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Japan Chain Stores Association April 23 Yr/Yr Change Total 1,091,394 M. Yen Down 1.7 pct Foodstuffs 761,834 Up 1.0 Clothing 48,539 Down 6.7 Sundries 103,633 Up 6.3 Furniture and Interior Goods 69,348 Down 7.4 Home Electric Appliances 2,696 Up 23.4 Note: Year-on-year

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police took action against 143 people over malicious practices involving “host clubs,” where male companions entertain women, in 2025, a decrease of 64 from the previous year, the National Police Agency said Thursday. The number of administrative

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to establish a national intelligence council designed to strengthen the government’s intelligence capabilities. At a plenary meeting of the lower chamber of the Diet, or parliament, the bill was

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police arrested or took other enforcement actions against 317 people for their suspected involvement in online gambling in 2025, highest on record since 2018, National Police Agency data showed Thursday. The annual total increased by 38 from

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s internal affairs ministry has asked a panel of experts to discuss whether the country should introduce age restrictions for social media use. In its draft proposals presented at a meeting Wednesday, the ministry also included a plan

New York, April 22 (Jiji Press)–A district attorney in the U.S. state of Wisconsin has indicted a Japanese researcher for adding chemicals to a co-worker’s water bottle, according to U.S. media reports. Makoto Kuroda, 41, a staff scientist at the Influenza Research

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry plans to ban prosecutors from appealing court orders to grant retrials “in principle” while allowing them to do so in cases where there are sufficient grounds to overturn such orders as exceptions, government and ruling

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose further to exceed 60,000 for the first time ever, albeit momentarily, on Thursday morning, boosted by an advance of U.S. equities overnight. At 9:06 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues

By Toshifumi Sekitsuka Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Twelve rotors hummed into the sea breeze as SkyDrive Inc.’s flying car lifted itself straight up from land and out over Tokyo Bay, marking another moment the new mode of air mobility came a step

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–False information, including claims of an “artificial earthquake,” has spread on social media following a quake on Monday that registered up to upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, in northeastern Japan. Immediately after