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Gov't estimates central Japan quake damage will reach 2.6 tril. yen

Photo taken on Jan. 25, 2024, shows the Horyu area of Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was heavily damaged by the magnitude-7.6 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan on New Year's Day. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Jan.

LDP OKs proposals to allow factions to continue as policy groups

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C), who doubles as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives remarks at a special meeting of senior party lawmakers at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2024. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Jan.

Fukushima melted nuclear fuel retrieval delayed past March

Supplied photo taken by TEPCO shows materials that appear to be debris at the bottom of the containment vessel of Unit 2 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Jan.

Biden to host Japan PM Kishida in Washington on April 10

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 Kyodo - U.S.

Kishida vows to reshape LDP by moving away from faction system

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters after a meeting of a reform panel of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2024. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Jan.

BOJ steady on policy ahead of wage talks, more upbeat about inflation

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda speaks at a press conference after a Policy Board meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2024. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Jan.

Power outage hits bullet train service in Tokyo, other parts of Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows passengers disembarking from a shinkansen bullet train stopped on the tracks in Saitama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2024. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Jan.

Elementary, junior high schools reopen as quake recovery continues

Junior high school students in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, go to school on Jan. 22, 2024, as classes resume after the city in central Japan's Noto Peninsula was hit hard by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1. (Kyodo)

KANAZAWA, Japan, Jan.

Princess Aiko to work at Japanese Red Cross Society from April

Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, is pictured on Nov. 24, 2023, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (Photo courtesy of Imperial Household Agency)(No trimming allowed)(Kyodo)

Princess Aiko to work at Japanese Red Cross Society from April

LDP panel to seek faction disbandment in event of funds law violation

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, back) attends a reform panel of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2024. (Kyodo)

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