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Mari Yamaguchi

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mari Yamaguchi

    Japan court protects human voices in landmark AI case (opens the original)

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    A Tokyo court has awarded legal protection to the human voice in a landmark case in which a popular Japanese anime voice actor demanded that TikTok close an account over its unauthorised use of artificial intelligence clone of his trademark baritone. The Tokyo District Court's decision on Wednesday was the first acknowledgement of the right to one's voice in Japan. The ruling was good news for many anime voice actors at a time when they are increasingly concerned about the use of AI-generated ve

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Mari Yamaguchi

    Over 100,000 people in Japan are aged 100 or older (opens the original)

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    The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has surpassed a record 100,000, government figures show, underscoring the country's rapidly aging and declining population. The health ministry statistics released on Tuesday show Japan now has 107,677 centenarians, up 7914 from 2025 and exceeding the 100,000 mark for the first time. Kyoto resident Fuyo Kishimoto was recently recognised as the oldest Japanese woman at age 114. Japan's oldest male is 112-year-old Hikaru Kato from Kumamoto in souther

  3. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Mari Yamaguchi

    Japan's future emperor, Prince Hisahito turns 20 (opens the original)

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    Prince Hisahito has turned 20 as he faces growing attention as a future monarch in Japan following the government's unpopular revision of the Imperial House Law that reinforces male-only succession rules. Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito, is second in line to Japan's 1500-year-old Chrysanthemum Throne and the youngest of 16 members of the rapidly shrinking and aging imperial family. The child who loved animals and bugs, especially dragonflies, is now a sophomore majoring in biology at th

  4. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Mari Yamaguchi

    Japan MPs in China to mend ties after Taiwan comments (opens the original)

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    A cross-party group of Japanese MPs have headed to Beijing seeking to mend strained ties following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comment on Taiwan that angered China and led to tensions that have spilled over into the economy. The group, which includes Gaku Hashimoto, an MP of Takaichi's governing Liberal Democratic Party, and an MP each from the Komeito and Centrist Reform Alliance opposition parties, will meet Chinese Communist Party officials during a visit through Thursday. "Communication

  5. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Mari Yamaguchi

    Express train hits and kills four workers in Japan (opens the original)

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    Four people doing weed control work on a railway track in Japan are dead after being hit by an express train as it entered a station while they were still working there. The accident occurred on Thursday at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, on the Tobu Nikko Line, and involved the Tokyo-bound Spacia express train, the Tochigi prefectural police said. The four - three workers and a supervisor - were rushed to a hospital but later pronounced dead, according to police and train operator Tobu Rai

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