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Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese household spending in August declined 3.1 pct from a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms, down for the ninth consecutive month, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The average spending by households with two or more members

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting Friday adopted legislation to cut the consumption tax rate for food and introduce a benefit program linked to income levels. As a temporary measure to tackle soaring prices, the government of

Manila, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan and other member countries of the Asia Zero Emission Community framework have agreed on work plans designed to increase their oil reserves. The agreement was reached at an AZEC ministerial meeting in Manila on Thursday, held at

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting Friday adopted legislation to cut the consumption tax rate for food and introduce a benefit program linked to income levels. As a temporary measure to tackle soaring prices, the government of

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting Friday adopted legislation to cut the consumption tax rate for food and introduce a benefit program linked to income levels. As a temporary measure to tackle soaring prices, the government of

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has held the first meeting across its ministries and agencies in response to a recent series of cyberattacks on private-sector companies that resulted in large-scale leaks of personal information. At the meeting Thursday, cybersecurity minister

Seoul, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has instructed his administration staff not to file for the country’s membership of a Japan-led free trade pact for the Asia-Pacific region this year, according to a spokesperson at the presidential office. The

New York, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese alcoholic beverage makers have entered the growing U.S. market for ready-to-drink, or RTD, products, including those known as “can chuhi” in Japan but not canned beer. While U.S. consumers are steering away from alcohol amid the

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–A reaction discovered by Kenso Soai, co-winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, may help explain why life on Earth uses only one of the two mirror-image molecular forms and guide the search for the origins and

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said Thursday that it has requested Dutch authorities to hand over Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands, who has been convicted in Russia. The office also