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Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)–This year’s winter bonuses at large companies in Japan averaged 1,004,841 yen, topping 1 million yen for the first time since comparable data became available in 1981, a survey showed Wednesday. The average rose 8.57 pct from a

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan plans to more than double funding for its security equipment aid to like-minded countries in fiscal 2026, in view of China’s increasingly assertive actions in the East and South China Seas. The government will allocate about 18.1

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Wednesday asked the Nuclear Regulation Authority to make a final check before the planned restart of operations at the No. 6 reactor of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan.

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Fair Trade Commission said Wednesday that it will investigate artificial intelligence-based online search services as the unauthorized use of news articles by these services could constitute an abuse of a dominant bargaining position under the antimonopoly

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans not to extend the deadline for Banks’ Shareholdings Purchase Corp. to purchase shares and exchange-traded funds held by banks, given the current market environment, Jiji Press learned Wednesday. The government will forgo submitting a

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and health minister Kenichiro Ueno agreed Wednesday to raise medical service fees by 2.22 pct for a fiscal 2026 review. The two ministers agreed to increase the main portion of the fees, which

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to set aside around 122.3 trillion yen in general-account spending under its fiscal 2026 budget, a record high for the second straight year following 115,197.8 billion yen in the previous year’s initial budget, people

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government under then Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa was in trouble dealing with a strong U.S. request for support during the 1994 North Korea nuclear crisis, diplomatic records revealed Wednesday. The Hosokawa government had to respond to

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan took a cautious stance toward granting Russia full membership of the Group of Seven at the 1994 summit in Naples, Italy, due to a long-standing bilateral territorial dispute, newly released documents showed Wednesday. Diplomatic records declassified by

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)–China repeatedly urged Japan to address its concerns related to Taiwan ahead of then Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa’s visit to China in March 1994, according to Japanese diplomatic records disclosed Wednesday. Concerned about possible deterioration in Japan-China