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Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average fell back nearly 1,200 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, weighed down by selling focused on stocks related to artificial intelligence. The Nikkei index closed at at 48,625.88, down 1,198.06

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Most moss spores germinated normally after spending about nine months in outer space, a team of researchers in Japan said Friday, confirming that mosses can survive for an extended period in the harsh space environment. The team’s findings

Niigata, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi on Friday showed his tolerance of the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in the central Japan prefecture. Announcing the plan at an extraordinary press conference, Hanazumi called

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), on Friday agreed to finalize a plan to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives within a year. At

Melbourne, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Signatory countries to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, decided at a ministerial meeting Friday to launch membership talks with Indonesia, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay. The 12 signatories, including Japan,

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Friday criticized China’s decision to put off a meeting between the Japanese, Chinese and South Korean cultural ministers because of remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi about a Taiwan conflict. Beijing’s rhetoric “threatens

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Friday adopted a comprehensive economic package worth some 21.3 trillion yen in state funds, aiming to achieve a strong economy through strategic fiscal spending. The first economic package compiled under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi,

Nara, Nov. 20 (Jiji Press)–Tetsuya Yamagami, on trial for the 2022 murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said in Nara District Court on Thursday that he should not have lived to his current age of 45, given the consequence of

By Riku Nagata Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–Following the end of World War II, Ueno Zoo worked tirelessly to rebuild itself after losing popular animals such as elephants to wartime culling. Enlivened by the Children’s Zoo and the monkey train, Ueno Zoo

By Riku Nagata Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)–The history of Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, the oldest in Japan, is intertwined with that of the country’s involvement in World War II, which ended 80 years ago. Today, the zoo in the Japanese capital’s Taito