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Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo metropolitan government is making final preparations to host the Deaflympics, known as the Olympics for people with hearing difficulties, from Saturday, such as conducting sign language lessons for its staff. It aims to facilitate the management

Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–Several policymakers of the Bank of Japan at its Oct. 29-30 policy-setting meeting expressed the view that the central bank should positively consider raising its policy interest rate, according to a summary of opinions at the meeting released

Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese department stores will sell “fukubukuro” lucky bags for their New Year’s sale next year that offer a wide variety of experiences and items themed on horses as 2026 is the Year of the Horse in the

Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–More than 1 million people visited the Japan Mobility Show 2025, which showcased not only mobility solutions evolving toward the future but the legacies of the Japanese auto industry. Taking place at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center

Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–Tsunami waves up to 20 centimeters high reached the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Sunday afternoon following an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 kilometers

Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s policy chief Satoshi Honjo has criticized Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s plan to scrap the government’s policy of designating a specific target fiscal year for turning around the country’s primary budget

Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–Public hospitals operated by local governments across Japan are facing increasingly severe financial pressure. Fiscal 2024 results compiled by the internal affairs ministry show a record combined ordinary loss of 395.2 billion yen, squeezed by higher personnel costs

Takarazuka, Hyogo Pref., Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, has said a facility to preserve its train that crashed in 2005 and killed more than 100 passengers will be completed in mid-December. The company informed bereaved relatives and

Hiroshima, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Mika Yokota, a former deputy governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, won Sunday’s gubernatorial election, becoming the first female governor of the western Japan prefecture. Yokota, 54, ran in the election as an independent candidate endorsed by the Liberal Democratic

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Tsunami waves up to 20 centimeters high reached the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Sunday afternoon following an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of about 10