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Fukui, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Kansai Electric Power Co. said Wednesday that it has started a survey to consider building a new nuclear reactor in the central Japan town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, which already hosts the company’s Mihama nuclear plant. This is

(Adnkronos) – Zohran Mamdani will be New York’s first Muslim mayor. “In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light,” he said in his first speech after the vote and projection data to supporters in Brooklyn. “If anyone can

(Adnkronos) – The United States has entered, since midnight, its 36th day of government shutdown. This surpasses the previous record set during Donald Trump’s first term at the White House, between 2018 and 2019. 

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Thirteen Japanese nationals were detained at a base for special fraud in Bavet, a city in southeastern Cambodia, on Tuesday local time, Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kei Sato said Wednesday. At a press conference in Tokyo, Sato

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it has revised up its consolidated net profit forecast for fiscal 2025 to 2.93 trillion yen from 2.66 trillion yen, on the back of continued hefty sales of hybrid vehicles in North

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of dissolving the House of Representatives for an early general election. “We can’t afford to think about dissolving (the Lower House) right now,” Takaichi said at a

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average plunged Wednesday, briefly slipping below 50,000 on an intraday basis for the first time since Oct. 27. The index finished at 50,212.27, down 1,284.93 points, or 2.49 pct, from Tuesday, after losing more

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan policymakers in September held an in-depth discussion about the advisability of raising interest rates, minutes from the central bank’s monetary policy meeting released on Wednesday showed. The minutes of the Sept. 18-19 meeting showed that

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average plunged Wednesday, briefly slipping below 50,000 on an intraday basis for the first time since Oct. 27. The index finished at 50,212.27, down 1,284.93 points, or 2.49 pct, from Tuesday, after losing more

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it has revised up its consolidated net profit forecast for fiscal 2025 to 2.93 trillion yen from 2.66 trillion yen, on the back of robust hybrid vehicle sales in North America. For