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Tokyo, March 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s household financial assets rose 5.3 pct from a year earlier to a record 2,351 trillion yen at the end of December 2025, up for the 12th straight quarter, Bank of Japan quarterly data showed Wednesday. The increase

Tokyo, March 18 (Jiji Press)–The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan as of Monday surged 29 yen from a week earlier to hit a record high of 190.8 yen per liter, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The jump was driven

Tokyo, March 18 (Jiji Press)–Many major Japanese companies fully accepted their unions’ pay hike demands Wednesday, when this year’s “shunto” spring labor-management negotiations reached a climax. Despite an uncertain business environment due partly to U.S. President Donald Trump’s high tariff policy and

Onagawa, Miyagi Pref., March 18 (Jiji Press)–A “kamaboko” fish cake manufacturer in a town in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi has continued to lend the local community and firms a helping hand for reconstruction from a devastating earthquake and tsunami 15

Tokyo, March 18 (Jiji Press)–The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan as of Monday surged 29 yen from a week earlier to hit a record high of 190.8 yen per liter, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The jump was driven

Tokyo, March 18 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday that the country “does not plan to send at this point” Self-Defense Forces troops to the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil transportation waterway that has been effectively blocked by Iran.

Tokyo, March 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan logged a custom-cleared trade surplus of 57.3 billion yen in February on a preliminary basis, the first black ink in two months, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. Both imports and exports reached their highest levels ever for

Yokohama, March 18 (Jiji Press)–Risa Akiyama, representative director of the Japan Women Journalists Association, believes more women should be involved in determining what constitutes news value in Japan, so that perspectives different from those of men are better reflected. “Even when looking

Tokyo, March 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Foreign Ministry has launched a new office tasked with actively engaging in the efforts to broker peace in countries in conflict. The International Peace Mediation Unit was set up within the ministry’s Foreign Policy Bureau on Tuesday,

Tokyo, March 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose more than 1,100 points Wednesday morning, amid receding concerns over a possible crude oil supply decline related to tensions in the Middle East. At 10:13 a.m., the index of 225 selected