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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 27.02.2025.
It displays 41 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
27.02.2025 ⇢ Day When Birth Numbers Hit Ocean Floor
⌨Birth rates emerged as the central narrative, with official figures confirming 721,000 births in 2024, marking a 30% decline over ten years. The morning brought news of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking's shift from seniority-based pay, offering substantial raises to younger managers.
Forest fires in northeastern Japan intensified by midday, claiming one life and destroying over 80 homes, marking the third major fire within a week. The ruling coalition moved to freeze planned increases in medical cost burden, while adjusting the annual budget downward.
Corporate restructuring continued with Nissan considering CEO replacement following merger failures. NVIDIA maintained its market dominance despite DeepSeek concerns, while Seven & I's founding family abandoned their management buyout plans. The Nadeshiko Japan soccer team captured their first SheBelieves Cup title against the United States.
Forest fires in northeastern Japan intensified by midday, claiming one life and destroying over 80 homes, marking the third major fire within a week. The ruling coalition moved to freeze planned increases in medical cost burden, while adjusting the annual budget downward.
Corporate restructuring continued with Nissan considering CEO replacement following merger failures. NVIDIA maintained its market dominance despite DeepSeek concerns, while Seven & I's founding family abandoned their management buyout plans. The Nadeshiko Japan soccer team captured their first SheBelieves Cup title against the United States.
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00:16⇢Pacific Skies Darken While Seven Founders Retreat
⌨The newspapers report on defense and security developments, with unsafe intercepts over the South China Sea (Japan Times), Taiwan's concerns over Ukraine ceasefire implications (Japan Business Press), and Japan's commitment to purchase U.S. transport planes for SDF (Kyodo). Financial coverage focuses on NVIDIA's 65% revenue growth forecast driven by AI chip demand (Nikkei Shimbun), while Seven & I's founding family abandons MBO plans (Yahoo News).
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'Nearly every developer' learning from Chinese firm's R1 model, which will drive chip sales
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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所得税がかかり始める「年収103万円の壁」が160万円に動く見通しになった。自民、公明両党が野党との協議を経て、2024年末にまとめた政府・与党案を修正する。税制改正の法案が成立すれば、25年分から適用される。納税者の多くが1人あたり年2万円程度の減税となる。
税金は収入から「控除」と呼ぶ一定額を差し引き、残りの部分に税率をかけて算出する。所得税の103万円の壁は現在「基礎控除」が48万円、「給…
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Yahoo! Japan
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02:01⇢Tax Threshold Rises While Fires Spread
⌨The newspapers report on tax reform plans, with the ruling coalition set to raise the tax-free income threshold from 1.03M to 1.6M yen, resulting in approximately 20,000 yen annual tax reduction per taxpayer (Nikkei Shimbun). NVIDIA's CEO discusses AI development implications of DeepSeek's R1 model (Nikkei Asia), while wildfire evacuation orders affect over 2,000 people (Yahoo News Japan).
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Singapore lenders scrutinize interest rate impact as loan risks also loom
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Yahoo! Japan
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03:07⇢Pacific Tensions Soar While Seven Founders Retreat
⌨The newspapers report on regional tensions, with unsafe aircraft intercepts over the South China Sea (Japan Times) and Taiwan's concerns over Ukraine ceasefire implications (Japan Business Press). Economic coverage focuses on Trump's tariff impact on ASEAN banks (Nikkei Asia), while domestically, Seven & I's founding family abandons management buyout plans (Yahoo News Japan).
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Yahoo! Japan
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04:59⇢NVIDIA Soars While Ofunato Burns
⌨The newspapers report on NVIDIA's record profits and its dismissal of DeepSeek concerns as it prepares to launch next-generation products (Nikkei Shimbun). Regional tensions remain in focus with aircraft intercepts over the South China Sea (Japan Times) and Taiwan's concerns over Ukraine ceasefire implications (Japan Business Press). A body was found in Ofunato, possibly connected to ongoing forest fires (Yahoo News Japan).
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2024年に日本で生まれた子どもの数（外国人を含む出生数）は前年比5.0%減の72万988人だった。9年連続で過去最少を更新し、日本人だけに限れば70万人を割る公算が大きい。少子化に歯止めがかからず、現役世代の社会保険料負担はさらに重くなる。
厚生労働省が27日、人口動態統計を公表した。出生数は比較可能な1899年以降で最も少なかった。10年前の100.3万人（14年）と比べ、およそ3割にあたる…
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China's president also nods to Deng Xiaoping as he signals new economic direction
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07:02⇢Birth Rate Plunges While Nadeshiko Soars
⌨The newspapers report on Japan's women's soccer team winning their first SheBelieves Cup against the US (Japan Times), while birth rates hit a new historic low of 720,000 in 2024, marking a 30% decrease over the past decade (Nikkei Shimbun). In China coverage, Jack Ma's public appearance is analyzed in context of Xi Jinping's economic policy shifts (Nikkei Asia).
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The Japan Times
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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Father-son spat erupts, appointment of directors halted
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More than 80 homes appear to have burned down and some 2,000 people have been ordered to evacuate after a wildfire broke out in a northeastern Japan city, local authorities said Thursday, as the region was hit by its third fire in around a week.
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三井住友銀行は2026年以降の報酬制度案をまとめた。これまで年功序列で定めてきた給与を職務で決まるように改め、30代前半で管理職を務める社員の給与を最大で2割引き上げる。一方で勤務年数が長くても職務や役割によっては減給することも視野に入れる。
新人事制度は勤続年数に応じて昇進する「階層」を撤廃するのが柱だ。他の大手行に先駆けて年功序列を全廃し、優秀な若年層を抜てきできる体制を整える。人件費を中期…
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09:11⇢Northeastern Fires Consume Villages
⌨The newspapers report on escalating wildfire crisis in northeastern Japan, with over 80 homes destroyed and 2,000 people evacuated in the third fire within a week (Kyodo News, Yahoo News). Corporate developments feature Nissan's management restructuring plans (Japan Times) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking's shift away from seniority-based pay, offering up to 20% salary increases for managers in their 30s (Nikkei Shimbun).
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Yahoo! Japan
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Yahoo! Japan
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The number of children born in Japan in 2024 fell from a year earlier to 720,988, marking the ninth consecutive year of record lows, health ministry data showed Thursday.
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11:21⇢Births Plunge Below 721K
⌨The newspapers report on Japan's birth rate crisis reaching a new low of 721,000 in 2024, marking the ninth consecutive year of decline (Kyodo News). Corporate restructuring continues to make headlines with Nissan's management shake-up plans (Japan Times) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking's shift from seniority-based pay (Nikkei Shimbun). Taiwan's media coverage expresses concerns over Ukraine ceasefire implications for regional security (Japan Business Press).
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One person has died, and more than 80 homes appear to have burned down after a wildfire broke out in a northeastern Japan city, local authorities said Thursday, as the region faced its third fire in about a week.
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Chinese smartphone maker aims to turn EVs into key growth pillar
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Yahoo! Japan
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Chinese smartphone maker aims to turn EVs into key growth pillar
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Yahoo! Japan
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15:04⇢Flames Devour Northeast While Xiaomi Eyes Porsche
⌨The newspapers report on a deadly wildfire in northeastern Japan, with one fatality and over 80 homes destroyed in the region's third fire within a week (Kyodo News). In technology and automotive news, Xiaomi launches a new electric sedan targeting Porsche's market segment (Nikkei Asia), while Trump announces plans for additional 10% tariffs on Chinese imports starting March 4 (Nikkei Shimbun).
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日本経済新聞
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■中国に対する上乗せ分はあわせて20%に
■合成麻薬フェンタニルの流入継続を理由に
■相互関税は4月2日に発効すると明らかに…
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This would come on top of a 10% duty imposed in February
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Japan Business Press
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21:06⇢Trump Doubles China Tariffs While AI Fools Courts
⌨The newspapers report on two significant developments: Trump's announcement of additional 10% tariffs on Chinese imports, bringing the total increase to 20%, citing fentanyl concerns (Nikkei Asia, Nikkei Shimbun). In legal technology news, Japanese lawyers face sanctions for submitting AI-generated fictional court precedents (Japan Business Press). The northeastern wildfire situation continues to unfold (Kyodo News).
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Yahoo! Japan
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LDP approval ratings down; voters fret on price hikes as summer upper house vote looms
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