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Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry said Friday that it will provide up to 60 billion yen in aid for a state-of-the-art image sensor plant being built in southwestern Japan by Sony Group Corp. The state aid is intended to help

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Some local governments in Japan have already started their Cool Biz workplace power-saving campaign for the hotter months earlier than usual, amid concerns over energy supplies due to Middle East tensions. On Wednesday, the Tottori prefectural government launched

Washington, April 16 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that soaring crude oil prices complicate the central bank’s monetary policy. The surge in crude oil prices “poses both upside risks to prices and downside risks to the economy, making

Nantan, Kyoto Pref., April 17 (Jiji Press)–Dashboard camera footage from a car driven by a father arrested over the alleged abandonment of his son’s body in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto was partially deleted, investigative sources told Jiji Press Friday. Portions

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, gold medalists for the pairs figure skating event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, on Friday announced that they will retire from competitive skating at the end of this season. Collectively known

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency outlined plans last December to strengthen the management base of regional financial institutions, with the aim of helping regional lenders, including “shinkin” banks, play a bigger role in revitalizing local economies. The measures include

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with visiting representatives of some 30 NATO member countries permanently stationed at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Thursday, Motegi and the NATO permanent representatives discussed

Tokyo, April 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Thursday released a draft road map on public-private investment that features a goal of acquiring some 25 pct share of the global market in self-driving vehicle sales in the 2030s. The draft was shown

London, April 15 (Jiji Press)–Finance ministers from 11 countries, including Japan, Britain and Australia, issued a joint statement Wednesday, calling on the United States, Israel and Iran to fully implement their ceasefire. “We welcome the recent announcement of a ceasefire between the

(In the second paragraph, the company name has been corrected.) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant Restarts Commercial Operations after 14 Yrs Tokyo, April 16 (Jiji Press)–The No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Thursday restarted commercial operations