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Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s gross domestic product in April-June grew an annualized 1.4 pct from the previous quarter after price and seasonal adjustments, the Cabinet Office said in a revised report Tuesday. The growth rate was higher than the 1.1 pct

Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is exploring opportunities to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump during her visit to the United States later this month, hoping to exchange views on China and demonstrate their close relationship ahead of

Yokohama, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Yokohama city assembly on Monday unanimously approved the resignation of Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka, effective the same day, after he was found to have engaged in workplace harassment. Yamanaka, 53, had submitted his resignation on Aug. 28. A

Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan, the United States and South Korea kicked off their Freedom Edge 2026 joint military exercise on Monday with an opening ceremony at the U.S. Air Force’s Yokota Air Base in Tokyo. This year’s exercise, the fourth of

Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering keeping Takayuki Kobayashi, policy chief of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in a key post in planned reshuffles of her cabinet and the executive lineup of the LDP, informed sources said

(Adnkronos) – Yemen’s Iran-backed armed group, the Houthis, accuse Saudi Arabia of having carried out attacks in various areas of Yemen. “The Saudi enemy has struck the provinces of Jawf (north), al-Bayda and Marib (center), and Taiz (south-west) with several air raids

Beijing, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Chinese Commerce Ministry said Monday that it would require importers of a semiconductor material produced in Japan, including by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., to pay deposits of up to 99.2 pct as part of antidumping measures. The ministry

Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)–Takeshi Niinami, former chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, has criticized Japan’s social trend of labeling people suspected of wrongdoing as guilty before the facts are known. In September last year, the 67-year-old

Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)–NEC Corp. discontinued developing quantum computer hardware at the end of March, people familiar with the matter said. The Japanese electronics maker apparently judged that continuing to develop quantum computer hardware will not produce the profits expected, given

Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)–Many financial institutions in Japan are set to end the issuance of paper promissory notes and checks on Sept. 30, ahead of the abolition of their use in March next year, to ensure a transition to internet banking