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Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Scandal-hit Fuji Media Holdings Inc. on Tuesday reported its first full-year operating loss since becoming a certified holding company for broadcasting operations in 2008. For the year that ended this March, Fuji Media incurred a consolidated operating loss

Osaka, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s family register system, which only allows male and female designations in its gender entry, infringes upon Article 14 of the Constitution, Osaka High Court has said. Gender identity is “directly linked to an individual’s personal existence, making

Yokohama, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday for allegedly impeding train operations by spraying a liquid that caused a strange odor on a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The suspect, who claims to be a

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Mikhail Shvydkoy, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s international cultural envoy, on Tuesday proposed subcabinet-level talks between Japan and Russia to open the way for a meeting of the two countries’ foreign ministers. Tokyo and Moscow should hold discussions at

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry is expected to include a ban on appeals by prosecutors against court orders granting retrials in the main text of a planned bill, sources said Tuesday. The clause to ban such appeals “in principle” would

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Empress Masako attended a national convention of the Japanese Red Cross Society at Meiji Jingu Kaikan Hall in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Tuesday. At the annual convention, the Empress, who serves as honorary president of the organization,

Hiroshima, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Participants started full-fledged talks at a Japan-hosted international conference in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Tuesday, discussing ways to regulate the growing number of tourists visiting Antarctica and protect emperor penguins, an endangered species affected by climate change. The

Kyoto, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Children who have been physically abused by their parents are more likely to turn to juvenile delinquency than those who have not, a group of researchers, including those from Kyoto University, has found. The group surveyed first- to

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan will provide solar panels and other renewable energy equipment to Cuba, which has been suffering serious electricity shortages, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Cuba has been hit by large-scale blackouts due to lack of fuel following the

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to start talks this fiscal year on easing so-called firewall regulations that prohibit the sharing of customer information between banks and securities companies within the same financial group, Jiji Press learned Tuesday. The government