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Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rebounded sharply on Monday morning, after plunging last week amid a sell-off that mainly hit semiconductor-related issues. The index of 225 major stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section rose

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rebounded sharply on Monday morning, after plunging last week amid a sell-off that mainly hit semiconductor-related issues. At 11:06 a.m., the index of 225 major stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Tetsuya Higa, former mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, who accepted construction related to the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air base, died at his home in the city Friday. He was 99. A Nago native, Higa

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan bought 7,975.6 billion yen for dollars in foreign exchange market intervention on July 30, the Ministry of Finance said Monday. This was the largest single-day yen-buying intervention conducted by Japanese

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–The body of a woman has been found in a forest in central Japan, based on a statement by an unemployed man who was arrested for allegedly confining her. The police department of the central prefecture

Tokyo, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government-backed shift from savings to investment is gaining steady momentum. Fueled by the expansion of the Nippon Individual Savings Account, or NISA, a tax-exemption program for small-lot investments, stocks and investment trusts make up a growing share

Tokyo, Nov. 8 (Jiji Press)–The leadership of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has sent letters to four party lawmakers, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, asking them to explain their abstention from a vote on a consumption tax cut bill on Friday,

Tokyo, Nov. 8 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake measuring up to upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, jolted Aichi Prefecture and other parts of central Japan on Sunday, injuring 22 people. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the

Tokyo, Nov. 8 (Jiji Press)–A national rally calling for the immediate and collective return of all Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago was held in Tokyo on Sunday, attended by about 800 people, including Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. “The parents

Tokyo, Nov. 8 (Jiji Press)–Hopes for an early Japan-China summit are fading, a year after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s parliamentary remarks regarding a possible contingency over Taiwan angered Beijing. While Tokyo has reiterated that it will stick to the position it