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Tokyo, March 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government adopted a stopgap budget plan with 8,564.1 billion yen in general-account spending on Friday to cover expenditures for the first 11 days of fiscal 2026, which begins on Wednesday. The government remains committed to enacting

Tokyo, March 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Aegis destroyer Chokai, currently deployed to the United States, has completed upgrades and crew training for launching U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Friday. The destroyer, based at the MSDF’s

Tokyo, March 27 (Jiji Press)–A financial support program operated by Japan’s internal affairs ministry, known as the “Local 10,000 Project,” is drawing increasing interest from startups and new business initiatives working to address local community challenges. Designed to foster new regional economic

Hikone, Shiga Pref., March 27 (Jiji Press)–“Hikonyan,” the beloved official white cat mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, will mark the 20th anniversary of its debut in April. Hikonyan derives from a legend that a white cat

Oita, March 27 (Jiji Press)–Haruo Obata, an 86-year-old man who is known in Japan as the “super volunteer” for his disaster relief work throughout the country, looks forward to attending a night school from April. Obata is set to attend the first

Lyon, France, March 26 (Jiji Press)–A court in Lyon, France, on Thursday sentenced a Chilean man facing murder charges over a case in which a Japanese woman went missing in France in 2016 to life in prison. The sentence for Nicolas Zepeda,

Tokyo, March 26, (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to lifts for one year from April the restrictions imposed on the operations of coal-fired thermal power plant, in order to ensure stable electricity supply amid Middle East tensions, it was learned Thursday. As

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–A woman was fatally stabbed Thursday in the Sunshine City commercial complex in the Higashi-ikebukuro district of Tokyo’s Toshima Ward, and the attacker killed himself. The incident occurred at the Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo character goods store, located

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Rohm Co., Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. will start discussions on integrating their power semiconductor operations, it was learned Thursday. Power semiconductors, which control electric currents and voltage, are used for electric vehicles, home appliances and

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–The Liberal Democratic Party says in the draft of its 2026 policy platform approved at a party council Thursday that the Japanese ruling party is still only halfway to regaining public trust. According to the draft platform, endorsed