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92% of job-seeking university students held offers as of Feb. 1, data shows

The rate at which the students secured job offers remained high due to labor shortages, though it fell from a year earlier in the first decline in five years.

Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima hibakusha hugged by Obama, dies at 88

Scenes of Mori, a historian, and Obama hugging in May 2016, during Obama's visit to Hiroshima — the first by a sitting U.S. president — were reported by media outlets worldwide.

Tokyo court rules against women’s right to voluntary sterilization

Under Japanese law, sterilization surgery for women can be performed only when specific health risks are present.

Relief as Japan’s 20-year bond sale draws strong demand despite Gulf crisis

Higher yields attracted buyers, easing concerns that rising oil prices and inflation risks would damp appetite.