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(睡眠用)英語で国内ニュース2026年4月26日(日) · 英語で国内ニュース

• 0:10
  A tanker carrying. US produced crude oil has
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  arrived. In Japan, this alternative
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  supply is. Due to difficulties.
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  In transporting oil from the Middle East.
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  Caused by the. Situation in Iran and the
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  blockade. Of the.
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  Strait of Hormuz, Japan, is seeking new sources amidst
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  regional tensions. An armed man has been arrested
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  after a shooting at the White. House.
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  Correspondents Association dinner.
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  The suspect was. Identified as Cole Thomas Allen,
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  31, from California, authorities are investigating the incident.
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  The report did not specify if there were any injuries from the
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  shooting. A man was arrested on April.
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  26th in Mihama town. AI Ichi Prefecture.
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  For allegedly. Stealing a fire.
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  Truck he is suspected of. Setting a trash can on fire in a
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  station's women's restroom, police believe he then stole the
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  arriving fire truck to. Escape.
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  A. Forest fire in Otsuchi town,
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  Iwate Prefecture continues on its 5th day, April 26th.
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  About 1373 hectares have burned, increasing by 90.
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  Two hectares over. 1500 Emergency and self-defense
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  Forces personnel are battling the blaze.
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  Containment is not yet insight and the fire is spreading
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  towards residential areas. A forest fire.
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  Started in. Kitakata City issued.
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  Fukushima Prefecture on the morning of April. 26th
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  Firefighters. Are battling the strong blaze.
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  Kitakata. City issued evacuation orders
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  for 178. Households.
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  Totaling 400. 58 people. Around 2:00 PM due.
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  To the ongoing. Fire.
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  A man in his. 50s was attacked. By a bear in a Fukushima city
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  forest on April 26th while foraging with.
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  His wife, he. Suffered injuries to both.
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  Legs. His wife was unharmed.
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  The bear, approximately 1m long, escaped.
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  The man's injuries are not life threatening.
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  President Trump cancelled sending special envoys to
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  Pakistan on April 20. 5th for talks.
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  To end the Iran conflict, Iran's foreign minister.
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  Had already departed. Preventing a second direct
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  meeting. Trump cited high.
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  Travel costs and Iran's peace proposal as insufficient, making
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  peace prospects more uncertain. Prolonged price increases are
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  severely impacting pension recipients in Japan.
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  Rising rents are adding. To their difficulties.
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  Forcing some to use savings. A 67 year old is doing gap jobs
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  and a 79 year old seeks any work due to rent increases many say
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  they cannot manage without strict budgeting.
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  US State Department. Legal adviser Reed.
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  Rubenstein claims President Trump's actions against Iran are
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  self-defense initiated to protect.
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  Ally Israel, however. Over 100 international law.
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  Experts argue. The conflict violates the UN
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  Charter, stating there is no evidence of an imminent threat
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  from Iran. Hokkaido police searched the.
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  Home of a man in. Asahikawa City.
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  On April 26th, the man, a city employee in his 30s working at
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  Asahiyama Zoo, confessed to disposing of his wife's body in
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  the zoo's incinerator. Police are now investigating the
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  incinerator, suspecting the body may have been burned.
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  Sukiba Shaka Ino news this. On the morning of April 26th, a
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  man in his. 50s was picking. Wild vegetables.
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  In a forest. In Fukushima City.
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  When he was. Attacked by a bear.
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  He sustained injuries to his leg.
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  The bear reportedly left the. Scene after the.
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  Attack police. Are now cautioning.
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  Residents to. Avoid the area.
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  Due to the continued presence of bears.
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  A. Forest fire in Otsuchi town,
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  Iwate Prefecture entered its 5th day on April 26th and continues
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  to spread, according to prefectural and town officials.
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  An estimated 1373. Hectares have.
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  Burned as of Saturday morning. Authorities are.
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  Working to contain the expanding blaze which has.
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  Affected a large area of forest. A.
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  Forest fire broke out. In Kita.
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  Cotta City. Fukushima Prefecture on the
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  morning of April 26th. Firefighters are.
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  Battling the blaze, which remains intense due.
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  To the fire. Strength.
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  Kita Cotta City. Issued an evacuation.
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  Order after 2:00 PM for 100. 78 households.
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  Totaling 400. 58 people. In the affected.
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  Area. National universities are
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  expanding women only quotas in science and engineering
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  faculties to encourage diverse talent.
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  The number of such programs will increase from 4 universities in
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  2023 to 35 by 2020. Six, however.
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  This move sparks debate, with some questioning if it truly
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  promotes. Diversity or if?
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  Academics should remain purely merit based.
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  Nursing schools nationwide are experiencing a shortage of
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  students despite nursing being a popular profession in 2024, the
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  demand for. Nurses was 2. .5 times higher
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  than the supply, meaning multiple medical institutions
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  compete for each nurse. This situation highlights a
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  growing concern in the. Healthcare Sector.
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  Regarding staffing. During the April 20th
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  earthquake. Tsunami warnings.
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  Caused severe traffic. Jams as.
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  People evacuated by car. Analysis of location data and
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  resident accounts on April 26th confirmed this.
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  The congestion was worsened by coinciding with evening rush
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  hour in Aomori's Hachinohe city. A 15 minute drive took 30
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  minutes due to the standstill. The.
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  Japan Ground Self-defense Force. Held a funeral service at a base
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  in Oita. For a member who died in a tank
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  accident, The minister of Defense attended the ceremony.
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  The service honored the fallen member with officials and.
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  Colleagues. Paying their respects.
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  To the individual. Service and sacrifice.
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  On April 26th morning. Police searched the.
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  Home of a 30 year old male staff member from Asahiyama Zoo.
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  The man confessed to abandoning his wife's body in the zoo's
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  incinerator, stating he burned it.
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  For several hours, his wife. Has been missing since late
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  March. Police are conducting a careful
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  investigation into the case. On April 20. 6th A50.
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  Year old zookeeper. At Kumamoto.
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  City Zoological Garden. Was knocked down by a
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  rhinoceros. Fracturing his.
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  Skull and neck. The incident.
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  Occurred around 11:00 AM during breeding preparations when a
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  male rhino weighing over 1000 kilograms encountered the keeper
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  due to an unsecured. Gait his injuries.
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  Are not life threatening. Water meter thefts are
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  increasing across Japan, including Tokyo and Shizuoka,
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  likely due to rising copper prices.
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  Thieves are. Targeting vacant public housing
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  units making detection difficult.
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  In Shizuoka city, 89 meters were stolen from 4 complexes, causing
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  ¥340,000 in damage. Water leaks from removed meters
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  sometimes expose the crimes to give a business can then on use
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  this. A tanker carrying.
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  US crude oil. Has arrived in Japan.
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  This comes as an alternative procurement making up for.
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  Difficulties in transporting. Oil from the middle.
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  East the situation. In Iran has made shipments
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  challenging, including concerns over a potential blockade of the
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  Strait of Hormuz. Japan is.
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  Diversifying its energy. Sources.
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  An Osaka company is suing the government and the Japan Pension
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  Service. It claims the company faces
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  bankruptcy due to the pension office's aggressive collection
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  of employees pension payments. This occurred despite a legally
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  established grace period, a private survey.
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  By the struggling company International Pension.
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  Offices reportedly revealed. Surprising results.
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  Japan's prolonged. Price increases are severely
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  impacting pension recipients. Rising rents are.
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  Adding to the. Burden forcing some to deplete
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  their savings. Many pensioners including a 67
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  year old doing part time work and a 79 year old seeking any
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  job. State that rigorous saving is
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  essential. To maintain their.
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  Livelihoods the reality of. Pension life is increasingly
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  difficult. Japan and.
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  South Korea are. Establishing a new framework for
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  vice ministerial talks between foreign affairs and defense
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  officials. Their first two plus.
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  Two meeting is planned for early next month in Seoul.
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  Both governments aim to strengthen security cooperation,
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  specifically considering the regional activities of China and
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  North Korea. A working group discussed
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  reducing consumption tax on food items.
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  While some supported. It as reasonable for low income
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  households organizations raised concerns these included the
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  potential burden on businesses and the financial.
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  Impact the ruling. Party is now working to address
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  these concerns and. Reassure stakeholders about the
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  proposed. Tax reduction.
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  The. U.S.
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  Treasury Department sanctioned China's Henley Petrochemical for
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  purchasing billions of dollars of Iranian crude oil around 40
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  shipping companies and vessels. Part of a shadow fleet.
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  Evading U.S. sanctions were also targeted China.
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  Opposes these illegal. Unilateral sanctions urging the.
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  US to stop. Abusing them against Chinese
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  companies. Japan's government is
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  considering proposing to strengthen protection for U.S.
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  military facilities, with Japan covering the costs.
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  This will be. Part of host nation support
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  negotiations this summer, the aim is to boost resilience,
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  minimizing damage and maintaining functions during an
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  attack. This move could increase Japan's
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  financial contribution, potentially to appease President
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  Trump. Tokyo Electric Power.
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  Company Holdings is reportedly appointing.
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  Kisuke Yoku, president of the. Innovation Network Corporation
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  of Japan as its next chairman. Current chairman Yoshimitsu
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  Kobayashi will. Retire TEPCO is.
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  Seeking capital alliances with external companies, Yoku's
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  experience in business restructuring is expected.
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  To refresh TEPCO. 'S management and aid its
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  partnership strategies. Mazda will end domestic
• 11:42
  production of its compact car, the Mazda 2, this summer.
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  Sales will cease. Once current stock is depleted,
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  closing a history that began with the popular Demeo with SUVs
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  gaining popularity over compact cars, Mazda plans to review.
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  Its sales strategy, however. Overseas production and sales of
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  the Mazda 2 will continue. Japan's Immigration Services
• 12:10
  Agency tightened requirements for the business manager
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  resident status. Last October, previously. ¥5
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  million. Capital or two?
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  Full time employees were sufficient.
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  Now applicants must meet all conditions ¥30,000,000 capital,
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  at least one full time employee, Japanese language proficiency,
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  and proven business knowledge. Or over 3.
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  Years of management experience. Deva Sports and you saw
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  Ostysimus. Honshin Tigers player Chikamoto
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  was injured during a game against Hiroshima at Koshin
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  Stadium on April 26th. He was hit by a pitch near his
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  left wrist and had to leave the game.
• 12:57
  The incident caused an uproar in the stadium with shouts from the
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  stands. Onodera entered the game as a
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  pinch runner for Chikamoto. Sumo wrestler Enho made an
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  emotional return after Partial Spinal.
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  Cord paralysis. Left him bedridden.
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  He dropped to the Jonah. Coochie rank but has now
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  regained. His secretory status.
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  Enho, 31, cried, saying he never.
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  Thought such. A day would come.
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  His comeback is considered a historic moment in sumo.
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  Boxers Naoya Inouye and Shinto Nakatani will.
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  Clash for the Super. Bantamweight title on May 2nd at
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  Tokyo Dome. During public training, Inouye
• 13:42
  showed dynamic, sharp movements, demonstrating his strong
• 13:45
  coordination. Nakatani, however, appeared calm
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  and confident after intense training in the US.
• 13:51
  Experts described their. Contrasting styles as dynamic
• 13:55
  versus calm. Hirofusa Matsuzawa, a 27 year
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  old player from the University of Hawaii, has signed an
• 14:04
  undrafted free agent contract with the NFL.
• 14:07
  'S Las Vegas. Raiders.
• 14:09
  The university announced the signing on its official social
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  media on April 25th, Japan time. Matsuzawa had aimed to enter the
• 14:18
  NFL but was not selected in the draft.
• 14:21
  Lotemarine's pitcher Atsuki Tonamichi.
• 14:25
  Suffered a severe. Injury during a game on April
• 14:28
  25th, tearing his. Left Achilles.
• 14:31
  Tendon Tonamichi. Who led the?
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  Team with 9. Wins last season.
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  Has been removed. From the player.
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  Roster. This injury means he will.
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  Be out of. Play for a long time.
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  Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki earned his first.
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  Win of the season against the Cubs.
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  He started the. Game giving up four runs and
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  three home runs in less than 6 innings.
• 14:58
  Despite his performance, strong offensive support from the
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  Dodgers lineup helped him secure the victory.
• 15:06
  Blue Jays player Kazuma Okamoto. Helped end his team's losing
• 15:11
  streak on April 25th against the Guardians.
• 15:14
  He hit his. 5th home run of the season, his second in two
• 15:18
  consecutive games. Okamoto contributed two hits
• 15:22
  and. Two RB is.
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  Playing a key role in the team's victory.
• 15:27
  Japan national volleyball team attacker Rand Takahashi, 20. 4
• 15:33
  is expected. To move to.
• 15:34
  Powerhouse. Lublin in the Polish League.
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  He will leave Suntory Sunbirds at the end of this season.
• 15:42
  Takahashi, who has. Italian league experience.
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  Joined Suntory in 2024 and competed in the 2021 Tokyo and
• 15:50
  2024 Paris Olympics. Cubs outfielder Saya.
• 15:56
  Suzuki 31. Had his second.
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  Three hit game of the season against the Dodgers on April
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  25th. He hit a go ahead solo.
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  Home run. His fourth of.
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  The season off pitcher. Rokie Sasaki Suzuki's powerful
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  hit. Off a 158 kilometer.
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  Per hour fastball. Marked his first home run
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  against Sasaki in their career matchups.
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  Following a professional baseball umpires head injury
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  from a. Bat the Tokyo Big 6.
• 16:29
  Baseball League now provides helmets for its home plate
• 16:32
  umpires. On April 25th, umpires wore them
• 16:36
  in two Jingu Stadium games. Though optional for Big Six,
• 16:40
  these helmets addressed safety concerns, especially after
• 16:44
  professional baseball mandated. Their use due.
• 16:46
  To a serious incident Cesita Cook sign used this.
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  A. 31 year old man armed with multiple weapons.
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  Rushed a security. Checkpoint near a White House
• 17:02
  dinner attended by President Trump on April 20. 5th a
• 17:06
  shooting. Occurred President Trump was
• 17:09
  safely evacuated and one. Secret Service officer.
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  Was injured. But is safe the?
• 17:14
  Suspect was arrested. And the dinner was canceled.
• 17:18
  President Trump canceled sending envoys to Pakistan on April
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  25th. For talks with.
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  Iran he. Cited high costs.
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  And an insufficient peace. Proposal.
• 17:30
  Iranian foreign minister. Arakshi had already departed.
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  So a second direct meeting did not happen.
• 17:37
  Trump criticized infighting in Iran's leadership on social
• 17:40
  media. The Chernobyl nuclear accident
• 17:44
  marks its 40th anniversary. A report notes that the.
• 17:48
  Steel shelter for. Unit 4 was damaged by a Russian
• 17:52
  drone attack in February 2020. Five the article.
• 17:56
  States that this worst historical.
• 17:58
  Accident has no end insight and current threats are delaying its
• 18:03
  decommissioning process. The NPT Review conference opens
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  with concerns about a global nuclear arms race and deep
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  divisions. Members question if it can halt
• 18:14
  nuclear expansion. The Trump administration's
• 18:18
  strategy includes modernizing nuclear.
• 18:21
  Forces Last October, President Trump also surprised the world
• 18:26
  by. Posting about instructing
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  nuclear weapons tests. Russia.
• 18:30
  'S lower house announced on April 20. 5th that speaker.
• 18:34
  Valadin will visit North Korea. He is scheduled to attend the
• 18:39
  opening ceremony of a Memorial Hall.
• 18:42
  This memorial will. Honor North Korean.
• 18:44
  Soldiers who were. Dispatched to Russia.
• 18:47
  Russia's military invasion of Ukraine continues with ongoing
• 18:51
  fighting across the country. Many civilians have.
• 18:55
  Evacuated abroad This report details the.
• 18:58
  Situation on April 25th covering combat developments and related
• 19:03
  diplomatic actions concerning the Ukraine crisis.
• 19:08
  US crude oil. Arrived in Tokyo Bay on April
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  26th. Procured by a major Japanese
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  refiner. This marks the first alternative
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  procurement since the worsening Iran situation raised concerns
• 19:22
  about. Stable oil supply.
• 19:24
  Especially after the de facto blockade.
• 19:27
  Of the Strait of Hormuz. Ukrainian President Zelensky met
• 19:32
  with Azerbaijani President Aliev in Azerbaijan on April 25th.
• 19:37
  They agreed to promote cooperation in defense and other
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  areas. This agreement aims to
• 19:43
  strengthen bilateral ties and security partnerships.
• 19:48
  The Gaza Strip held its first. Election in 20 years on April
• 19:52
  20. 5th after 2. Years of conflict.
• 19:55
  Voters hoped. For improved.
• 19:57
  Humanitarian conditions and reconstruction results are.
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  Expected. On April 26th.
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  Determining who will. Govern the region.
• 20:06
  President Trump held a press conference on the April 25th
• 20:10
  shooting near the White House dinner.
• 20:13
  He condemned the incident, where an armed suspect rushed a
• 20:16
  checkpoint as an attack on the Constitution.
• 20:20
  Trump also posted a. Video of the.
• 20:22
  Event on social media. Artist Katsuyuki.
• 20:34
  Shinohara, known as Kumasan, the.
• 20:36
  Artist passed away. On April 17th in NERA at. 80. 4
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  due to pneumonia, born in. Sapporo he was.
• 20:44
  Famous for stage art in the 1970s and later as The Iron
• 20:48
  Artist, he appeared on Popular. TV shows recognized by his.
• 20:52
  Shaved head and friendly nature. His funeral will not.
• 20:56
  Be held as. Per his wishes.
• 20:59
  The second match. Of the 80. 4th Meejin Sen Shogi
• 21:03
  tournament started on April 25th in Awamori Mejin Sodafuji 20. 3.
• 21:09
  A6 Crown Holder is challenging Tetsuro Itodani 9 Dan 37.
• 21:15
  This two day match concluding on April 26th began with an intense
• 21:20
  battle leading to a sealed move. Japan's supreme.
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  Court issued. Its first.
• 21:27
  Ruling on copyright infringement for Mass.
• 21:29
  Produced practical goods in a. Dispute between a Norwegian and
• 21:34
  Japanese company over children's chairs.
• 21:37
  The court ruled that. Copyright infringement for such
• 21:41
  items is only acknowledged in exceptional.
• 21:44
  Cases this. Clarifies the legal.
• 21:46
  Stance on design protection for everyday.
• 21:49
  Products. A new Netflix program, Black
• 21:53
  Auction Forbidden Bidding, starring TV personality Matsuko
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  Deluxe, has been cancelled. Matsuko.
• 22:02
  Revealed that the. Production halt was.
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  Due to her. Hospitalization.
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  She described the situation as all unfortunate, expressing
• 22:10
  disappointment over the program's cancellation.
• 22:15
  Hokuto Matsumura from Six Tones will take on his.
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  First solo lead. Role in a terrestrial TV drama.
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  He will star in the NTV Saturday drama Confession 25.
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  Years of secret. Starting in July.
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  Matsumura will play. Soda.
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  Yukimura, a character. Who has loved one woman for 20?
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  Five years. Voice actor.
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  And actor Kenjiro Tsuda has finished his role as narrator
• 22:43
  for. TB S S Joho.
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  Seven days newscaster. Suda, 54, served.
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  For five years starting in January 2021 and made his final
• 22:53
  live broadcast appearance on April 25th.
• 22:56
  He mentioned feeling a bit sad to leave the program.
• 23:02
  World renowned American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
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  Passed away at. 81 on April 22nd at his San Francisco home.
• 23:11
  He died from. Glioblastoma and aggressive
• 23:14
  brain tumor. Thomas was the music director
• 23:17
  for the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years and.
• 23:20
  Also served as. Artistic director for Sapporo's
• 23:23
  Pacific Music Festival. Dance group Exile held their.
• 23:28
  First Tokyo Dome concert in over three years featuring.
• 23:32
  BZ guitarist Tak. Matsumoto, celebrating their
• 23:35
  25th anniversary Exile announced additional Dome concerts in
• 23:40
  November. Saitama and.
• 23:42
  December, Osaka veteran. Members Matsu USA and Mcadi.
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  Will also participate. In these special anniversary
• 23:50
  performances. Actress Kana Hashimoto denied
• 23:55
  online rumors about her. NHK, Kohaku, UTA.
• 23:58
  Gasan. Costumes on X.
• 24:01
  She clarified that specific colors were assigned, like wear
• 24:04
  yellow. For kimono to match.
• 24:06
  The key visual, She added that color.
• 24:09
  Overlaps can happen even without instructions.
• 24:12
  Hashimoto has hosted. The show for. 3 consecutive
• 24:16
  years. A ministry.
• 24:18
  Of justice. Expert panel confirmed that
• 24:21
  human. Voices have legal.
• 24:22
  Rights against unauthorized use similar to faces and
• 24:27
  appearances, this protection based on personality and
• 24:31
  publicity rights aims to address.
• 24:33
  Issues. Like AI generated voices, the
• 24:36
  panel will create guidelines for civil.
• 24:39
  Liability by this summer. Clarifying how existing laws
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  apply. Join on, you survive each of
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  this. Saigo madoski aita daki Arigato
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  Sai. Masta oyasumina Sai.