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Japan Chain Stores Association Aug. 25 Yr/Yr Change Total 1,091,952 M. Yen Up 0.1 pct Foodstuffs 788,875 Up 0.1 Clothing 47,306 Down 1.8 Sundries 104,563 Up 3.3 Furniture and Interior Goods 58,879 Up 3.0 Home Electric Appliances 3,919 Up 23.5 Note: Year-on-year

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Companies are turning to artificial intelligence and sensor technology to improve the efficiency of indoor farming in Japan as the country faces a growing shortage of farmers. Oishii Farm Corp., which runs a strawberry factory in the United

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government adopted an ordinance Tuesday to raise fees for foreigners to renew and change their residency status to up to 75,000 yen from a uniform 6,000 yen at present, effective in October. New fees for people who

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to steadily continue its sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Attending online a leaders meeting of the Coalition of the Willing on Ukraine on Monday, Takaichi said that “we

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese convenience store operators Lawson Inc. and Seven-Eleven Japan Co. have announced price cuts for their “onigiri” rice ball products. Lawson said Monday that it will cut the prices of 20 onigiri products, including six items on

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers has criticized the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for its weak response to U.S. sanctions on International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan. “Japan’s response to the sanctions is far

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency plans to extend daily weather forecasts from seven days to two weeks by 2030. The agency hopes the extended information will help people prepare earlier for disasters as concerns over more frequent extreme heat

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is increasingly concerned over a possible impact of a money scandal at the Fukuoka prefectural assembly on its campaign for next spring’s unified local elections. Isao Kurauchi, head of the assembly of the

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Tracking with a GPS device has revealed that a northern boobook, an owl species, flew more than 1,800 kilometers nonstop over the sea from Japan to the Philippines, according to a study by a research team including Japan’s

(Adnkronos) – While Republicans and moderate Democrats increasingly portray the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) as an expression of an extreme left far removed from “mainstream” America, various polls tell a decidedly more nuanced story and also help explain the recent successes