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Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Many Bank of Japan policymakers cited the need for the central bank to continue increasing interest rates, at its latest policy meeting in which the first rate hike since last December was decided, according to a summary of

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Five major Japanese opposition parties reiterated their demands on Wednesday that parliament thoroughly discuss allegations that a secretary to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had been involved in creating defamatory videos targeting rivals in elections. The opposition parties requested

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Substantive discussions started on a bill to criminalize the act of damaging the national flag, at Japan’s House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Cabinet Committee of the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, heard an explanation

Nashville, Tennessee, June 23 (Jiji Press)–A 16-year-old Japanese girl living in Nashville, Tennessee, which hosts the training base of the Japanese men’s national soccer team for the ongoing FIFA World Cup, aspires to join the women’s national team, dubbed Nadeshiko Japan. “I

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan protested to China over Beijing’s gas-field drilling activity near the median line in the East China Sea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday. Kihara said at a press conference that Japan found a mobile drilling vessel

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Chinese authorities took two Japanese nationals into custody in May on suspicion of violating the country’s law for cracking down on the smuggling of banned items, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday. One of them was

Japan Chain Stores Association June 24 Yr/Yr Change Total 1,098,656 M. Yen Up 2.9 pct Foodstuffs 784,616 Up 3.3 Clothing 52,082 Down 0.2 Sundries 106,593 Up 8.2 Furniture and Interior Goods 60,522 Down 0.2 Home Electric Appliances 3,772 Up 8.6 Note: Year-on-year

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–Ocean freight transportation fees soared to hit a record high for the third straight month in May, the Bank of Japan’s services producer price data showed Wednesday. The index on the sector rose 61.8 pct year on year

New York, June 23 (Jiji Press)–The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday requiring host states to prosecute perpetrators of attacks on U.N. peacekeepers, after seven peacekeepers had been killed in Lebanon since March. The resolution, presented by Denmark and Pakistan,

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan’s “tankan” quarterly survey for June is expected to show slight deterioration in business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers, according to estimates by 13 private think tanks and securities companies. The think tanks and securities