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This month, yields on 10-year Japanese government bonds climbed to a three-decade high. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Finance , Japan

Simplified: Yields on 10-year Japanese government bonds reached a three-decade high in September 2026.

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3 weeks ago
Japan’s central bank moved its policy rate from 1 percent to 1.25 percent, the highest level in 31 years. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Finance , Japan

Simplified: Japan's central bank raised its policy rate from 1% to 1.25%, marking a 31-year high.

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3 weeks ago
Speaking at an event in Texas last week, Mr. Bessent even suggested that he had inside knowledge of the bank’s plans to raise rates. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , International Relations , United States , Japan

Simplified: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested at an event in Texas that he had inside knowledge of the Bank of Japan's plans to raise rates.

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3 weeks ago
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly pressured Tokyo to tighten policy. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , International Relations , United States , Japan

Simplified: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly pressured Tokyo to tighten its monetary policy.

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3 weeks ago
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Finance , Japan

Simplified: The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday, September 18, 2026.

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3 weeks ago
Recent examples would be Japanese loan words like zhuyi (主义, “ism”) or jingji (经济, “economy”). 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ China , Japan , Linguistics

Simplified: Fact: The modern Chinese words zhuyi (主义) and jingji (经济) are loanwords from Japanese.

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3 weeks ago
Japan’s population peaked at 128 million in 2008, and is projected to drop to 87 million by 2070, according to government projections. 1.000

👤 Japanese government 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistics , Demographics , Japan , Projections

Simplified: Fact: Japanese government projections state the country's population will drop to 87 million by 2070.

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3 weeks ago
In two days, Mr. Sato will turn 107. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Japan , Biographical

Simplified: Fact: Tetsuo Sato will turn 107 on September 18, 2026.

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3 weeks ago
For every new birth in the country, there are two deaths. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistics , Demographics , Japan

Simplified: Fact: In Japan, there are two deaths for every one birth.

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3 weeks ago
The country now has roughly the same number of people as it did in 1989. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Statistics , Demographics , Japan

Simplified: Fact: Japan's current population is roughly the same size as it was in 1989.

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Tetsuo Sato, 106, is one of the 100,000, living in the rice-growing village of Osonogo in the mountainous Niigata Prefecture with his son, daughter-in-law, dog and cat. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Japan , Biographical

Simplified: Fact: Tetsuo Sato, aged 106, lives in the village of Osonogo in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

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3 weeks ago
Women are overrepresented as centenarians because many men of that generation died in World War II, and those who survived smoked and drank more than women, he said. 1.000

👤 Stuart Gietel-Basten 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Demographics , Gender , Japan

Simplified: Statement: Professor Stuart Gietel-Basten said women are overrepresented as centenarians because many men of that generation died in World War II and...

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3 weeks ago
Japan is grappling with one of the lowest birthrates in the world, a predicament that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has called a “quiet emergency.” 1.000

👤 Sanae Takaichi 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Policy , Demographics , Japan

Simplified: Statement: Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has called the country's low birthrate a 'quiet emergency'.

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Japan’s population peaked at 128 million in 2008, and is projected to drop to 87 million by 2070, according to government projections. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Statistics , Demographics , Japan

Simplified: Fact: Japan’s population peaked at 128 million in 2008, according to government data.

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Women make up the vast majority of the group, at 88 percent. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistics , Demographics , Gender , Japan

Simplified: Fact: Women comprise 88 percent of Japan's centenarians.

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3 weeks ago
Japan’s health minister, Kenichiro Ueno, welcomed the news on Tuesday, and pledged to build a strong social security system that supports the elderly in living long and healthy lives. 1.000

👤 Kenichiro Ueno 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Government , Policy , Japan

Simplified: Statement: Japan’s health minister Kenichiro Ueno pledged to build a strong social security system for the elderly.

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3 weeks ago
Japan’s health ministry released data on Tuesday showing that there are now 107,677 people who are at least 100 years old, an increase of nearly 8,000 since last year. 1.000

👤 Japan’s health ministry 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistics , Demographics , Japan

Simplified: Fact: Japan has 107,677 centenarians as of September 2026, an increase of nearly 8,000 from the previous year.

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3 weeks ago
Stuart Gietel-Basten, a professor of social science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, said the long lives of many Japanese could be attributed to healthy diet, active daily routin... 1.000

👤 Stuart Gietel-Basten 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Japan , Social Science

Simplified: Statement: Professor Stuart Gietel-Basten attributed Japanese longevity to a healthy diet, active routines, and an affordable health system.

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3 weeks ago
The oldest woman, Fuyo Kishimoto from Kyoto, is 114 and the oldest man, Hikaru Kato from Kumamoto, is 112. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Demographics , Japan , Biographical

Simplified: Fact: Japan's oldest woman is Fuyo Kishimoto (114) from Kyoto, and its oldest man is Hikaru Kato (112) from Kumamoto.

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