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27 Novembre 2025

Int’l Conference Rejects Blanket Restriction on Eel Trade

London, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington convention, voted at a committee meeting on Thursday to reject a proposal to restrict the trade of all
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Japan Denies WSJ Report on Trump-Takaichi Phone Talks

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday denied a Wall Street Journal report claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump advised Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae not to provoke China over Taiwan. “There is no such fact,” Kihara told
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Japan FY ’26 Budget Policy to Highlight Investment Promotion

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s upcoming basic policy for the fiscal 2026 regular budget will highlight spending to promote investment in artificial intelligence and other select areas in order to realize a powerful economy, a draft showed Thursday. The draft was presented
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Japan FY 2025 Extra Budget to Total 18.3 T. Yen

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government’s upcoming supplementary budget for fiscal 2025 will total 18,303.4 billion yen, a record high excluding the COVID-19 pandemic years of fiscal 2020 to 2022, it was learned Thursday. The government will approve an extra budget
27 Novembre 2025

Japan FY ’26 Budget Policy to Highlight Investment Promotion

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s upcoming basic policy for the fiscal 2026 regular budget will highlight spending to promote investment in artificial intelligence and other select areas in order to realize a powerful economy, a draft showed Thursday. The draft was presented
27 Novembre 2025

Asahi Sees 1.9 M. Sets of Personal Data Compromised

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Thursday that 1,914,000 sets of personal information were compromised due to the recent cyberattack that prompted a suspension of shipments of beer and other products. “We deeply apologize for causing
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School Admission Costs for Children Increase in Japan

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Expenditures needed for children to enter junior high and high schools in Japan have increased, a recent survey by a nongovernmental organization showed. Their average costs stood at about 116,000 yen for junior high schools, up some 10,000
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Maebashi Mayor Resigns amid Hotel Scandal

Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Akira Ogawa, mayor of Maebashi, the capital of Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, is set to resign on Thursday following a scandal involving repeated visits to a hotel with a married male subordinate. At a plenary meeting
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Japan-Central Asia Summit to Be Held in Tokyo in Dec.

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is preparing to hold a summit with five Central Asian countries in Tokyo in mid-December, informed sources said Thursday. Japan aims to bolster its relations with these countries, which are located in a strategically important
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2 More Local Govts Back Restart of N-Plant in Hokkaido

Sapporo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–The village of Kamoenai and the town of Kyowa have expressed their support for the restart of the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari nuclear power plant in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. The central
27 Novembre 2025

Japan’s Asahi Sees 1.9 M. Sets of Personal Data Compromised

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Thursday that 1,914,000 sets of personal information were compromised due to the recent cyberattack that prompted a suspension of shipments of beer and other products. “We deeply apologize for causing
27 Novembre 2025

Saga Improper DNA Analyses Had No Impact on Probes: NPA

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Improper DNA analyses conducted by a former Saga prefectural police member have had no adverse impact on investigations by the police in southwestern Japan, the National Police Agency said in an interim report on Thursday. According to the
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Japan Upper House Panel Votes to Lower Gasoline Tax

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s House of Councillors Financial Affairs Committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge of 25.1 yen per liter, effective Dec. 31. The legislation is expected to be passed into law at a
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Tokyo Govt to Shift to Fixed-Rate Accommodation Tax

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo metropolitan government said on Wednesday that it plans to shift its accommodation tax from fixed amounts to a fixed rate of 3 pct of fees in fiscal 2027. The shift is designed to align the tax
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Trump Advises Takaichi Not to Provoke China over Taiwan: WSJ

Washington, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)–U.S. President Donald Trump has advised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to temper the tone after she angered China over Taiwan, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. During their recent telephone talks, Trump advised Takaichi not to provoke
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Yamada to Sell ” Human Washing Machine”

(The last paragraph should have read,”…people who could not visit the Expo…” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Yamada to Sell ” Human Washing Machine” Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Home electronics retailer Yamada Holdings Co. has said it will sell
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BOJ’s Latent Losses on JGB Holdings Log Record

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan said Wednesday that unrealized losses on its holdings of Japanese government bonds widened to a record 32,825.8 billion yen at the end of September. The latent losses expanded from 28,624.6 billion yen six months
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Japan Supermarket Sales Up 2 Pct in Oct.

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Supermarket sales in Japan rose 2.0 pct in October from a year earlier on a same-store basis, marking the eighth consecutive month of increase, according to industry data. Sales increased after manufacturers raised product prices, although the number
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Sales of Farmed, Feminized Eels Spreading in Japan

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Sales of cultivated feminized eels are beginning to spread in Japan, as the Aichi Fisheries Research Institute in central Japan and others have successfully developed a method to feminize eels. While over 90 pct of glass eels under
26 Novembre 2025

USA, Trump ‘proposes’ new name for Republicans

(Adnkronos) – “There’s a new word for Trumpian Republicans, who are now almost all of them (thanks to excellent policies). Are they ‘Tepublicans’ or ‘Tpublicans’?”. American President Donald Trump asked this in a post on Truth Social, joking about the possible name
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