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Kagoshima, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Lawyers for a 98-year-old woman who served a prison term for the 1979 murder of a man in the town of Osaki in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, filed the fifth request for her retrial on Thursday. The retrial

Otsu, Shiga Pref., Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Local residents in the western Japan prefectures of Shiga and Osaka on Thursday filed an appeal against a district court’s rejection of their plea to shut down nuclear reactors at three Kansai Electric Power Co. plants

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese industries are on high alert over China’s ban on exports of dual-use goods to Japan, amid Chinese media reports that rare earths crucial for the high technology sector could be among items subject to the measure. This

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested four suspects, including a Chinese national, for allegedly exchanging counterfeit commemorative 10,000-yen silver coins at financial institutions in at least seven of Japan’s 47 prefectures. The Metropolitan Police Department did not disclose whether the

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–An advisory panel to Japan’s prime minister will launch discussions as early as Jan. 19 on the roles of municipal governments and large cities, people familiar with the matter told Jiji Press. In June last year, a study

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday emphasized the importance of the United States’ role in the international community, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the country’s withdrawal from 66 international organizations including the U.N. Framework Convention

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Mizuho Bank said Thursday it will set its long-term prime lending rate for January at 2.75 pct, up from 2.60 pct at present and the highest level since 2.90 pct for February 1999. The new rate will take

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes to enhance ties with partner countries amid China’s coercive behavior, as she is set to receive South Korean and Italian leaders next week. Her summit diplomacy for 2026 will go into full

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–New gas field development activity by China has been confirmed near the median line between Japan and China in the East China Sea, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said at a press conference Thursday. Tokyo lodged a

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese supermarket operator Aeon Co. is set to make drugstore chain Tsuruha Holdings Inc. a subsidiary next week following a tender offer that ended Tuesday. Aeon said Wednesday that it received sell offers for 50.11 pct of