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Yen exchange rate drops to high 149 yen to US dollar as Bank of Japan lifts negative interest rate policy

2024-03-19 13:11:00
After the Bank of Japan decided to end its negative interest rate policy, the yen depreciated to the upper 149 yen level to the dollar in the Tokyo foreign exchange market. When the Bank of Japan decided to end its negative interest rate policy at its monetary policy meeting, there was a widespread perception in the market that the decision was within the range that had been expected. With the view that the Bank of Japan will continue to maintain an accommodative financial environment, there is a growing trend to sell yen and buy dollars.

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Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare presents draft plan for reviewing the outline of measures to prevent death from overwork, including thorough regulation of three occupations

2024-03-19 12:50:00
In order to prevent death from overwork, the government has drawn up an outline of countermeasures, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced that regulations will be thoroughly enforced in response to restrictions on overtime work starting next month in the construction industry, transportation industry, and medical professions. We presented a draft review that included things to do.

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Political funding issue: Four opposition parties agree to subpoena six witnesses, including Abe faction leaders

2024-03-19 12:35:00
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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Request for order to return passports of former Toke Match representatives National Police Agency

2024-03-19 12:22:00
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested that the National Police Agency issue an order to return the passports of the former representatives of the company who went overseas after a watch entrusted to a company operating the luxury watch sharing service "Toke Match" was sold without permission. Interviews with investigators revealed that the request was made to We plan to make international arrangements in the future.

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Resolution not calling for the deployment of “nuclear weapons in outer space” to be submitted to the UN Security Council

2024-03-19 11:41:00
Foreign Minister Kamikawa, who is visiting New York in the United States, announced that he and the United States will submit a resolution to the United Nations Security Council calling for the prohibition of deploying nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in outer space regarding nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. I made it.

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