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Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–Apple Inc. launched its iPhone 17 smartphone series in Japan and elsewhere Friday, adding a super-thin model, the iPhone Air, to its lineup. About 30 people queued at an Apple store in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward to get their

Osaka, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–The 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka had drawn 20,037,000 visitors as of Thursday, preliminary data released by the organizer showed Friday. The cumulative number of visitors topped 20 million on Thursday, the Expo’s

Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average fell from its all-time high on Friday, following the Bank of Japan’s decision to offload its holdings of exchange-traded funds. The Nikkei average hit a new intraday record high of 45,852.75 in

Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday announced her candidacy for the leadership race at Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Announcing her bid for the Oct. 4 LDP presidential election at a press conference, Takaichi, 64, emphasized

Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Imperial Household Agency said Friday that it has completed full official records of Empress Kojun, the wife of former Emperor Hirohito, posthumously called Emperor Showa. The agency plans to release all the content of the records Oct.

Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner Komeito and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Friday confirmed a plan to set up a panel to discuss a refundable tax credit program.

Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–Junichi Kawai, a gold medalist in Paralympic swimming and chairman of the Japanese Paralympic Committee, will become the next commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency on Oct. 1, the government said Friday. According to the Ministry of Education,

Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan on Friday decided to sell to the market exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and Japanese real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) that the central bank had purchased as part of its large-scale monetary easing program. The BOJ

Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan decided to maintain the policy of guiding the unsecured overnight call rate, Japan’s benchmark short-term interbank lending rate, to around 0.5 pct, at a two-day Policy Board meeting that ended Friday. The decision was

Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–Demand for staple rice in Japan is likely to total 6.97 million to 7.11 million tons in the year through June 2026, down slightly or unchanged from the previous year’s real demand, the agriculture ministry said Friday. The