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Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday approved a business improvement plan submitted by Amazon Japan G.K. to ease the pricing requirements imposed on sellers, following an investigation into allegations that the company pressured sellers on its e-commerce website

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Vietnamese leader To Lam visited the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, calling for investment in the Southeast Asian nation. Accompanied by Vietnamese Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan, Lam, Vietnam’s president and general secretary of the Communist Party,

Antalya, Turkey, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–An international nongovernment environmental group on Tuesday gave Japan and eight other countries its Fossil of the Day award for inadequate climate action, citing their leaders’ failure to attend the ongoing U.N. climate talks in Turkey. Japanese

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Nissan Motor Co. on Wednesday reported a consolidated net loss of 39,705 million yen for April-September, improving from a loss of 221,921 million yen a year earlier. The company remained in the red on a first-half basis for

(The first paragraph should have read “Japan’s Senate began deliberations Wednesday…” instead of as sent.) Japan Upper House Begins Debate on Food Tax Cut Bill Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Senate began deliberations Wednesday on a bill that would temporarily cut the

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the July 2025 election for the Senate, the upper chamber of the Diet, was conducted in an “unconstitutional state” due to vote-value disparities of up to 3.13. The top court’s Grand Bench,

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department on Wednesday arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of stealing a luxury watch worth 46 million yen from a store in the Japanese capital’s Nakano Ward, investigative sources said. The incident occurred

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to strengthen production systems for defense equipment in order to secure wartime sustainment capabilities, it was learned Wednesday. The government will mainly consider introducing government-owned, contractor-operated systems and financially supporting private companies. It intends

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Sam Rainsy, a Cambodian opposition leader currently living in exile in France, called on Japan to provide support for democracy in his country. In a recent interview with Jiji Press in Tokyo, Rainsy criticized former Cambodian Prime Minister

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s real gross domestic product in the July-September quarter is projected to have risen 0.1 pct from the previous quarter, for an annualized increase of 0.4 pct, according to estimates released by 10 private think tanks. GDP is