19.02.2025

Day Storm Froze Parliament Like Shinkansen

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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 19.02.2025.

It displays 22 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.

19.02.2025

01:12

日本経済新聞

米ロ、ウクライナ停戦「全当事者受け入れ可能な方法で」

【ワシントン=坂口幸裕】米国とロシアの両政府の高官は18日、ウクライナ侵略の停戦交渉の初会合をサウジアラビアの首都リヤドで開いた。米国務省は終了後に発表した声明に「紛争を全ての当事者が受け入れ可能な方法で終結させる作業を始めることで合意した」と記した。協議は4時間半実施した。米国からルビオ国務長官とウォルツ大統領補佐官（国家安全保障担当）、ウィットコフ中東担当特使、ロシアからラブロフ外相とウシ…

01:12 (16:12 in your timezone)

01:15 (16:15)⇢Riyadh Peace Talks While Carmakers Brace

⌨The newspapers report on fresh U.S.-Russia talks in Riyadh seeking "mutually acceptable" ways to end the Ukraine conflict (Nikkei Shimbun). Japanese automakers prepare contingency plans for Trump's potential tariffs, considering production reallocation from Mexico and Canada (Nikkei Asia). Japan decides against participating in next month's UN nuclear ban treaty meeting (Kyodo News), while a severe cold wave is expected to peak during the upcoming three-day weekend (Yahoo News Japan).

02:57

Nikkei Asia

Activist investors set sights on megacap stocks from SoftBank to Disney

Flush with cash, funds search the world for juicy targets

02:57 (17:57 in your timezone)

05:53

日本経済新聞

ウクライナ停戦協議、ロシアペースに焦る米国見透かす

05:53 (20:53 in your timezone)

06:02

Japan Business Press

招かれざる中国のスパイ船、日本列島を一回りして何をしているのか

06:02 (21:02 in your timezone)

06:29

Nikkei Asia

SoftBank's AI strategy becomes clearer but chip ambitions remain cloudy

Son aims to secure cash-rich company's role as a key player in tech's most heated segment

06:29 (21:29 in your timezone)

06:31 (21:31)⇢Chinese Spy Ships Circle Japan

⌨The newspapers report on increased Chinese surveillance vessel activities around Japanese islands (Japan Business Press), while U.S.-Russia peace talks for Ukraine show Moscow gaining leverage in negotiations (Nikkei Shimbun). SoftBank's AI strategy becomes clearer with Son's focus on securing a key position in the tech sector, though semiconductor plans remain uncertain (Nikkei Asia).

06:38

Yahoo! Japan

北陸・東海・近畿で大雪交通注意

06:38 (21:38 in your timezone)

15:10

The Japan Times

Kishida attacker sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder

15:10 (06:10 in your timezone)

15:10

HuffPost Japan

「トランプ話術」に騙されてはいけない

15:10 (06:10 in your timezone)

15:10

Kyodo News

Japan reports 2.8 tril. yen trade deficit in Jan. amid weaker yen

Japan logged a 2.

15:10 (06:10 in your timezone)

15:10

日本経済新聞

NVIDIA株、剝げた「持たざるリスク」成長期待揺らぐ

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…

15:10 (06:10 in your timezone)

15:10

Nikkei Asia

Singapore PM Wong unveils preelection budget: 5 things to know

Ruling party leader pitches help for locals as opposition chief faces setback

15:10 (06:10 in your timezone)

15:10

Yahoo! Japan

旧安倍派元会計の20日聴取が延期

15:10 (06:10 in your timezone)

15:11 (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).

16:23

Yahoo! Japan

東北新幹線また運転見合わせ

16:23 (07:23 in your timezone)

16:55

Yahoo! Japan

東北新幹線上下線で運転再開

16:55 (07:55 in your timezone)

17:02

Yahoo! Japan

再審見直し議連と法務省に温度差

17:02 (08:02 in your timezone)

19:50

日本経済新聞

SBI新生銀、60歳以上の普通預金金利2倍0.4%老後資産に的

19:50 (10:50 in your timezone)

19:50

Yahoo! Japan

国会滞る異例事態予算委開会せず

19:50 (10:50 in your timezone)

19:54 (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).

20:30

Yahoo! Japan

前首相襲撃裁判員「難しかった」

20:30 (11:30 in your timezone)

20:38

Yahoo! Japan

前首相襲撃「量刑悩んだ」裁判員

20:38 (11:38 in your timezone)

20:47

Yahoo! Japan

車に関税25% トランプ氏の思惑

20:47 (11:47 in your timezone)

21:45

日本経済新聞

米の車関税「25%」、日本勢6社の影響3兆円マツダ・スバル懸念

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%…

21:45 (12:45 in your timezone)

22:10

Yahoo! Japan

寒波に凍える3連休雪に警戒を

22:10 (13:10 in your timezone)

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