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(Corrects the dateline. A substitute story follows.) Yokohama Mayor Yamanaka Announces Resignation over Harassment Yokohama, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka on Friday announced his decision to resign from office to take responsibility for a harassment scandal. “I deeply apologize for

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan informed the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito on Friday that it will not take part in a proposed merger with the two other opposition parties. CDP leader Shunichi Mizuoka conveyed the

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday found the former head of Albatross Co., a resignation assistance service provider, and a former employee of the company guilty of earning profit from referring customers to lawyers without a license to practice

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has sent letters to Chinese and Nepalese leaders expressing condolences and sympathy for those killed or missing in Wednesday’s flash floods near the border between their countries. The letters, dated Thursday, were addressed

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–The number of births in Japan edged up 0.8 pct in the January-June period from a year before to 342,068, the health ministry said Friday. The figure marked the first rise for the first half of a year

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Tourism Agency said Friday that travel discounts for earthquake-stricken Kumamoto and neighboring prefectures in the Kyushu southwestern region will start on Oct. 1 to support tourism in areas affected by the tremblor. Discounts will be 60 pct

Seoul, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan, the United States and South Korea will conduct a five-day joint military exercise from Sept. 7 in international waters east and south of South Korea’s Jeju Island, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday. The three

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to launch a model project in fiscal 2027 to utilize artificial intelligence in handling 119 emergency calls for firefighting, rescue and ambulance services. The agency will introduce an AI-powered speech recognition

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Core inflation in central Tokyo rose to 1.8 pct in August, accelerating for the third straight month, driven by higher costs for dining out and prepared foods and rising medical fees, the Japanese internal affairs ministry said Friday.

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in July dropped 0.1 percentage point from the previous month to 2.4 pct, a level unseen in one year, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The jobless rate fell for the first time in