacks on civilian ship...]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-PM Ishiba Stresses Need to Deepen Japan-S. Korea Ties</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:20:30 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Seoul, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stressed the importance of strengthening Japan-South Korea relations in a meeting with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik in Seoul on Tuesday.     &quot;Compared with the situation in 2002, when I first became director-general of the former Defense Agency (now the Defense Ministry), U.S. power has been decli...]]></description>
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		<title>Level 5 Flood Warning Issued for Central Japan River</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:02:00 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Meteorological Agency and the land ministry issued the highest Level 5 emergency flood warning for the Shonai River, which flows through Aichi and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday.     Heavy rain hit parts of the Tokai central region in the afternoon due to a rain front extending along the Pacific coast.    The water level at the Sek...]]></description>
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		<title>Takaichi Seen Adding 1 JIP Member to Cabinet in Reshuffle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:08:12 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering appointing one member of the Japan Innovation Party, the coalition partner of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to her cabinet when she reshuffles it as early as Sept. 16, government sources said Tuesday.     A JIP member is likely to be appointed internal affairs minister or minister of state for regulatory r...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to Provide 3 M. Dollars in Aid to Flood-Hit Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:59:56 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will provide 3 million dollars in emergency grant aid to Nepal, which suffered severe damage from the recent devastating floods, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday.     The money will be used to provide humanitarian assistance in such sectors as food and health through international organizations including the U.N. World Food Pro...]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Students Earn Top Scores among OECD Countries in PISA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:49:00 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese students earned top scores among the 38 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in all three major domains of the OECD Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, for the first time in 2025, according to the results released on Tuesday.    Among all participating countries and regions, Japanese students ranke...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan's Horie, 88, to Sail Solo, Nonstop across Pacific Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:30:17 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref., Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, 88, said Tuesday he will try to sail solo and nonstop across the Pacific Ocean by yacht next spring.     If successful, he will break the world record for the oldest person to complete such a feat, a record he himself set at age 83.    Horie, a resident of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, plans to d...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to Take Steps against Malicious Biz amid Reuse Boom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:22:56 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government has begun working with an industry group to take steps against malicious businesses among those that collect used goods for sale at secondhand shops, as the reuse market continues to boom.     In early July, a seminar on the management of houses left vacant was held in Tokyo. The lecturer urged participants to carefully check the wishes of ow...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to Assess Impact from China's Antidumping Measures</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:12:48 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to assess the impact of antidumping measures introduced by China against a semiconductor material made in Japan, officials said Tuesday.     &quot;We will fully examine their impact and respond appropriately to ensure there is no undue disruption to business activities,&quot; Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said of the Chinese measures at a...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Aims to Improve Injured SDF Members' Treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:19:55 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and health minister Kenichiro Ueno on Tuesday confirmed cooperation in improving the country's life-saving and treatment capability for injured Self-Defense Forces personnel.     The defense and health ministries will soon set up a vice-ministerial consultation to study details, including collaboration between the SDF and o...]]></description>
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		<title>Farm Minister Visits Central Japan Region Hit by Heavy Rain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:10:00 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Hakui, Ishikawa Pref., Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki has visited Ishikawa, Fukui and Toyama prefectures in the Hokuriku region, central Japan, to assess damage from heavy rain in late August.    On Monday, Suzuki visited farmland near the Ouchigata lagoon in the city of Hakui, Ishikawa, which was flooded due to a river embankment collapse. &quot;We want to respond as muc...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to Allow N. Korean Athletes to Enter for Asian Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:00:18 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is preparing to allow North Korean athletes to enter the country for the upcoming Asian Games in Aichi Prefecture, government officials said Tuesday.     Japan generally prohibits North Korean nationals from entering the country as part of its sanctions, but plans to make an exception for the North Korean delegation to the international sport...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Govt to Promote Rental Use of Vacant Homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:46:00 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japan's land ministry will introduce a program to provide low-interest loans to businesses that renovate vacant houses and offer them as rental housing for families with children and low- and moderate-income households, in a move to facilitate the effective use of empty homes across the country.    The increasing number of vacant homes has become a serious problem i...]]></description>
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		<title>N. Korea Raps Japan-U.S.-S. Korea Joint Drills</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:38:00 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Seoul, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--North Korean defense minister Kim Song Gi has released a statement criticizing the Freedom Edge joint military exercise, which Japan, the United States and South Korea started on Monday.    North Korea will take strong countermeasures if the United States and its allies attempt a military confrontation with North Korea, said the statement, released via Pyongyang's s...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan's Crown Prince, Crown Princess Leave for Norway</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:18:02 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko left for the Norwegian capital of Oslo on Tuesday morning to attend the funeral of the late King Harald V.     The couple departed from Tokyo's Haneda Airport aboard a government plane. They are scheduled to return home on Thursday afternoon.    According to the Imperial Household Agency, Emperor Naruhito receive...]]></description>
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		<title>OPINION: Giving Govt Workers Sense of Growth Would Benefit Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nobutoshi Kobayashi     Commentary Writer    Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--After years of decline, applications for Japan's national civil service examination for career-track positions are showing signs of recovery, with the spring 2026 exam attracting more hopefuls than a year earlier, marking the first increase in four years.    Nevertheless, one in five young career-track civil servants s...]]></description>
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		<title>Takaichi Eyes Meeting with Trump ahead of U.S.-China Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:31:24 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is exploring opportunities to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump during her visit to the United States later this month, hoping to exchange views on China and demonstrate their close relationship ahead of a U.S.-China summit.     The move comes as differences between Tokyo and Washington have emerged over the International C...]]></description>
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		<title>Yokohama Assembly OKs Mayor's Resignation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:38:56 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Yokohama, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--The Yokohama city assembly on Monday unanimously approved the resignation of Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka, effective the same day, after he was found to have engaged in workplace harassment.     Yamanaka, 53, had submitted his resignation on Aug. 28. A third-party investigative committee including lawyers released a report on July 30 confirming that Yamanaka harassed ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan, U.S., S. Korea Kick Off Joint Exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:19:46 +0900 </pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan, the United States and South Korea kicked off their Freedom Edge 2026 joint military exercise on Monday with an opening ceremony at the U.S. Air Force's Yokota Air Base in Tokyo.     This year's exercise, the fourth of its kind and the first since last September, is apparently intended to demonstrate trilateral cooperation amid concerns over North Korea and Ch...]]></description>
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