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(Corrects the dateline. A substitute story follows.) Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks plummeted in early trading Monday amid growing Middle East tensions, with the key Nikkei 225 average losing more than 3,600 points. At 9:25 a.m., the Nikkei stood at 51,983.84,

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo metropolitan government and municipal governments throughout the Japanese capital are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence in their administrative operations. To support this trend, the metropolitan government, in cooperation with GovTech Tokyo, an affiliated organization that promotes

Tokyo, March 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese companies are increasingly adopting so-called cross-mentoring programs to develop future female corporate leaders, in which potential female executives are mentored by senior officials from other companies and gain insights into career development. Firms that have introduced such

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., March 8 (Jiji Press)–Yukiyoshi Yamano, an independent and a former mayor of the city of Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture, won the central Japan prefecture’s gubernatorial election for the first time on Sunday, defeating incumbent Hiroshi Hase and

Tokyo, March 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, watched the Japan-Australia game in the first round of the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome on Sunday. The Emperor and Empress also watched WBC games at the

Tokyo, March 8 (Jiji Press)–A charter flight from Oman arranged by the Japanese government in response to the deteriorating situation in the Middle East arrived at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Sunday night, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said

Beijing, March 8 (Jiji Press)–China has protested Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai’s latest visit to Japan, informed sources told Jiji Press Sunday. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong telephoned Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi on Saturday night to lodge the protest. In

Tokyo, March 8 (Jiji Press)–“Women’s March Tokyo,” a protest march against sexual violence and discrimination toward women, was held in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on International Women’s Day on Sunday. Participants paraded around Shibuya Station with placards and banners opposing sex discrimination. Similar

Tokyo, March 8 (Jiji Press)–Some Japanese toy makers are redesigning their products to reflect diversity and reduce gender stereotypes, aiming to broaden the world children see through play as gender roles become less rigid. Toys, often encountered in early childhood and influential

Tokyo, March 8 (Jiji Press)–Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday that Japan is in no position to intervene in the Taiwan issue, which he reiterated is an internal affair of China. During a press conference held on the sidelines of the