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Japan Department Stores Association Feb. 25 Yr/Yr Change Total 491,589 M. Yen Up 2.3 pct Clothing 138,913 Down 1.2 Personal Articles 88,364 Up 0.4 Sundry Goods 109,682 Up 8.9 Household Goods 15,101 Down 3.5 Foodstuffs 113,843 Up 3.2 Note: Year-on-year changes are

Japan Department Stores Association Feb. 25 Yr/Yr Change Total 145,685 M. Yen Up 2.0 pct Clothing 41,406 Up 1.0 Personal Articles 26,249 Down 4.7 Sundry Goods 37,354 Up 9.0 Household Goods 5,430 Down 1.1 Foodstuffs 29,164 Up 4.1 Note: Year-on-year changes are

Bangkok, Feb. 25 (Jiji Press)–Fifteen Japanese nationals have been detained in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, on suspicion of special fraud, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The move comes as the Cambodian government plans to eliminate special fraud operations

Tokyo, Feb. 25 (Jiji Press)–Comedian Akira Kawashima was named the most desirable male boss among upcoming new graduates in Japan, a survey by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. showed Wednesday. In the survey, many students who will graduate from school and start

Japan Chain Stores Association Feb. 25 Yr/Yr Change Total 1,076,139 M. Yen Up 2.7 pct Foodstuffs 752,709 Up 1.6 Clothing 49,655 Down 1.4 Sundries 97,581 Up 5.5 Furniture and Interior Goods 53,030 Down 0.3 Home Electric Appliances 3,025 Up 9.6 Note: Year-on-year

Tokyo, Feb. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday defended her distribution of a gift catalog to all House of Representatives lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who won Lower House seats in the Feb. 8 general election. The

Tokyo, Feb. 25 (Jiji Press)–A Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. employee shared confidential documents on a nuclear power plant within the company improperly, according to a Nuclear Regulation Authority report. This adds to a series of problems with TEPCO’s handling of

Futtsu, Chiba Pref., Feb. 25 (Jiji Press)–Lawson Inc. opened a store designed to help residents at times of disasters in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday, the Japanese convenient store chain’s first such outlet. In collaboration with KDDI Corp., a wireless

Tokyo, Feb. 25 (Jiji Press)–A panel of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday finalized a proposal to scrap the country’s existing rules limiting the scope of finished defense equipment that can be exported. The proposal, approved at the day’s meeting of

Tokyo, Feb. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court upheld a high court decision to grant a retrial for a deceased man who was sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1984 robbery-murder case in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. Hiromu Sakahara died of illness in