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Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is planning to do without a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026, government and ruling party sources said Thursday. While the government and ruling parties are considering convening an extraordinary session of the Diet in

(Adnkronos) – An investigation has been opened against former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the latest move against a former political ally turned rival and founder of his own party. In a statement, prosecutors

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced former taxi driver Kiyotaka Zanami, 79, to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for his role in a hit-and-run in Tokyo that resulted in the death of a corporate worker

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Minimum hourly wage hikes in 33 of Japan’s 47 prefectures for fiscal 2026 exceeded the targets set by the Central Minimum Wage Council, which advises the labor minister, it was learned Thursday. The hikes outpaced the targets by

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–University of Tsukuba professor emeritus Hideki Shirakawa, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 for developing conductive polymers, died of metastatic liver tumor and cancer of unknown primary origin at a hospital in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture,

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–The annualized growth rate of Japan’s real gross domestic product for April-June is expected to be revised up to 1.6 pct, according to the average forecast of 10 private think tanks. The figure is higher than the 1.1

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Shinkin Central Bank, the central financial institution for shinkin banks across Japan, will help small and midsize Japanese companies branch out into other Asian markets, President and CEO Hiroshi Sudo said in an interview with Jiji Press. “It’s

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agrisolar projects, which use land for both solar power generation and agriculture, are at a crossroads with regulations set to be tightened following a series of inappropriate cases, including failures to meet required crop yield standards. Meanwhile,

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–The dollar plunged below 156.50 yen briefly in Tokyo trading Thursday, the lowest level since Aug. 3, amid expectations that the Bank of Japan will accelerate interest rate hikes. The dollar stood at 157.03-06 yen at 5 p.m.,

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Five Japanese oil distributors admitted forming a price cartel for gas oil sold to transport and other companies in Tokyo, at the first hearing of their trial at Tokyo District Court on Thursday. East Japan Usami Co. and