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10 Ottobre 2025

Japan Average Rice Price Down for 3rd Week in Row

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–The average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through Sunday fell 6 yen from the previous week to 4,205 yen per 5 kilograms, agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday. The average
10 Ottobre 2025

Takaichi, Ishiba May Have Discussed Komeito, WWII Message

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visited the prime minister’s office in Tokyo Friday for her first talks with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba since her election as LDP president on Saturday. The meeting
10 Ottobre 2025

Japan Beer, Quasi-Beer Sales Down 2 Pct in Sept.

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Beer and quasi-beer sales at four major Japanese brewers in September shrank 2 pct from a year earlier in terms of volume, down for the sixth straight month, an estimate by an industry official showed Friday. The estimate
10 Ottobre 2025

Japan to Assist Ukraine with Mine Removal Training

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan will send two Ground Self-Defense Force instructors to a mine removal training program in Lithuania as part of Tokyo’s assistance to the Ukrainian military, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday. From Nov. 3 to Dec. 5, the
10 Ottobre 2025

Japan Producer Prices Up 2.7 Pct in Sept.

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices in September increased 2.7 pct from a year earlier, reflecting continued price hikes in food and beverage items including rice, Bank of Japan data showed Friday. The producer price index, which measures the cost of
10 Ottobre 2025

FY 2024 Japan Food Self-Sufficiency Rate Remains at 38 Pct

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s calorie-based food self-sufficiency rate stood at 38 pct for fiscal 2024, unchanged for the fourth year in a row, the agriculture ministry said Friday. In the reporting year that ended in March, per-capita consumption of rice, which
10 Ottobre 2025

Foreign Residents in Japan Hit Record 3.95 M.

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–The number of foreign residents in Japan as of the end of June rose 5.0 pct from the end of 2024 to a record high of 3,956,619, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday. Foreign residents accounted for 3.21
10 Ottobre 2025

Japan to Tighten Biz Manager Visa Requirements

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Friday that it will tighten the requirements for foreigners to obtain the country’s residency status as a business manager, effective on Thursday. The minimum capital required to obtain the business manager visa will be
10 Ottobre 2025

Toyota Launches EV with Longest Driving Range in Japan

Nagoya, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. has launched a partially remodeled version of its bZ4X electric vehicle featuring a driving range of up to 746 kilometers on a single charge, the longest for an EV in Japan. The range increased by
9 Ottobre 2025

Onodera to Head LDP’s Tax Panel

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to appoint Itsunori Onodera, former chief of the party’s Policy Research Council, as chairman of its Research Commission on the Tax System, party sources said Thursday. Onodera is expected to hold
9 Ottobre 2025

Takaichi Eyeing Economic Measures Soon after Becoming PM

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Thursday indicated a plan to instruct the government to compile economy-boosting measures immediately if she becomes the next prime minister. She held out the plan in
9 Ottobre 2025

Mo: Hamas, hostages to be released Monday

(Adnkronos) – The hostages still in the hands of Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons will be released on Monday as part of the agreement on the first phase of the Trump plan. This was
9 Ottobre 2025

TEPCO Mulls Decommissioning Some Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactors

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is considering decommissioning one or some reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan, excluding the No. 6 and No. 7 units, it was learned Thursday. This would mark the
9 Ottobre 2025

Seven & i Posts 2.3-Fold Net Profit Growth in 1st Half

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Seven & i Holdings Co. said Thursday that its group net profit for the six months through August surged 2.3-fold from a year earlier to 121.8 billion yen, reflecting lower costs in the supermarket division and higher margins
9 Ottobre 2025

Ex-Execs of AI Developer Alt Arrested for Window-Dressing

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s special investigation squad arrested Kazutaka Yonekura, 48, the founder and former president of Japanese artificial intelligence developer Alt Inc., and three others on Thursday on suspicion of padding the firm’s sales in
9 Ottobre 2025

INTERVIEW: DPFP Negative about Joining LDP-Led Coalition for Now

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The condition for the Democratic Party for the People to join the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling coalition is the fulfillment of agreements between the three parties, including the abolition of a provisional gasoline tax rate, DPFP leader Yuichiro
9 Ottobre 2025

Japan to Mull Expanding Reconstruction Aid for Gaza

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will mull expanding its support to promote the restoration and reconstruction of Gaza. At a press conference Thursday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi hailed Israel and Islamic group Hamas striking an agreement over the first
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