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Japan approves plan to sell fighter jets to other nations in latest break from pacifist principles
Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara speaks during a news conference at the parliament building in Tokyo on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, following the Cabinet's decision to ease Japan's strict defense equipment transfer rules. Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries, in the latest move away from the country’s postwar pacifist principles. (Keisuke Hosojima/Kyodo News via AP)
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Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead
The Bay Street Financial District is shown in Toronto on Friday, August 5, 2022.
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Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt wins World Cup silver in Slovenia
Third placed Canada's Alexandria Loutitt celebrates on the podium of the overall Women's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup classification in Planica, Slovenia on March 21, 2024. (Photo by Jure Makovec / AFP) (Photo by JURE MAKOVEC/AFP via Getty Images)
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South Korean tanker capsizes off southwestern Japan, four crewmembers rescued, seven missing
international business
Bank of Japan scraps radical policy, makes first rate hike in 17 years
People walk past Japan’s national flags in a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan March 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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North Korea resumes missile tests, raising tensions with its rivals after their military drills’ end
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 18, 2024. North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Monday morning, its neighbors said, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Twenty-two artifacts looted after the Battle of Okinawa returned to Japan
A hand drawn map of Okinawa dating back to the 19th century, one of 22 historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and recovered after a family from Massachusetts discovered them as they were going through their late father's personal items is displayed. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, said Friday, March 15, 2024, that they have helped orchestrate the return of the artifacts to the Government of Japan, Okinawa Prefecture. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
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Some McDonald’s outlets back online after tech outage in several countries
FILE - A McDonald's golden arches is shown at restaurant in Havertown, Pa., Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Reports of system outages at McDonald's are growing around the world, shuttering restaurants and leading to social media complaints. McDonald's in Japan posted on X, formerly Twitter, that “many stores across the country have temporarily suspended operations,” according to a translation of the post. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Japan same-sex marriage ban 'unconstitutional': court
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Biden opposes plan to sell U.S. Steel to a Japanese firm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about rebuilding communities and creating well-paying jobs during a visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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Denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, Japanese high court says
A lawyer, in pink clothes, center, for the plaintiffs standing to her right speaks in front of media members by the main entrance of the Tokyo district court after hearing the ruling regarding LGBTQ+ marriage rights, in Tokyo, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The Japanese court on Thursday ruled that not allowing same-sex couples the same marital benefits as heterosexuals violates their fundamental right to have a family, but the current civil law did not take into consideration sexual diversity and is not clearly unconstitutional, a partial victory for Japan's LGBTQ+ community calling for equal marriage rights. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.8 hits off coast of Japan’s Fukushima prefecture
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the southwestern Aegean Turkish coast on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Japan's first private-sector rocket launch attempt explodes shortly after takeoff
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Toyota agrees to biggest wage hike in 25 years, paves way for Bank of Japan policy shift
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a Toyota logo at the Tokyo Motor Show, in Tokyo, Japan October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
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Japan’s Space One Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight
Space One's Kairos rocket explodes after liftoff from a launch pad in Kushimoto, Wakayama prefecture, western Japan, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff Wednesday, livestreamed video showed.(Kyodo News via AP)
asia-pacific business
Growing number of Bank of Japan policy-makers leaning toward exiting negative rates in March: sources
FILE PHOTO: Japanese national flag is hoisted atop the headquarters of Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Japan September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Hedge funds snap up stocks at fastest pace in 11 months, Goldman says
Traders work on the floor during morning trading at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 6.
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Discovering Japan’s creative side in Kyoto
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sports
Canadian women look to build on positive showing in North America at Hong Kong Sevens
asia-pacific business
Japanese government reportedly considers calling end to deflation in wake of rising prices
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a bilateral meeting with Kenyan President William Ruto at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Shuji Kajiyama/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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