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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 19.02.2025.
It displays 25 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
19.02.2025 ⇢ Day Storm Froze Parliament Like Shinkansen
⌨The 2.8 trillion yen January trade deficit announcement set the morning tone, while the Tohoku Shinkansen temporarily suspended operations. The parliamentary budget committee failed to convene, creating an unusual legislative deadlock amid ongoing investigations into the Abe faction's accounting.
SBI Shinsei Bank's move to double interest rates for seniors to 0.4% emerged as financial institutions position for demographic shifts. By afternoon, coverage shifted to Trump's proposed 25% auto tariffs, with analysis suggesting a potential 3 trillion yen impact on Japan's six major automakers. This development builds on previous days' coverage of U.S.-Japan trade tensions and Nippon Steel's strategic positioning.
The day's coverage concluded with warnings about an incoming cold wave for the three-day weekend, while legal commentary emerged regarding the 10-year sentence given to PM Kishida's attacker.
SBI Shinsei Bank's move to double interest rates for seniors to 0.4% emerged as financial institutions position for demographic shifts. By afternoon, coverage shifted to Trump's proposed 25% auto tariffs, with analysis suggesting a potential 3 trillion yen impact on Japan's six major automakers. This development builds on previous days' coverage of U.S.-Japan trade tensions and Nippon Steel's strategic positioning.
The day's coverage concluded with warnings about an incoming cold wave for the three-day weekend, while legal commentary emerged regarding the 10-year sentence given to PM Kishida's attacker.
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HuffPost Japan
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半導体業界の競争環境に地殻変動が起きている。人工知能（AI）向け半導体は中国発の「DeepSeek（ディープシーク）・ショック」を受け、成長期待が揺らぐ。トランプ米大統領の関税政策で半導体がやり玉に挙がる中、半導体関連企業は競争力を維持しつつ新たな投資のサイクルを回せるのか。半導体株の動向を点検する。
「ディープシークはよいニュースだ。多くの費用をかけなくても、よい成果が手に入る」。トランプ米大…
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Ruling party leader pitches help for locals as opposition chief faces setback
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Yahoo! Japan
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06:11⇢Trillion Yen Deficit While Chips Stumble
⌨The newspapers report on Japan's significant trade deficit of 2.8 trillion yen in January amid a weaker yen (Kyodo News). NVIDIA faces market pressure following China's DeepSeek developments, while Trump's tariff policies affect semiconductor industry dynamics (Nikkei Shimbun). In domestic news, the attacker of PM Kishida receives a 10-year prison sentence (Japan Times), while the hearing for former Abe faction's accountant gets postponed (Yahoo News Japan).
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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10:54⇢Parliament Freezes as Budget Talks Stall
⌨The newspapers report on the unusual parliamentary deadlock as budget committee meetings fail to convene (Yahoo News Japan), while SBI Shinsei Bank targets retiree assets by doubling interest rates to 0.4% for customers over 60 (Nikkei Shimbun). Coverage continues of Trump's rhetoric analysis (Huffington Post) and Chinese surveillance vessels around Japan (Japan Business Press), amid January's 2.8 trillion yen trade deficit (Kyodo News).
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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米国が輸入する自動車に追加関税「25%」がかかることになれば、日本の自動車の需要減につながる懸念がある。関税が価格転嫁されれば、販売価格が上昇し、競争力が下がるためだ。一連の追加関税で日本の大手6社への影響額は3兆円規模に達するとの見方がある。マツダやSUBARU（スバル）など対米輸出が多い企業を中心に対応を迫られる。
トランプ米大統領は18日、4月にも公表予定の輸入自動車への追加関税が「25%…
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Yahoo! Japan
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Estimates show 6 Japanese automakers facing up to $21bn more in U.S. levies
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17:08⇢Mazda, Subaru Brace for Trump's Tariff Punch
⌨The newspapers report on potential U.S. auto tariffs of 25%, with estimates showing six Japanese automakers facing combined impacts of 3 trillion yen, particularly affecting Mazda and Subaru due to their high U.S. export ratios (Nikkei Shimbun, Nikkei Asia). A cold wave warning comes ahead of the three-day weekend (Yahoo News Japan).
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【クラクフ（ポーランド南部）=田中孝幸】ロシアの侵略を受けるウクライナのゼレンスキー大統領が政治的な窮地に陥っている。ロシアが停戦協議でウクライナの早期の大統領選実施を促し、トランプ米大統領も同調したためだ。ロシアは同氏の退陣による親ロシア政権の樹立を目指している。
公職者の汚職などを背景に、ゼレンスキー氏の支持率は低下している。現状では大統領選を実施した場合に同氏が敗北するとの見方が広がってお…
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【クラクフ（ポーランド南部）=田中孝幸】ロシアの侵略を受けるウクライナのゼレンスキー大統領が政治的な窮地に陥っている。ロシアが停戦協議でウクライナの早期の大統領選実施を促し、トランプ米大統領も同調したためだ。ロシアはゼレンスキー氏の退陣による親ロシア政権の樹立を目指している。
公職者の汚職などを背景に、ゼレンスキー氏の支持率は低下している。現状では大統領選を実施した場合に同氏が敗北するとの見方が…
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China eyes Ukraine peacekeeping role as a stepping stone toward a new world order
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Japan Business Press
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Yahoo! Japan
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23:45⇢Xi Seeks Seat at Peace Table
⌨The newspapers report on Xi Jinping's diplomatic push to join Trump and Putin in shaping a new world order through Ukraine peace talks (Nikkei Asia). Domestically, heavy snowfall continues along the Sea of Japan coast (Yahoo News Japan), while corporate reforms see management positions facing unprecedented demotions (Nikkei Shimbun). A new rice crisis emerges despite bureaucratic efforts to control the situation (Japan Business Press).