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Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)–The Group of Seven major countries are expected to forgo issuing a joint communique at their summit in France in June, hoping to avoid exposing disagreements between the United States and European members regarding international affairs, it was

Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)–The Group of Seven major countries are expected to forgo issuing a joint communique at their summit in France in June, hoping to avoid exposing disagreements between the United States and European members regarding international affairs, it was

Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)–The Okayama branch of Hiroshima High Court ruled Thursday that the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. Presiding Judge Yasuki Kinugawa at the high

Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and visiting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. held a bilateral summit at a state guest house in Tokyo on Thursday and agreed to upgrade their countries’ relationship to a comprehensive and strategic partnership.

Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)–A panel of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party presented a draft proposal Thursday calling for the use of stopgap bonds to fund the government’s investment in crisis management and growth measures. The proposal by the LDP’s Japan’s Growth

Osaka, May 28 (Jiji Press)–Osaka High Court on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling rejecting the Nuclear Regulation Authority’s safety approval for two reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. The high court thus found

Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police arrested Shunichiro Sato, a member of Japan’s national volleyball team for men, on Thursday on suspicion of cannabis possession in violation of the narcotics control law, investigative sources said. The Metropolitan Police Department alleges that Sato,

Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and visiting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. held a bilateral summit at a state guest house in Tokyo on Thursday, aiming to upgrade their countries’ relationship to a comprehensive and strategic partnership. Marcos

Osaka, May 28 (Jiji Press)–Osaka High Court on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling rejecting the Nuclear Regulation Authority’s safety approval for two reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. The high court thus found

Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Jangmi, the sixth typhoon of the year, may approach Okinawa’s main island and Amami Oshima Island in southern Japan with strong intensity from Monday to Tuesday, possibly bringing strong winds, high waves and heavy rain. The typhoon,