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2024-03-19 16:06:00
It has been revealed that a portrait of Torizo, the youngest of Saigo Takamori's four sons, was left in the home of Takamori's descendants who live in Fukuoka Prefecture. This is believed to be the first time a photo of Torizo has been found.
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2024-03-19 15:33:00
The company that kept the Colonel Sanders doll, which was thrown into the Dotonbori River in Osaka by a Hanshin Tigers fan in 1985 and discovered 24 years later, decided to hold a memorial service at a shrine because it was too old to preserve it. I announced what I had done.
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2024-03-19 15:30:00
In the second game of the Senbatsu High School baseball tournament on the second day, Oita's Meiho High School defeated Fukui's Tsuruga Kehi High School in a walk-off 1-0, advancing to the second round.
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Economic news
2024-03-19 16:11:00
At its monetary policy meeting held today, the Bank of Japan decided to end its ``negative interest rate policy'' and raise interest rates. This is the first interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan in approximately 17 years, and Japan's monetary policy, which has continued to take unusual measures even in the world, will undergo a major shift toward normalization. We will be reporting in real time the press conference of Bank of Japan Governor Ueda, which will be held from 3:30 p.m.
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2024-03-19 16:07:00
The Tokyo stock market and Nikkei Stock Average rose on the 19th due to the depreciation of the yen after the Bank of Japan decided to end its negative interest rate policy.
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2024-03-19 15:09:00
At its monetary policy meeting held today, the Bank of Japan decided to end its ``negative interest rate policy'' and raise interest rates. This is the first interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan in approximately 17 years, and Japan's monetary policy, which has continued to take unusual measures even in the world, will undergo a major shift toward normalization.
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Political News
2024-03-19 16:12:00
Executives from the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito held a meeting to discuss the revision of the Political Funds Regulation Act in response to issues surrounding factional political funding parties, and after coordinating between the two parties, they will hold discussions with the opposition parties and aim to pass the bill in the current Diet session. I have confirmed.
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2024-03-19 16:00:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, four opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party, said that the House of Representatives Political Ethics Review Committee meeting held until the 18th did not lead to clarifying the actual situation, and six people, including senior members of the Abe faction, were removed from the budget committee. They agreed to request that witnesses be subpoenaed at the meeting.
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2024-03-19 15:07:00
At a press conference, Komeito representative Yamaguchi expressed the idea that the government should consider ways to sanction the relevant members of the Diet in response to the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party that would be acceptable to the public.
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Social News
2024-03-19 16:18:00
The Japan Meteorological Agency has released a long-term forecast for the three months starting in April, predicting that temperatures will be higher than normal across the country as the country will be more likely to be covered in warm, humid air.
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2024-03-19 16:09:00
A 62-year-old suspect from Tottori City was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for making a phone call to the family of a family member who lost his wife and daughter in an out-of-control accident in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, and saying things like ``I'm going to kill them.''
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2024-03-19 15:28:00
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office applied to the court for an ``evaluation detention'' to investigate the criminal liability of a couple who were arrested for killing their 4-year-old second daughter and her 40-year-old sister by ingesting harmful chemicals, and the request was granted. This was revealed through interviews with investigators.
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