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774,142 criminal offenses reported in 2025, up for 4th consecutive year
The National Police Agency (NPA) said Thursday that the number of criminal offenses reported by police nationwide in 2025 increased by 36,463 from the previous… Read
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Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Corp reported deeper losses for the latest quarter through December compared to a year earlier, as restructuring costs cut into its… Read
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Japanese authorities seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its skipper for allegedly defying an order to stop while within Japan's exclusive economic zone off… Read
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Japanese technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group Corp. swung back into profitability in the last quarter of 2025 as its investments in OpenAI and other… Read
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