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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 04.03.2025.
It displays 40 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
04.03.2025 ⇢ Day Trade Walls Rose Through Snow
⌨Trump's Ukraine aid suspension, which emerged from yesterday's diplomatic breakdown, triggered morning market reactions with the yen surging to 148. By midday, the trade situation escalated as the U.S. imposed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, while adding 10% to existing China tariffs. Beijing responded with agricultural product tariffs.
Japanese financial institutions showed signs of decoupling from international frameworks, with SMFG leading a withdrawal from carbon reduction commitments. The Ishiba administration secured a Lower House budget victory, while preparing responses to the trade crisis through an emergency Economic Minister dispatch to Washington.
The day's developments occurred against a backdrop of mounting weather concerns, as Tokyo implemented preventive expressway closures ahead of predicted heavy snowfall, marking a return to winter conditions following the recent forest fire crisis.
Japanese financial institutions showed signs of decoupling from international frameworks, with SMFG leading a withdrawal from carbon reduction commitments. The Ishiba administration secured a Lower House budget victory, while preparing responses to the trade crisis through an emergency Economic Minister dispatch to Washington.
The day's developments occurred against a backdrop of mounting weather concerns, as Tokyo implemented preventive expressway closures ahead of predicted heavy snowfall, marking a return to winter conditions following the recent forest fire crisis.
04.03.2025
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Japan's unemployment rate in January was unchanged from the previous month at 2.
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Yahoo! Japan
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日本経済新聞
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01:44⇢Trump Freezes Ukraine Pipeline
⌨The newspapers expand coverage of Trump's suspension of military aid to Ukraine (The Japan Times, Nikkei Shimbun, Yahoo News Japan), with focus on his confrontational exchange with foreign reporters (Huffington Post Japan). Japan's unemployment remains stable at 2.5% (Kyodo News), while Islamic finance shows expansion beyond Malaysia across Southeast Asia (Nikkei Asia).
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Yahoo! Japan
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Japan's unemployment rate in January remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive month at 2.
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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04:32⇢Trump Words Shake Yen Through Press Room
⌨The newspapers expand coverage of Trump's impact on markets and diplomacy. The yen surges unexpectedly to the 148 range following Trump's market signals (Nikkei Shimbun), while his clash with foreign reporters over Ukraine aid continues to reverberate (Huffington Post Japan, The Japan Times). Japan's unemployment remains fixed at 2.5% for the fourth month (Kyodo News), as the Ministry of Land discusses preventive road closures (Yahoo News Japan).
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Yahoo! Japan
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【ワシントン=八十島綾平】トランプ米政権は4日、カナダとメキシコからの輸入品に対する25%の追加関税を発動した。2月に発動済みの中国製品への10%の追加関税は税率を20%に引き上げた。米国の輸出入の4割を占める3カ国との間で貿易戦争に発展するおそれがある。
カナダとメキシコに対する25%の関税は米東部時間4日午前0時1分（日本時間4日午後2時1分）に発動した。この時刻以降に輸入したり米国内の保税…
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Mexico and Canada dealt 25% levies as Trump demands drug clampdown
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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Retaliation expands to poultry, crops and more American companies
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三井住友フィナンシャルグループ（FG）が脱炭素をめざす金融機関の国際的な枠組みから脱退することが4日、わかった。野村ホールディングス（HD）も同様の検討を進めている。トランプ米政権下で脱炭素をめぐる業界横断的な活動への批判や法的リスクがくすぶっている。米主要銀の離脱が相次ぐなか、邦銀では初の事例となる。
脱退するのは2050年までに温暖化ガスの排出量を実質的にゼロとすることを目標にする「ネットゼ…
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06:54⇢Beijing Strikes Back As Banks Desert Carbon Pact
⌨The newspapers expand coverage of new U.S.-China trade tensions, with Beijing announcing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural products (Nikkei Asia, Yahoo News Japan). In a significant shift, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group becomes the first Japanese bank to withdraw from international carbon-reduction frameworks, with Nomura Holdings considering similar steps (Nikkei Shimbun). These moves follow U.S. banks' earlier exits amid Trump-era regulatory uncertainties.
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The state parties to a U.
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The Japan Times
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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08:34⇢Budget Victory While Banks Desert Carbon
⌨The newspapers expand coverage of budget developments as Ishiba secures a key Lower House victory (Japan Times), while nuclear disarmament discussions continue at the U.N. with testimony from Hiroshima survivors' descendants (Kyodo News). Meanwhile, Japanese banks continue their withdrawal from international carbon frameworks, with SMFG leading the exit and Nomura considering similar steps (Nikkei Shimbun), as U.S.-China trade tensions escalate through agricultural tariffs (Nikkei Asia).
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L, front) shakes hands with House of Representatives Budget Committee chairman Jun Azumi (R, front, back to camera) in Tokyo on March 4, 2025, after the lower house committee approved a revised draft budget for fiscal 2025.
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Yahoo! Japan
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11:52⇢Budget Passes While Ministers Race To Washington
⌨The newspapers expand coverage of Ishiba's budget victory in the Lower House (Kyodo News English, Japan Times), while reporting on growing concerns over Trump's trade policies. The Economy Minister plans a U.S. visit amid tariff anxieties (Yahoo News Japan), as China implements retaliatory measures on U.S. agricultural products (Nikkei Asia).
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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Tokyo Tower is seen amid snowfall in the Japanese capital on March 4, 2025.
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Duties on Mexico, Canada could slash new-vehicle demand by 12% this year
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17:13⇢Snow Freezes Tokyo While Tariffs Freeze Cars
⌨The newspapers expand coverage of severe weather conditions in Tokyo and surrounding areas, with snowfall leading to expressway closures and warnings about icy roads (Kyodo News English, Yahoo News Japan). Meanwhile, analysis of Trump's proposed tariffs indicates a potential $61 billion cost increase for the U.S. auto industry, with projections of 12% decrease in new vehicle demand (Nikkei Asia, Nikkei Shimbun).
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【ニューヨーク=竹内弘文】4日の米株式市場でダウ工業株30種平均の前日比下げ幅が一時800ドルを超えた。トランプ米政権がカナダとメキシコに追加関税を発動し、中国への追加関税も引き上げたことで、貿易戦争の激化に伴う米経済の先行き警戒感が強まった。リスク資産である株式を売る動きが鮮明となった。
米東部時間午前11時（日本時間5日午前1時）時点でダウ平均は前日比790ドル程度安い4万2400ドル近辺で…
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【ニューヨーク=竹内弘文】4日の米株式市場でダウ工業株30種平均の前日比下げ幅が一時800ドルを超えた。トランプ米政権がカナダとメキシコに追加関税を発動し、中国への追加関税も引き上げたことで、貿易戦争の激化に伴う米経済の先行き警戒感が強まった。リスク資産である株式を売る動きが鮮明となった。
米東部時間午前11時（日本時間5日午前1時）時点でダウ平均は前日比790ドル程度安い4万2400ドル近辺で…
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【ウィーン=田中孝幸】ウクライナのゼレンスキー大統領は4日、トランプ米大統領との口論に陥った2月28日の会談について「予定通りに進まなかった。このような結果になったのは遺憾だ」と述べた。「今こそ正しい方向に戻す時だ」と関係修復を訴えた。
トランプ政権が3日にウクライナへの軍事支援の停止を発表して以降、ゼレンスキー氏が米側に呼びかけるのは初めて。軍事支援の再開を促す狙いがあるとみられる。
ゼレンス…
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Japan Business Press
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Worries over AI 'hallucinations' and data security take a back seat to FOMO
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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23:41⇢Snow Retreats As Fire Claims Forest
⌨The newspapers expand coverage of severe weather conditions, with snow-related road closures now being lifted (Yahoo News Japan), while a forest fire in Ofunato highlights Sanriku's climate vulnerability to wildfires (Japan Business Press). Analysis of Trump's tariffs suggests potential household cost increases of up to 300,000 yen per family (Nikkei Shimbun), as China accelerates AI governance implementation through DeepSeek despite security concerns (Nikkei Asia).