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Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is suspected of concealing the Unification Church’s purchases of tickets for her fundraising parties, a weekly magazine reported Thursday. Organizations and people linked to the Unification Church are believed to have bought a

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–It is difficult for Japan to give up Russian liquefied natural gas, despite stepped-up sanctions by the United States and Europe, Japan Gas Association leader Takashi Uchida has said. Securing alternative suppliers will not be easy since Russian

Nagoya, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Sri Lankan detainee Wishma Sandamali’s life could have been saved at three different times before she died at an immigration facility in Japan in 2021, a doctor said in a court hearing on Wednesday. Wishma’s death at the

Narita, Chiba Pref., Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–The number of foreign passengers on international flights to and from Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, rose 3 pct from a year earlier to 2,108,313 in December, hitting a record high for

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Some services at 140 “shinyo kumiai” credit cooperatives across Japan, including remittances, became temporarily unavailable Thursday due to a system failure, their central banking body said. The services came back to normal after being restored in stages from

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to overhaul the country’s security policy is a major point of contention in the campaigning for the Feb. 8 election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament. Takaichi’s ruling

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ministry of Finance on Thursday upgraded its economic assessment for the Hokuriku and Okinawa regions while leaving its view on the remaining nine regions unchanged. In a quarterly report, the ministry said that the country’s economy is

Nagoya, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–The Toyota Motor Corp. group took the top spot in global vehicle sales for the sixth consecutive year in 2025, thanks chiefly to the popularity of its hybrid vehicles in North America, data showed Thursday. The Japanese automaker’s

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese imaging devices maker Canon Inc. said Thursday that it will promote Executive Vice President Kazuto Ogawa to president and chief operating officer, effective on March 27. “I will do my best to fulfill my duties for the

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–The number of people who died by suicide in Japan in 2025 came to 19,097, standing below 20,000 for the first time since the statistics began in 1978, preliminary government data showed Thursday. Suicides among elementary, junior high