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Yawata, Kyoto Pref., May 21 (Jiji Press)–A city mayor in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, said Thursday that she will take maternity leave from this summer. Shoko Kawata, the 35-year-old mayor of Yawata, is believed to be the first sitting mayor in Japan

Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)–A Jiji Press public opinion poll showed Thursday that 48.6 pct of respondents back a system in Japan allowing public prosecutors to appeal against court orders granting retrials. Meanwhile, 25.3 pct said that the system is unnecessary, and

Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)–Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet inched up 0.3 percentage point from the previous month to 59.4 pct in May, a monthly survey by Jiji Press showed Thursday. According to the May survey, conducted for

Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo High Court ruled Thursday that the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. Presiding Judge Takao Furuta dismissed a claim by a group of

Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)–Over half of respondents in Japan believe that constitutional revision is necessary, a Jiji Press opinion poll for May has shown. In the survey, 50.3 pct said revision is needed, while 25.6 pct gave the opposite answer, and

Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Thursday rejected claims by China and Russia that Japan is accelerating its remilitarization. The claims, included in a joint statement issued by the two countries’ leaders on Wednesday, are “completely groundless,” Deputy Chief Cabinet

Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of drunken driving of a vehicle modified to look like an unmarked police car. Ren Nakamura, a resident of the city of Toda, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, has

Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average surged past 61,000 to snap a five-session losing streak on Thursday amid receding concerns over the U.S.-Iran conflict. The index of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section

Katsuyama, Fukui Pref., May 21 (Jiji Press)–A team of Japanese researchers has discovered traces of an asteroid collision in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido that may have caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period some 66

Fukuoka, May 21 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan should raise its policy interest rate at an appropriate pace to counter inflation, Policy Board member Junko Koeda said Thursday. “My view is that underlying inflation is already around (the BOJ’s target of) 2