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Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Pref., July 30 (Jiji Press)–A consortium mainly comprising Japan’s Hitachi Ltd. and Toshiba Corp. on Thursday held a ceremony to mark the first shipment of a new high-speed train to Taiwan. Featuring orange and black lines on a white body,

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has displayed unwavering commitment to reducing the consumption tax rate to 1 pct for food for two years beginning next April as a measure to fight inflation. On Thursday, the prime minister instructed

Taipei, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te will donate 200,000 Taiwan dollars, or about 1 million yen, to support areas affected by Tuesday’s powerful earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, the presidential office said Thursday. The presidential office also

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Sumo Association said Thursday that it will double the top-division championship prize to 20 million yen and raise wrestlers’ pay and grand tournament ticket prices from January 2027. The winner’s purse in the makuuchi division will

Yokohama, July 30 (Jiji Press)–A third-party investigation by three lawyers has confirmed workplace harassment by the sitting mayor of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, according to their report submitted to the city on Thursday. The report found that Takeharu Yamanaka, 53, yelled at

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday officially announced a plan to cut the consumption tax rate on food to 1 pct for two years starting next April. Takaichi said that efforts to effectively reduce the tax rate

Kumamoto, July 30 (Jiji Press)–The number of deaths confirmed after Tuesday’s powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, reached 34 as of 3 p.m. on Thursday, while five people were seriously injured, according to the prefecture’s disaster response headquarters. The full extent

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Defamatory social media posts targeting Japanese athletes were more prevalent during the FIFA World Cup than during the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the Japanese Olympic Committee and the Japanese Paralympic Committee said Thursday. About 1 pct of posts related

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Personnel Authority is expected to recommend raising monthly salaries for national government employees by around 3.5 pct on average in 2026, informed sources told Jiji Press on Thursday. The agency is also likely to recommend raising

(Adnkronos) – Thousands of people have been evacuated due to fires that have developed on the island of Crete and continued to rage, fueled by strong winds. Maria Lioni, deputy governor of the Rethymno region, told state television ERT, adding that “we