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Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–Online piracy and counterfeit products related to Japanese anime, games and other content caused estimated damage of 10.4 trillion yen in and outside the country in 2025, an industry ministry survey showed Monday. The government aims to increase

(Adnkronos) – At least 18 people are dead and 24 are missing after a ferry sank in the southern Philippines with 350 people on board. The coast guard reported that the ferry had issued a distress signal four hours after departing from

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–Restaurant sales in Japan rose 7.3 pct in 2025 from a year before, increasing for the fourth consecutive year, the Japan Foodservice Association said Monday. Spending per customer climbed, as many restaurants raised prices of menu items due

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party, intends to highlight the minor opposition party’s stance of concentrating on bettering people’s lives in Japan in the upcoming election for the House of Representatives. “At a time when soaring

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi will make abolishing the consumption tax a key pillar of its policy pledges for the Feb. 8 election of the House of Representatives, the lower parliamentary chamber, its co-chief Mari Kushibuchi said in

Osaka, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–Osaka District Court on Monday found two former Osaka prefectural police officers guilty of assaulting individuals during a site search related to a major illegal sex worker scouting group in Japan. Judge Akira Kato sentenced Chikara Tokinaga, 51,

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–The dollar fell below 154 yen in Tokyo trading Monday morning to hit its lowest level in about two and a half months, amid speculation about a possible coordinated yen-buying intervention by Japanese and U.S. authorities. Later, the

Nagoya, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Monday began an on-site inspection of Chubu Electric Power Co.’s headquarters over earthquake risk data fraud linked to the firm’s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. During the inspection of

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Monday declined to comment on possible joint currency market interventions by Japanese and U.S. authorities. “There is nothing I can say at this point,” Katayama told reporters after the dollar plunged below

Tokyo, Jan. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Monday approved Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s new business turnaround plan, including cuts of 3.1 trillion yen in costs over the decade from fiscal 2025. TEPCO said the cost cuts will be achieved through